E-Malt.com News article: 3109

U.K.: Much of the winter barley is cut by now, harvesting is coming to an end up to the Humber. Quality and yields are good, protein a bit variable, screenings excellent. In the South the harvest of spring barley has begun, with equally promising results. Offers late July were Optic/Cellar barley at EUR 124 per tone, Pearl at EUR 115 per tonne, both October, FOB seaport. U.K. traders see an export surplus of 300,000 tonnes.

14 August, 2004