Episode #45 | Canada’s Barley Has a Hidden Problem w/ Sonny Warrack

<p>Canada’s barley crop looked great in June. Then came 40 days of almost no rain, followed by heavy rain just as the crop reached maturity. The result: harvest delays and pre-germination levels of up to 30% in some fields.</p><p>In this emergency follow-up episode, Brent heads back to Canada to see the harvest first-hand. He talks to Sonny Warrack of Bruce Farms in the heart of Alberta’s grain country. Sonny is both a grain farmer and a cattle feeder, so he sees the crop from two sides.</p><p>The pre-germ may not look like a big story yet, but Brent explains why he is watching for what happens four to six months from now. Will the germ still be holding in storage? And what happens if pre-germinated barley has to go onto an export vessel?</p><p>Want to hear more? Subscribe for new episodes each week, and let us know in the comments: how is this year’s barley harvest affecting your market?</p><p>#PursuingThePerfectPint #Barley #Malt #MaltingBarley #Canada #CanadianBarley #GrainMarkets #BeerPodcast</p>