The US barley crop estimate was reduced from 6.35 to 6.13 million tonnes. North Dakota has harvested a fine crop of 6row barley, but the Western (2row) states of Idaho with 1.16 million tonnes and Montana with 0.91 million tonnes are back to last year’s low production after a hot and dry July/August. USDA reports an export sale of 55 thousand tonnes. It is assumed that is feed barley from the West Coast to Saudi-Arabia.

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