Japan & South Korea: Suntory CEO hoping for increase in whisky consumption in South Korea this year

The head of Suntory Holdings is hopeful that highball consumption in South Korea will end up expanding more than twofold this year on the back of a craze for the ...
Publicat 10/12/2023 Mai mult

World: World barley trade, crop forecasts increased for 2023/24

World’s barley trade in 2023/24 is forecast at 27.547 mln tonnes this month, up from 26.946 mln tonnes forecast in November but still well below the 30.363 mln forecast for ...
Publicat 10/12/2023 Mai mult

Canada: Canadian farmers report reduced production of barley this year

Roughly 27,000 Canadian farmers were asked about their 2023 crop and reported producing more corn for grain and soybeans, but less wheat, canola, barley, and oats in 2023, panow.com reported ...
Publicat 10/12/2023 Mai mult

Canada, BC: Callister Brewing to close down citing rising costs

After 10 years in business, an East Vancouver brewery is closing its doors, citing rising costs, CityNews Vancouver reported on December 8. Chris Lay, co-founder of Callister Brewing, says they will ...
Publicat 10/12/2023 Mai mult

Australia & China: China ships 314,000 tonnes of Australian barley since lifting import tariff

It’s news that will set the Aussie grains industry cheering, The West Australian reported on December 8. China has publicly confirmed it has accepted Australian barley, likely to be made ...
Publicat 08/12/2023 Mai mult

France: Winter barley sowing 94% complete as of December 4

French farmers had sown 89% of the expected soft wheat area for next year's harvest by 4 December, compared with 83% a week earlier, as a rain-delayed sowing campaign edged ...
Publicat 08/12/2023 Mai mult

Ukraine: Barley crop estimate updated to 5.8 mln tonnes

Ukraine's farm ministry on December 8 raised its 2023 grain harvest forecast to 59.7 million metric tons, saying the country had achieved a record grain yield. The total grain and oilseed ...
Publicat 08/12/2023 Mai mult

Vietnam & Thailand: Thai billionaire’s firm fetches $383 mln from Sabeco dividends over 6 years

Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi’s company has received a total of VND9.3 trillion ($383 million) in cash dividends from brewer Sabeco since its acquisition of the company in 2017, VnExpress.Net reported ...
Publicat 08/12/2023 Mai mult

USA: Domestic tax paid beer shipments down in January-October and October alone this year

October domestic tax paid shipments from U.S. brewers were down -10.8% versus October 2022, to an estimated 11.35 million barrels, marking a loss of 1.38 million barrels year-over-year (YoY), according ...
Publicat 08/12/2023 Mai mult

Belgium & Germany: St. Bernardus and Weihenstephan to launch second edition of their collab beer in 2024

The Bavarian State Brewery Weihenstephan and the St. Bernardus brewery from Belgium will launch the second edition of the Braupakt collab beer in 2024, Beer and Brewer reported on December ...
Publicat 07/12/2023 Mai mult