USA, Idaho: Last week local barley prices were steady to 5 % lower in southern and northern Idaho. Due to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday and presidential inauguration events, USDA’s export sales report will not be released until next Monday.

According to Idaho Grain Market Report, the EU Grains Management Committee approved 219.5 TMT of free-market barley for export with a subsidy of 17.97 euros per metric ton. Previous week they approved subsidies on 290 TMT of free-market barley for export. Ag Canada is projecting Canada’s barley seeded area in 2005 will total 11.151 million acres, versus 11.558 million planted last year, a decline of 3.5%.

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