USA: AB InBev hoping for permanent exemptions to aluminium imported from allies

Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest brewer with North American headquarters in St. Louis, is hopeful that the United States will grant permanent exemptions to aluminum imported from allies and wants ...
Published 25/04/2018 More

Namibia: AB InBev Namibia launches beer from locally-grown pearl millet

The Ministry of Industrialisation, Trade and SME Development officially launched Eagle Lager, Namibia's first authentic Mahangu brew in Okahandja on 20 April, AllAfrica.com reported. Eagle lager is a first of its ...
Published 24/04/2018 More

Rwanda: Bralirwa’s pretax profit raises to 7.7 bln francs from 2.67 mln in 2016

Rwandan brewer Bralirwa said on April 23 its pretax profit rose to 7.709 billion francs ($9 million) in 2017, from 2.67 billion francs a year earlier, helped by lower financing ...
Published 24/04/2018 More

Canada: Domestic barley use forecast to remain unchanged in 2017-18, increase by just 1% next season

For 2017-18, Canada’s total domestic barley use is forecast to remain unchanged at 5.898 mln tonnes as lower feed is offset by higher industrial use, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada reported ...
Published 24/04/2018 More

Canada, ON: StoneHammer Brewing reportedly closed down

Ontario beer writer Ben Johnson reports via Ben’s Beer Blog that Guelph’s StoneHammer Brewing has closed down after more than two decades of business. While no official announcement has been made ...
Published 24/04/2018 More

Vietnam: Sabeco shareholders vote to add three ThaiBev representatives to management board

Shareholders of Vietnam’s largest brewer Sabeco voted to add three representatives of Thai Beverage PCL to its management board, Sabeco said in a statement. ThaiBev, which has a more than 50 ...
Published 23/04/2018 More

China: China imports one of the highest tonnages of barley in March

China imported one of the highest tonnages of barley in years in March, while sorghum arrivals fell by 21 percent, customs data showed on April 23, in a sign that ...
Published 23/04/2018 More

Canada & USA: Canada not expected to continue importing large quantities of US feed barley

A limited market for feed barley in Canada raised prices and increased corn and barley imports from the US in 2017/18, but conditions are not expected to continue, says USDA. ...
Published 23/04/2018 More

EU: Delayed barley plantings may not be as influential on crop results as spring and summer weather

Detrimental fall weather in Northern Europe prevented the completion of winter wheat plantings, therefore additional acreage became available for spring grains. Thus, in Coceral’s first forecast for 2018, total estimates ...
Published 22/04/2018 More

Australia: Barley stocks running down fast thanks to active exports

Australia’s barley stocks of crop 2017/18 are running down fast. Exports were expected to reach 3.5 mln tonnes by end March and 5.5 mln tonnes for the whole campaign, H. ...
Published 22/04/2018 More