The Canadian Wheat Board projects the volume of barley produced this year in western Canada will fall to its lowest level in 40 years.
The CWB has signed its largest long-term agreement for malting barley sales during a trip to China this week with Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and other commodity groups.
The CWB announced that 2009-10 initial payments for designated barley will increase by $26.50 per tonne, effective March 18, 2010. This payment value will apply to all grades and classes.
Due to an expected short supply Canadian livestock producers are being advised to replace barley in rations with other feed grains this winter where ever possible.
A plant breeder with the University of Saskatchewan is hoping the release of a new hulless barley as a public variety will persuade seed growers to multiply the seed.
The Chairman of Manitoba Pork Council says, with the introduction of new provincial restrictions on the application of phosphorus, the timing of the introduction of a new low phytate barley couldn’t be better.
The Saskatchewan Pork Development Board says the introduction of a low phytate barley, specifically tailored for monogastric animals, will mean cost savings for livestock producers as well as benefits for the environment.
A plant breeder with the University of Saskatchewan’s Crop Development Centre is encouraging swine producers to make their desire for access to low phytate barley know to seed suppliers.
The barley sandwich may soon be more than a nickname for beer.
