Beer consumption per capita in Belgium registered the lowest level ever. Last year, it dropped to 74 liters, according to official figures in the annual report of Brasseurs Belges on June, 11. After passing below the threshold of 80 liters in 2010 (78 liters), beer consumption was maintained in 2011 and this was, in some […]

Both the USDA and IGC estimate the world barley crop at 138 mln tons this year, up from 130 mln in 2012. However, some analysts believe this estimate may turn out too optimistic, as adverse weather conditions prevail in barley production regions of North America, West and East Europe. In recent months neither Argentina, Canada, […]

Russia represents not just a revived threat on grain export markets, but an imminent one too, with the harvest expected to start so early that farmers will, unusually, be able to plant a follow-on crop of soybeans, Agrimoney.com reported on June, 6. The weather in the south of the country, which last month posed dryness […]

The Brewers of Europe has approved the candidature of Slovenia as its 29th member, the association reported on June, 3. Beer is brewed in every EU country and Slovenia is no exception, with a rich beer brewing heritage that today creates around 10 thousand jobs. With Slovenians consuming around 80 litres per capita, Slovenian breweries […]

With the wet autumn of 2012, focus is very much upon how much spring barley will be planted for the coming harvest in the UK, HGCA reported on May, 30. Traditionally, with a wet autumn in which winter cropping is disrupted, spring barley is often seen as the best alternative. For example, the 2001 harvest […]

Production of vodka and other spirits in Russia dropped 23.3 percent in the first four months of 2013 year-on-year to 0.57 million hl, a report said. The Federal Statistics Service (or Rosstat) said in a report on May, 24 that beer production declined 10.7 percent compared to the same period last year, to 7.82 million […]

German wheat exports, the European Union’s second-biggest after those of France, rose 4.7 percent in March from a year earlier. Barley shipments jumped fivefold, Bloomberg reported on May, 22. Wheat deliveries advanced to 609,609 metric tons from 582,065 tons in March 2012, Germany’s statistics office reported on its website. The value of shipments climbed 30 […]