Flat beer demand to hit barley prices

By Elizabeth Anderson
Updated May 8 2020 - 1:47pm, first published May 7 2020 - 11:02am
TOP GEAR: Coopers Brewery malting manager Doug Stewart says the company's Regency Park malting plant is operating at full capacity, using locally-sourced grain.
TOP GEAR: Coopers Brewery malting manager Doug Stewart says the company's Regency Park malting plant is operating at full capacity, using locally-sourced grain.

BARLEY prices could come under pressure this year, with international beer consumption expected to take a hit in the vicinity of 800 million cases compared with last year.

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