MaltNews Newsletter: December 2024
Welcome to our December newsletter. In this month’s issue, we cover: Cropping Report: December 2024 Trade News: ABARES Downgrades Barley Production but Malting Selection Rates…
The Observer: Australia’s Harvest Progress: A Novel Approach
During harvest each year, the first question asked by most people in the Australian grains industry is ‘how much of the crop has been harvested?’.…
Barley and Malt Markets – December 2024
Globally cropping conditions are generally favourable leaving most markets stable and looking on in anticipation of a Trump presidency! This is leaving Australian markets mostly…
ABARES Downgrades Barley Production but Malting Selection Rates Trending Higher
ABARES recently published its latest winter crop forecast; reducing its September barley production forecast by 0.5mmt to 11.7mmt. Should the forecast be accurate, this would…
Cropping Report – December 2024
What hasn’t this season thrown at the Australian Grower? While Queensland and New South Wales North of Forbes have had an almost faultless season ending…
MaltNews Newsletter: November 2024
Welcome to our November newsletter. In this month’s issue, we cover: Cropping Report: November 2024 Trade News: Early Selection Rates Problematic for the Trade Barley…
The Observer – GIAV Completes Another SE Australian Crop Tour
The Grains Industry Association of Victoria (GIAV), Victoria’s peak body representing the grain industry supply chain for over 100 years, conducted its annual crop tour…
Barley and Malt Markets – November 2024
Australian barley markets have fluctuated since the last newsletter but were mostly unchanged to weaker by the end of the month. Uncertainty of frost in…
Barley Production State Estimates Updated and Early Selection Rates Problematic for the Trade
Southern State peak bodies updated their crop estimates last month. Since ABARES released its September report there has been frost, wind, dryness, rain and hail…
Cropping Report – November 2024
The uneven seasonal conditions continued for Australia’s 2024/25 winter crop over the last month. In the North, although there was some rain during October, the…