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May 28 - May 30, 2007
Crop 2006
2rs Barley €197.0-199.0 1.98%
6rw Barley €170.0-172.0
2rs Malt €416.5-418.5 1.07%
6rw Malt €382.0-384.0
Crop 2007
2rs Barley €206.0-208.0 4.55%
6rw Barley €177.0-179.0 4.71%
2rs Malt €406.5-408.5 2.77%
6rw Malt €369.5-371.5 2.77%

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1 EUR = 1.3446 USD
1 EUR = 0.6771 GBP
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1 EUR = 1.6359 AUD
1 EUR = 163.352 JPY
1 EUR = 2.6378 BRL
1 EUR = 34.8301 RUB
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1 USD = 121.493 JPY
1 USD = 1.9617 BRL
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Top Industry News
Czech Republic: European beer consumers criticise Budvar sale plan... Click here

Japan: Suntory aims to double overseas sales by 2010... Click here

Germany: Biofuel boom raises beer prices... Click here

Thailand: Thai Beverage restructures its beer production to boost efficiency... Click here

Russia: BBH is going to invest 100 mil Euros in 2007... Click here

USA: Organic beer should require organic hops... Click here

Hungary: SABMiller unit to spend EUR 28 mil on plant upgrade... Click here

Russia: Russian Malt attracted a syndicated credit in the amount of 24 mil euros... Click here

World: Barley malt trade estimated at 5.4 MT in 2006/2007... Click here

Canada: Federal government funds project evaluating barley's potential as biofuel feedstock... Click here

Australia: ABB reports AU$18.8 million six month net profit... Click here

More News
Hong Kong: Wholesalers to reduce beer price ... More Info

Czech Republic: Budweiser Budvar and Carlsberg signs a contract concerning Carlsberg lager’s distribution in the Czech Republic ... More Info

Canada: Molson’s Edmonton brewery workers walk for a strike ... More Info

China: S&N to launch its biggest brands in Chinese market ... More Info

Canada: Russell Breweries Inc. enters into letter of intent to acquire Fort Garry Brewing Company Ltd. ... More Info

Cuba & USA: Cuba to enter in malting barley deal with USA ... More Info

Netherlands: Heineken family stake sale never considered on the cards ... More Info

Greece: The Greek Supreme Court has drawn a close to Budweiser Budvar’s dispute with its competitor in the matter of unfair competition ... More Info

Republic of Korea: Budweiser Budvar is launching a beer export to the Republic of Korea ... More Info

UK: New advertising campaign wants to boost sales of InBev’s La Famille Artois ... More Info

Estonia: Saku Õlletehase’s Q1 operating profit more than doubles ... More Info

Hong Kong: Tsingtao Brewery shares jumped 3.1% ... More Info

USA: Molson Coors Brewing "neutral" ... More Info

UK: Drinks makers attack Government plans for alcohol warning labels ... More Info

UK: Budweiser renews partnership with Premier League ... More Info


Brewery News

0 Czech Republic: European beer consumers criticise Budvar sale plan

The European Beer Consumers Union (EBCU) criticised the Czech government's plan to sell its stake in brewery Budejovicky Budvar, CTK reported May 27. EBCU Vice-President Laurent Mousson told reporters the privatisation may harm the quality of Budvar beer.

The EBCU is afraid the Czech brewery would get to the hands of US group Anheuser Busch, Budvar's rival in several trademark lawsuits worldwide. Mousson added the Czech state had no reason to get rid of the prosperous brewery.

Budejovicky Budvar is the third largest Czech brewery and a foremost beer exporter, as well as the last state-owned brewery in the Czech Republic.

The Czech Agriculture Ministry has recently started to look for an adviser who would help transform the brewery into a joint-stock company, a move that is generally perceived as the first step towards privatisation.

The EBCU has more than 110,000 members in 13 countries. The Czech association of beer lovers, Sdruzeni pratel piva, with more than 1,000 members became an EBCU member today.

2 Japan: Suntory aims to double overseas sales by 2010

Suntory Ltd. seeks to expand foreign sales by 120 percent to 400 billion yen (US$3.3 billion) by 2010 by acquiring local firms and applying ... More Info

0 Germany: Biofuel boom raises beer prices

Biofuel boom raises beer prices in Germany, The Associated Press reported May 28. Like most Germans, brewer Helmut Erdmann is all for the fight against global warming. Unless, that is, it drives up the price of his beer.

And that is exactly what is happening to Erdmann and other German brewers as farmers abandon barley — the raw material for the national beverage — to plant other, subsidized crops for sale as environmentally-friendly biofuels.

"Beer prices are a very emotional issue in Germany — people expect it to be as inexpensive as other basic staples like eggs, bread and milk," said Erdmann, director of the family-owned Ayinger brewery in Aying, an idyllic village nestled between Bavaria's rolling hills and dark forests with the towering Alps on the far horizon.

"With the current spike in barley prices, we won't be able to avoid a price increase of our beer any longer," Erdmann said, stopping to sample his freshly brewed, golden product right from the steel fermentation kettle.

In the last two years, the price of barley has doubled to 200 euros ($271) from 102 euros per ton as farmers plant more crops such as rapeseed and corn that can be turned into ethanol or bio-diesel, ... More Info

2 Thailand: Thai Beverage restructures its beer production to boost efficiency

Thai Beverage is restructuring its beer production to sharpen focus and boost efficiency, The Nation published May 28.

Cosmos Brewery (Thailand), Beer Thip Brewery (1991) ... More Info

2 Russia: BBH is going to invest 100 mil Euros in 2007

BBH’s 2007 total investment is estimated at 100 mil Euros, Anton Shetkin, group’s vice-president said, according to Russian Beer Union, May 28. The core ... More Info

0 USA: Organic beer should require organic hops

The USDA was poised to amend its rules in order to require the use of certified organic hops in beers labeled USDA Certified Organic, Beer Activist reported May 28. But they were lobbied by Anheuser-Busch and others to exempt hops from the required ingredients list for certified organic beers. In other words, A-B and some others, think a beer should be allowed to be labeled USDA Certified Organic even if it is brewed with hops grown with pesticides.

Some people disagree. The comments below were submitted to the USDA by Lakefront Brewery president Russell Klisch. As you’ll see, Russ thinks organic hops should be required in organic beers and he makes a strong argument supporting that position. Here are his comments verbatim as submitted in the public record.

RE: Docket No. AMS-TM-07-0032; TM-07-05
March 16, 2007

To the Review Board,

Please let this letter serve as a registration AGAINST the petitioned addition of Hops to the National List (Section 205.606)

To summarize:

Organic beer should not be classified as “organic” without the use of certified organic hops

- Adding hops to the National List (Section 205.606) would irreparably damage the reputation and credibility and integrity of the organic brewing industry
-
- Adding hops to the National List (Section 205.606) would ... More Info

2 Hungary: SABMiller unit to spend EUR 28 mil on plant upgrade

Dreher Breweries Ltd., the Hungarian subsidiary of SABMiller, which is one of the world's largest brewers, is planning a HUF 7 billion (EUR 27.9 ... More Info

Malt News

2 Russia: Russian Malt attracted a syndicated credit in the amount of 24 mil euros

Russian Malt, a part of Avangard Bank Group attracted a syndicated credit in the amount of 24 mil euros, according to a company announcement, ... More Info

2 World: Barley malt trade estimated at 5.4 MT in 2006/2007

After an increasing trend from 1990’s, barley malt trade has slowed down during the last 3 years, International Grains Council reported May 28. This ... More Info

Barley News

2 Canada: Federal government funds project evaluating barley's potential as biofuel feedstock

A project to evaluate barley's potential in Canada's rapidly evolving biofuels industry has received funding of $262,000 from the Biofuels Opportunities for Producers Initiative ... More Info

2 Australia: ABB reports AU$18.8 million six month net profit

Listed, integrated agricultural company ABB Grain Ltd reported a net profit after tax of AU$18.8 million for the six months ending 31 March 2007, ... More Info


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1783 Benjamin Tower of Philadelphia publishes 1st daily newspaper in U.S.
1849 Patent for lifting vessels granted to Abraham Lincoln
1863 Georg Adler, German state economist is born

May 29
1527 University of Marburg (Germany) founded
1848 William G. Young patents ice cream freezer
1933 Patent on invisible glass installation

May 30
1872 Mahlon Loomis patents wireless telegraphy
1928 John Keith Wright is born, English economist/asst sect of state, 1971-84
1975 European Space Agency, ESA, forms
Agenda
May 2007:
European Grain & Oilseed Convention 2007, Brussels
31-st International Congress of the European Brewery Convention , Italy
Hofex - 2007, China
InterFood Azerbaijan 13th Azerbaijan International Food Industry and Agriculture Exhibition
InterFood Astana , Kazakhstan, 9th Astana International Exhibition for Food, Beverages, Technologies

June 2007:
Japan-Asia Beer Cup 2007, Tokyo
InterFood Mongolia
IGC Grains Conference 2007 London, England
Great Japan Beer Festival 2007 in Tokyo
Brasil Brau 2007
The International Hop Growers’ Convention(IHGC)
Practical Course on Malt and Malting Barley Canada
The 5th Canadian Barley Symposium & District Western Canada MBAA
Seattle International Beer Festival

July 2007:
Olesummer Festival 2007
Portland International Beer Festival
51 Congress of The International Hop Growers Convention

August 2007:
Qingdao International Beer Festival, China
International Berlin Beer Festival
Great British Beer Festival
1st International Brewers Symposium Hop Flavor and Aroma
Great Japan Beer Festival 2007 in Osaka
Brew Drinks China 2007
The 13th Australian Barley Technical Symposium, Australia

September 2007:
Belgian Beer Weekend
Great Canadian Beer Festival
Great British Beer Festival
WBA Associate in Brewing Technology Program in Chicago
WBA International Diploma in Brewing Technology Program Chicago & Munich Campuses
WorldFood Moscow

October 2007:
The International Brewing Convention 2007 , UK
Newport International Oktoberfest, USA
World Beer Festival Durham , USA
Tasting Australia
2007 Master Brewers Association of the Americas Convention

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