EU: Malting barley market remains rather quiet

The EU market was rather quiet this week with very limited activity in the malting barley market. Some export business for higher quality/ higher protein barley took place for shipment ...
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Australia: Australia’s record barley exports keep world barley prices at depressed levels

Australia’s record 13.4-million-tonne barley crop last season has set the nation up to become the largest exporter of barley in 2016/17, supplanting the EU and supplying a quarter of the ...
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France: Barley stocks expected to be considerably tighter this marketing year

Barley stocks in France at the end of the current marketing year will likely be considerably tighter than earlier estimates, due to solid exports to Saudi Arabia, according to a ...
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Japan: Beer shipments drop 0.7% in Q1

Japan’s beer and quasi-beer shipments in January-March dropped 0.7 percent from a year earlier to 80,148,000 cases, hitting a record low for the quarter for the third straight year, data ...
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Russia & Ukraine: Barley acreage and production forecast to decline in both countries

Spring conditions started two to three weeks earlier than last year in Ukraine and the south of Russia, H. M. Gauger GmbH said in their April report. Winter damage is thought ...
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UK: Heineken to invest £20 mln to transform pubs across the UK

Heineken has announced a £20 mln investment to transform pubs across the UK, the Development Finance Today reported. The funds will be used to upgrade Heineken’s Star Pubs & Bars estate, ...
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South Korea: Government recognizes necessity of efforts to support local craft breweries

As the soaring popularity for imported beer among South Korean consumers is seeing the shelves of supermarkets filled with the likes of Heineken, Asahi and Stella Artois, the government is ...
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Canada: Barley use forecast to increase 5% in 2016-17

For 2016-17, Canada’s total domestic barley use is forecast to increase by 5% to 6.411 mln tonnes due to higher feed use for cattle and hogs, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada ...
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USA, GA: Pontoon Brewing planning 11 thousand square foot brewery in Sandy Springs

Sandy Springs is getting a new brewery. Pontoon Brewing is planning an 11,000-square-foot brewery in Northridge Business Park at 8601 Dunwoody Place, the Atlanta Business Chronicle reported. It’s the first space for ...
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Canada, ON: Brick Brewing reports increase in fourth-quarter sales, profits, and beer volumes

Brick Brewing's fourth-quarter sales and profits jumped as its beer volumes rose. The Kitchener-based company earned net income of C$720,000 on net revenue of C$10.5 million in the three months ended ...
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