With Restaurants and Pubs Shut, Barley Used for Beer Could Become Pig Food

  • Malting barley demand from brewery sector drops amid lockdowns
  • European farms turned to barley as wet autumn hurt wheat plans
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Barley farmers like Brett Askew can’t wait for pubs to reopen, but it’s not the pints they’re missing most.