SABMiller PLC said August 24 that its Colombian subsidiary, Bavaria, plans to invest US$175 million in a new brewery in western Colombia, Dow Jones Newswires released August 24.

The construction of the brewery on the outskirts of Cali is due to be completed in late 2007. The company said it was building the brewery in order to "keep pace with growing demand in the region."

It will have an initial capacity of 3.5 million hl, increasing to 4.5 million hl by 2009. It will replace an existing 1.3 million hl facility in the center of Cali.

"This move will allow us finally to catch up with the growing demand in this part of the country," said Karl Lippert, Bavaria's president, in a statement.

"A new brewery such as this is also a great opportunity to take steps forward in production techniques, quality, ergonomics and environmental care, to the benefit of our consumers and our other stakeholders."

According to the Czech Beer and Malt Association statement of August 24, Czech malt houses raised output in the first half of 2006 by 2 percent year-on-year to 266,000 tonnes. More than half of the amount was sold abroad, above all to Poland, Romania, Germany, Cuba, Slovenia and Austria.

Denmark: Carlsberg-owned House of Beer recorded a profit of €1 million from selling imported beers

Carlsberg’s House of Beer had last year a profit of €1 million by selling upto 100 different imported beer-types, H. Abildstrøm & Co ApS released in its Scandinavian Malting Barley report No/09 of August 24.

It also marketed some of the Danish micro-brewery products. It presently has almost 100 Danish micro-breweries in production or nearby planned. Their expectations before the market is satiated are about 200 breweries within 5 years. By then the House of Beert will still only represent not more than 15% of the Danish beer market.

The House of Beer was founded by Carlsberg as a wholly owned import company in. It quickly became the exclusive Danish importer for many foreign beers.

The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) released August 24 its Pool Return Outlook (PRO) for the 2006-07 crop year. The designated barley and Pool A feed barley PROs are up $5 per tonne, feed barley export values are expected to move higher.

Global malting barley values have continued to strengthen given concerns over dryness in Australia, disappointing EU-25 harvest results and the ongoing tight supply situation in the United States. Western Canadian barley production expectations have also declined due to dry weather over the past six weeks

The Special Select (SS) Canada Western (CW) Two-Row malting barley August PRO for 2006/07 PRO is CA$/t 179.00 and CA$/bushel 3.90 (CA$/t 174.00 and CA$/bushel 3.79 for July PRO 2006/07) in store Vancouver or St. Lawrence. The Standard Select Two-Row is respectively CA$/t 174.00 and CA$/bushel 3.79 (CA$/t 169.00 and CA$/bushel 3.68 for July PRO 2006/07). The Special Select (SS) Canada Western (CW) Six-Row August PRO for 2006/07 is CA$/t 173.00 and CA$/bushel 3.77 (CA$/t 168.00 and CA$/bushel 3.66 for July PRO 2006/07). The Standard Select Six-Row is respectively CA$/t 168.00 and CA$/bushel 3.66 (CA$/t 163.00 and CA$/bushel 3.55 for July PRO 2006/07).