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Canada Malting’s processing plant in Montreal. (CanadaMalting.com)

Bureau won’t challenge takeover of Canada Malting parent

U.K. also has 'no further questions'

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News August 17, 2023

The owner of one of Canada’s major commercial maltsters says its takeover by a major French peer won’t be challenged by Canada’s antitrust regulator. United Malt Group, whose Canadian assets operate under the Canada Malting banner, last month locked in on a previously announced deal to sell itself to France’s Malteries Soufflet for A$1.5 billion

The malting floor at Anglia Maltings’ Crisp Malt facility in the U.K. (Photo: CNW Group/Richardson International Ltd.)

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Richardson buys into European malt market

Winnipeg agrifood firm buys U.K.-based Anglia Maltings

By GFM Network News, Gus Trompiz, Rod Nickel July 10, 2023

Paris | Reuters — Canada’s biggest grain merchant Richardson International is entering the malt sector through the acquisition of U.K.-based Anglia Maltings Holdings (AMH), targeting rising demand for the beer and whisky ingredient, Richardson said on Friday without disclosing financial terms. Anglia Maltings operates seven malt facilities in the U.K., Poland, and Germany, with combined

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France’s InVivo aims to become top world malt producer

Company aims to double size of malt business with help of new investors

By Sybille De La Hamaide December 31, 2021

Reuters – InVivo aims to become the world’s largest producer of malt within five years, supported by new investors after it completed the acquisition of agribusiness peer Soufflet, its chief executive said Dec. 9. The takeover, which values Soufflet at 2.2 billion euros (US$2.5 billion), will give rise to a group with nearly 10 billion euros in sales from

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Canada’s small, high-protein malt barley crop poses challenges

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin October 21, 2021

MarketsFarm — The hot and dry 2021 growing season cut significantly into Canada’s barley production, with the weather also leading to higher protein levels for what was harvested. “It will be an extremely tight and difficult year for the malt processors and ultimately for the brewers as well,” said Peter Watts, managing director of the

A barley crop south of Ethelton, Sask. on July 30, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

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Feed weekly outlook: Barley demand pressures domestic supply

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News February 12, 2021

MarketsFarm — Increasing demand for feed barley has created a strong but extremely tightened market for the crop and it may potentially buck seeding predictions for 2021-22. Peter Watts, managing director of the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre in Winnipeg, said rising demand from China is also raising prices for feed barley, urging growers to

Crops, Markets

Malt barley demand rises, at home and abroad

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News February 12, 2021

MarketsFarm — Domestic malt barley is facing pressure from both inside and outside Canada’s borders as demand for both malt and feed barley has increased. With domestic feed barley prices rising and domestic supplies shrinking with increased exports to China, high-quality malt barley has found its way to feed channels as growers look to sell

File photo of South African malting barley. (Sunshine Seeds/iStock/Getty Images)

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South Africa’s barley growers face bleak outlook on alcohol ban

Ban reinstated against COVID-19 surge

By GFM Network News January 29, 2021

Johannesburg | Reuters — South African barley farmers are bracing for a tough market ahead as demand for the grain used to make beer falls and stockpiles grow after a ban on the sale of alcohol was reinstated as the country battles a surge in COVID-19 cases. The government in December enforced its third ban

Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Barley market’s eye on exports, corn prices

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin January 15, 2021

MarketsFarm — Strong export demand for Canadian barley and rising corn prices in the U.S. are expected to continue to keep feed prices well supported in Western Canada. “Feed grains are being squeezed by lower imports of U.S. corn into Western Canada,” analyst Chuck Penner of Leftfield Commodity Research said in a presentation Tuesday for

Barley south of Ethelton, Sask. in early August 2017. (File photo by Dave Bedard)

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Feed weekly outlook: Barley bids soften as sector stabilizes

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin July 3, 2020

MarketsFarm — Feed barley bids in Western Canada have softened over the past two weeks, as some normalcy returns to the feeding sector. Feed barley bids delivered into the key Lethbridge feeding area have come down by $6-$8 per tonne over the past two weeks, with current prices around $240 per tonne, said Brandon Motz

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GrainCorp’s global malting spinoff gets shareholders’ blessing

Canada Malting to go to new owner, United Malt Group

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff March 19, 2020

Shareholders in the Australian owner of Canada’s biggest malt company have voted nearly all in favour of a spinoff for their worldwide malting assets. During their general meeting Monday in Sydney, participating shareholders in GrainCorp voted over 99 per cent in favour of resolutions which will see the company’s malt business become a standalone ASX-listed

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Bureau won’t challenge takeover of Canada Malting parent

Richardson buys into European malt market

France’s InVivo aims to become top world malt producer

Canada’s small, high-protein malt barley crop poses challenges

Feed weekly outlook: Barley demand pressures domestic supply

Malt barley demand rises, at home and abroad

South Africa’s barley growers face bleak outlook on alcohol ban

Feed weekly outlook: Barley market’s eye on exports, corn prices

Feed weekly outlook: Barley bids soften as sector stabilizes

GrainCorp’s global malting spinoff gets shareholders’ blessing

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