Canadian barley farmers are the unintended beneficiaries of a diplomatic spat a world away, as exports of their product to China are picking up. Canadian barley is especially favoured by Chinese brewers because of its higher protein content, said Peter Watts, managing director with the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre in Winnipeg. "We've been working very hard in recent years, promoting Canadian malting barley and feed barley into China and other markets and it's paying off." Barley versus canolaSunny skies for barley contrast against a gloomy Chinese outlook for another major Canadian crop, canola. Peter Watts, managing director of the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre, adjusts a label on a fermenter at the facility in Winnipeg.

Source: CBC News July 09, 2020 07:50 UTC