Barley is traded through distinct feed, malting and food channels. A comparable lot needs its intended use, variety or row type where relevant, crop year, grade, test weight, moisture, germination or malting characteristics, origin, Incoterm and delivery window.
This release uses official USDA barley grades and government grain-market resources. The grade figures below are specification thresholds, not a live cash quote or a delivered physical price.
Feed barley is valued largely through energy, test weight and condition; malting barley adds variety, germination, protein, plumpness and process-performance requirements. Food barley can add pearling, colour and food-safety specifications. Atlas preserves the intended-use boundary instead of treating every lot as interchangeable grain.
Official grades provide factors such as test weight, damaged kernels, foreign material and other defects. Commercial contracts can add moisture, protein, germination, varietal purity, pesticide-residue, mycotoxin, fumigation and phytosanitary requirements, each tied to a sampling and test method.
A usable barley offer identifies origin, crop year, feed or malting use, variety or row type where relevant, grade and quality limits, quantity, currency, Incoterm, load point or destination, shipment window and inspection evidence. Dated references or another grain's futures contract do not establish a lot-specific barley price.
No. Malting barley requires process-critical characteristics such as variety, germination and protein controls that are not sufficient or always required for feed barley.
The official U.S. standard lists a minimum of 47 pounds per bushel for U.S. No. 1 barley.
No. A physical price also depends on origin, intended use, contract quality, quantity, currency, Incoterm, destination, logistics, delivery timing and evidence vintage.
Intended use, variety or row type where relevant, crop year, grade, test weight, moisture, germination or protein requirements, defects, quantity, origin, currency, Incoterm, destination, shipment window and evidence date.
Figures retain their source, period and review date. Corroboration is not promoted to primary evidence.