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Canada supports market development for malting barley

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Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Marie-Claude Bibeau announced an investment of over $960,000 for the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre (CMBTC) to expand and develop new markets for Canadian barley and barley products. With this funding, through the AgriMarketing Program, CMBTC will undertake marketing and promotional initiatives in major export markets and prospective countries. It will also provide technical services to optimize

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Barley prices to be impacted due to Ukraine conflict

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This could affect domestic beer companies, which are already reeling under high costs of packaging material The escalating strife between Ukraine and Russia is expected to impact barley prices and this could affect domestic beer companies, which are already reeling under high costs of packaging material. A United Breweries spokesperson told BusinessLine that the current crisis could lead to inflation pressures and

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Native malting barley acreage set to grow

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The growth in sales of Irish whiskey in the US alone will lead to a significant expansion in Ireland’s native malting barley acreage. A recent edition of the Tillage Edge podcast reviewed the question-and-answer sessions that were key dynamics within the recent Teagasc malting barley webinar. Eoin Lyons, Teagasc/Boortmalt joint programme malting barley advisor, was asked about the relevance of growing cover

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