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Currency Rates


Base Currency: Euro
on December 19, 2025
Base Currency: US Dollar
on December 19, 2025
      1 EUR = 1.1731 USD
1 EUR = 0.8769 GBP
1 EUR = 1.6162 CAD
1 EUR = 1.7749 AUD
1 EUR = 182.6280 JPY
1 EUR = 6.4744 BRL
1 EUR = 93.9828 RUB
1 EUR = 8.2610 CNY
      1 USD = 0.8523 EUR
1 USD = 0.7475 GBP
1 USD = 1.3778 CAD
1 USD = 1.5129 AUD
1 USD = 155.6760 JPY
1 USD = 5.5192 BRL
1 USD = 80.1169 RUB
1 USD = 7.0422 CNY


Currency Rates Chart

Equities of the Largest Breweries

Breweries Equities

Average Market Prices Change Trend


December 19, 2025
French Barley/Malt
Crop 2025
Bulk
EUR/T %
2RS Malting Barley (FOB Creil) 190.00-192.00 down3.54%
6RW Malting Barley (FOB Creil) 185.00-187.00 down3.63%
Feed Barley (FOB Creil) 181.00-183.00 down3.19%
2RS Malt (FOB Antwerp) 524.00-526.00 down1.61%
6RW Malt (FOB Antwerp) 517.50-519.50 down1.63%
French Barley/Malt
Crop 2026
Bulk
EUR/T %
2RS Malting Barley (FOB Creil) 221.00-223.00 -
6RW Malting Barley (FOB Creil) 206.00-208.00 -
Feed Barley (FOB Creil) 171.00-173.00 down2.27%
2RS Malt (FOB Antwerp) 561.00-563.00 -
6RW Malt (FOB Antwerp) 542.50-544.50 -
German Malting Barley
Crop 2025
Bulk
Ex Farm
EUR/T %
Average Malting Barley Price 160.00-162.00 down0.87%
-No change; upPrice increase; downPrice decrease versus last publication.

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Top Industry News


Barley news World: Barley crop forecast up 1.5 mln tonnes to 153.7 mln ...Click here
Barley news EU: Early barley crop 2026 picture remains good, forecast for 2025 boosted by 0.2 mln tonnes ...Click here
Barley news Australia: Barley prices beginning to stabilize after four years of declines ...Click here
Barley news UK: Spring barley area forecast to drop by 15% in 2026 ...Click here

Hops news World: Global hop harvest lower this year, Barth Haas say ...Click here


More Industry News


Brewery news France: Beer and wine conglomerate Castel Group facing internal turmoil ...Click here
Brewery news India: Bira founder Ankur Jain agrees to step down after months of negotiations with investors ...Click here

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Table of the week

The Number of Breweries in Europe 2017 - 2024


Table of the week.
Prices Evolution

Prices evolution

Barley Prices



Theoretical Malt Prices


These Days in Business History


18 December
1796 - 1st U.S. newspaper to appear on Sunday (Baltimore Monitor)
1844 - Lujo [Ludwig J von] Brentano is born (German economist)
1897 - Fernand J Collin is born, Belgian economist/banker
1973 - The Islamic Development Bank is founded
1991 - General Motors announces closing of 21 plants
1997 - HTML 4.0 is published by the World Wide Web Consortium

19 December
1795 - 1st state appropriation of money for road building, Kentucky
1989 - American Airlines purchases Eastern Airline's Latin American route
1997 - Masaru Ibuka co-founder Sony Corporation, dies at 89

20 December
1790 - The first mechanized textile mill in the U.S. opens in Pawtucket, R.I. Built by Samuel Slater
1803 - Louisiana Purchase formally transferred from France to US for $27 million
1966 - The transmission of trades and quotes from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange is fully automated for the first time
1996 - NeXT merges with Apple Computer, starting the path to Mac OS X

21 December
1879 - Theodore Limperg, business economist
1882 - 1st string of Christmas tree lights created by Thomas Edison
1913 - 1st crossword puzzle (with 32 clues) printed in New York World
1937 - 1st feature-length color & sound cartoon premieres (Snow White)

Agenda

February 2026:
05 - 06: Glug Swiss 2026 (Alte Reithalle, Aarau, Switzerland)
13 - 16: HoReCa 2026 (Athens, Greece)
15 - 17: BBTech Expo 2026 (Rimini, Italy)
27 - 01 March: Finest Spirits 2026 (Munich, Germany)

March 2026:
04 - 07: Festival Brasileiro da Cerveja 2026 (Blumenau, Brazil)
18 - 19: BeerX 2026 (Liverpool, UK)
20 - 22: St Malo Craft Beer Expo 2026 (St Malo, France)
24 - 26: 110th International Brewing & Engineering Conference 2026 (Erding, Germany)
24 - 26: RMI Global Conference 2026 (Lisbon, Portugal)
26 - 28: Warsaw Beer Festival 2026 (Warsaw, Poland)

April 2026:
07 - 09: Craft Beer China 2026 (Shanghai, China)
10 - 11: InnBrew 2026 (Barcelona, Spain)
10 - 12: Barcelona Beer Festival 2026 (Barcelona, Spain)
16 - 18: KIBEX 2026 (Seoul, South Korea)
20 - 22: Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America 2026 (Philadelphia, USA)
22 - 22: World Beer Cup 2026 (Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, USA)
28 - 30: 28th Annual International Beer and Cider Strategies 2026 (InterContinental Barcelona, Spain)

May 2026:
04 - 07: Worldwide Distilled Spirits Conference 2026 (EICC, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
19 - 21: Expo Antad & Alimentaria Mexico 2026 (Expo Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico)
29 - 30: Copenhagen Beer Festival 2026 (Copenhagen, Denmark)
29 - 30: Tallinn Craft Beer Weekend 2026 (Tallinn, Estonia)

June 2026:
08 - 10: Brewing Conference Bangkok 2026 (Muang Thong Thani, Impact Challenger Hall, Jupiter 4-5, Bangkok, Thailand)
09 - 10: IGC Grains Conference 2026 (2 Savoy Place, London, UK)
09 - 11: Brasil Brau 2026 (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

July 2026:
17 - 18: London Craft Beer Festival 2026 (London, UK)

August 2026:
06 - 08: VIETFOOD & BEVERAGE - PROPACK VIETNAM 2026 (799 Nguyen Van Linh Street, Tan My Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)

September 2026:
19 - 04 October: Oktoberfest 2026 (Munich, Germany)
24 - 27: Mondial de la Biere 2026 (Montreal, Canada)

October 2026:
08 - 10: The Great American Beer Festival 2026 (Denver, USA)
23 - 25: Stockholm Beer & Whisky Festival 2026 (Stockholm, Sweden)
28 - 29: Brew Asia 2026 (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)

November 2026:
10 - 12: Brau Beviale 2026 (Nuremberg, Germany)
23 - 25: 16th Iberoamerican VLB Symposium Brewing & Filling Technology (Panama)

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BreweryBrewery News Brewery


Brewery newsFrance: Beer and wine conglomerate Castel Group facing internal turmoil
France’s beer and wine conglomerate, Castel Group, is facing internal turmoil as family tensions and executive departures disrupt the company’s leadership, Birr Metrics reported ...More info on site


Brewery news India: Bira founder Ankur Jain agrees to step down after months of negotiations with investors
Bira founder Ankur Jain has, in principle, agreed to step down from the helm of the company after months of negotiations with investors, according to two people aware of the developments, The Morning Context reported.

The talks have been ongoing for several weeks and have involved significant back-and-forth, with discussions now moving toward a structure under which Jain would cease control of the company. A resolution is expected sooner rather than later, one of the people cited in The Morning Context report said.

According to the report, for some time, Bira’s investors and shareholders have been pressing for a change in management at the troubled beer brand. Earlier this year, Jain was informed that any potential rescue of the company would be contingent on his stepping aside to make way for external professionals, a move he was reportedly reluctant to make for a prolonged period.

According to The Morning Context, the absence of fresh external funding has backed Jain into a corner, exacerbated by mounting personal liabilities. Jain had borrowed money to buy Bira shares from existing investors, and lenders have since sought repayment. In one such instance, an entity linked to Jain borrowed funds from Hero Enterprise chairman Sunil Munjal’s trust, pledging ...More info on site



BarleyBarley News Barley


Barley newsWorld: Barley crop forecast up 1.5 mln tonnes to 153.7 mln
The forecast for global barley production 2025/26 is increased by an additional +1.5 mln tonnes, reaching a total of 153.7 mln tonnes, RMI Analytics ...More info on site


Barley newsEU: Early barley crop 2026 picture remains good, forecast for 2025 boosted by 0.2 mln tonnes
For European winter crops the news continues to be positive, as milder than normal temperatures prevail, along with sufficient moisture. While the early crop’26 ...More info on site


Barley newsAustralia: Barley prices beginning to stabilize after four years of declines
After nearly four years of declining since the peak in 2022, Australian barley prices are beginning to stabilize at levels close to all-time lows, ...More info on site


Barley newsUK: Spring barley area forecast to drop by 15% in 2026
The final UK area forecasts for 2026 from AHDB’s Early Bird Survey (EBS) show only small changes from the provisional figures for wheat, barley, ...More info on site



HopsHops News Hops


Hops newsWorld: Global hop harvest lower this year, Barth Haas say
In the 2025 hop year, the global hop harvest was lower than in 2024. Barth Haas’s December overview shows the most important figures and ...More info on site


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