Options for alternative libations continue to grow in Western Canada, and millennials are driving the shift. According to Beer Canada, beer consumption has been on a steady decline over the years, with recent numbers from 2023 showing a year over year decrease of 6.6 per cent from 2022 in litres consumed per capita across Canada. […] Read more
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U.S. barley farmers worry as beer loses ground
Plains states face a huge glut of the crop as overall beer consumption in the U.S. slides to its lowest level since the 1970s
SHARON, North Dakota (Reuters) — Don Nygaard, a third-generation farmer in a remote corner of North Dakota, used to grow malt barley for Rahr Malting Corp. to make lagers, pale ales and IPAs. But this year, he received no lucrative contracts from Minnesota-based Rahr or any beer makers, so his sprawling farm is growing food-grade […] Read more
