Geographic advantage over canada

[malleefarmer]

Hard for you guys to get into these markets

[SASKFARMER3]

Oh, yea that's for sure. We are landlocked and with an F#$Ked up Fed Gov from Eastern Canada and a Mountain range to the west and Frozen artic to the North and USA to the south we should be kissing the USA's ass instead of thinking were better than them.

Ag is Dead or dying in Canada a slow death.

[the big wheel]

Not really since fuel is so cheap. (Sarcasm)
By hey man do we ever hope fuel rises so all Canadians can become debt free! And build more stadiums and going in circle bypasses. Let's just worry about how we sell our excess fuel so that the domestic price will rise because everyone wants our fuel right??? Good for everyone. Hahahaha
Couldn't even fathom the production advantage we would have not just farming if our main cost to do business was lowest compared to other countries.
Thank you mallee!

[farming101]

Going by the numbers in the graphic it would seem Canada uses about twice the amount domestically compared to Australia. About 75 percent of the barley crop will be used at home this year with ending stocks to use around 17%

Canadian exports of barley is on track to be the largest amount since 2008. Not counting malt. I should have made that clearer. I meant barley malt from a maltster that is exported. Not malt barley.

Southern Alberta feedlot alley was around 255-260 last week
http://www.albertabarley.com/our-priorities/barley/farm-management/grain-prices/ http://www.albertabarley.com/our-priorities/barley/farm-management/grain-prices/

[farmaholic]

101, feed versus malt.....is there a difference? 🤔

[farming101]

101, feed versus malt.....is there a difference? 🤔

Not this year
Actually that would depend on location. Some areas malt prices would be a touch better

[SASKFARMER3]

Its all about feed going to China for Malt.

Malt game is done. China figured out why not buy good barley and make beer like they use to do.

[farmaholic]

Bigwheel, the Oz-man is paying $1.02/liter. But I bet their whole "system" uses less fuel on a per bushel basis to produce and move that bushel to port.

EDIT

A hundred and two dollars an liter.....lol, ooops.

[beaverdam]

SF3,,, with the quote of the day award,

" Malt game is done. "

[fjlip]

And the end users/importers WON!

[malleefarmer]

Sask is correct to a degree with feed going for malt once it get to destination.

We tried to unsuccessfully to export 5000t to a chinese brewery with help of china/australia association or something like that, one we couldnt get the 50 farmers involved we wanted.

But two the spec were so tight high test weight and actually higher than normal protien and had to be certain varieties so was all to hard, but this was a top end almost botique chinese brewery to a degree.

And the topic of feed used for malt came up and they said yep mused to be the case but chinese drinkers now becoming more discerning and have more disposable income. The interpreted said they dont drink shit beer anymore.

But being cynical the beer they were producing was aimed at middle upper class chinese so they would have to say that.

Im freinds with a buyer for a brewery here and they are fussy as, but it the diastatic power i think its called basically how much malt is extracted per tonne. Aussie and canadians were once seen as kings of malt barley along with sweden but now appear EU/Scandanavia produce best beer for malt.

We have a raft of eu barley types coming into oz one is called "planet" i beleive its grown worl wide may not suit your short seasons