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Crop 2018 – Yields and protein levels affected by severe drought

The summer 2018 in the Nordic European countries was one of the warmest and driest ever recorded. Under these conditions, malting barley crops were setting fewer and shorter ears, which resulted in bold kernels, good calibration and high test weights but unfortunately also the yields and protein levels were negatively affected. Malting barley prices have … Read more

Malting Barley Report July 2018 published

The Viking Malt Barley Report of July 2018 is published on our web page. Read the whole report here: https://www.vikingmalt.com/how-we-do-it/barley-reports   Highlights and general observations of the crop situation: The very dry weather continued in many Viking Malt countries in June – only Finland and Mid–Sweden were getting more rain from Midsummer and onward. ▪ … Read more