Poor weather (or should I say “pour” weather) in Europe has damaged and delayed a significant portion of the barley crops. This from Bloomberg:
Torrential rains that lashed northern Europe since last month delayed crop development from the U.K. to Sweden, threatening to erode the quality of grains used in the region’s beer, whiskey and vodka.
Rain in the U.K. and Ireland that topped records in June have persisted through July, with parts of England receiving a month’s worth of precipitation in a two-week period, according to their national weather forecasters. The barley harvest in Germany, the European Union’s biggest beer producer and consumer, was interrupted last week as rain made some fields inaccessible, farm lobby Deutscher Bauernverband said.
Lack of sun and soggy conditions have slowed the maturation of wheat and barley plants in the U.K. to about 10 days behind the normal pace, said Charlotte Garbutt of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board. The weather in the next four weeks will be “crucial” for crop development, Irish Brewers Association senior executive Thomas Burke said in an e-mail.
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