Brewers use the smaller shipments of new varieties to ensure that they will work with their manufacturing process The malting barley market is developing in the field and at overseas breweries, but it requires constant combat with wheat and other competitors for prairie farmers’ acres. The industry is thrilled with good new varieties getting out into farmers’ hands and is
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BrewDog beers are to be made in China as part of a joint venture between the UK brewer and the Asia-Pacific division of Anheuser-Busch InBev. Beers including Punk IPA and Hazy Jane will be produced at Anheuser-Busch InBev’s newly-opened craft brewery in Putian. The products are expected to go on sale next month. BrewDog hopes the joint venture with
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China is using more corn in feed rations, which could result in lower feed barley prices in Western Canada, says an analyst. “Feed mills have resumed mixing more corn in feed rations as higher prices for wheat and sorghum reduce demand for corn alternatives,” the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) said in a recent report. Mills are
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