EU: Pigs constitute the main competition to maltsters for barley deliveries in Denmark

Opinions differ about the extent of damage already done. Trying a consensus of opinions, it is believed that lower yields and the risk of high proteins exist in large areas of the EU, and in some parts, where barley seeds did not emerge yet, in the Czech Republic, in Slovakia, even in eastern France, total losses could occur.

One must look also at the other grains: winter wheat and barley have suffered from the dry conditions even more than spring grains, the overall grain supply of the EU could turn out precariously low.

One funny looking, but serious news comes from Denmark, where the spring barley acreage is much lower than a year ago: the pig population is up from 12,7 to 13,8 Million in one year’s time. Pigs constitute the main competition to maltsters for barley deliveries.