Barley Price in British Columbia
Latest price
267.26 CAD/mt
Product: Barley · monthly farm price
Over the past 12 months it ranged from 240.7 CAD/mt (Sep 2025) to 284.19 CAD/mt (Jun 2026), +6.7% vs. a year earlier. +8.6% vs. Canada (average). Higher than 6 of 8 other reporting Canadian provinces (Aug 2026).
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How this year compares, month by month, to the typical pattern of recent years for the selected region.
Notable price events
- Russia's 2010 drought and grain export ban — Russia's worst drought in decades destroyed about a fifth of its wheat fields. On 5 August 2010 the government announced a ban on grain exports from 15 August, later extended into mid-2011, and US wheat futures jumped almost $1 a bushel to near two-year highs on the news.
Canadian province options are Statistics Canada producer prices (monthly); "Canada (average)" is a simple, unweighted mean across reporting provinces, computed by agri.markets — not a production-weighted figure. Currency, unit and inflation conversions are explained in how agri.markets sources and calculates prices.
Price data table
Recent prices
| Period | Price (CAD/mt) | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | 267.26 | -5.3% |
| Jul 2026 | 282.14 | -0.7% |
| Jun 2026 | 284.19 | +1.1% |
| May 2026 | 280.98 | +2.0% |
| Apr 2026 | 275.38 | +4.1% |
| Mar 2026 | 264.48 | +2.3% |
| Feb 2026 | 258.42 | +2.6% |
| Jan 2026 | 251.81 | +1.0% |
| Dec 2025 | 249.39 | -0.2% |
| Nov 2025 | 249.97 | +1.9% |
| Oct 2025 | 245.32 | +1.9% |
| Sep 2025 | 240.7 | -3.9% |
Annual averages
| Year | Average (CAD/mt) | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 270.58 | +3.4% |
| 2025 | 261.73 | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 267.23 | -28.0% |
| 2023 | 371.22 | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 380.14 | +36.0% |
| 2021 | 279.61 | +29.9% |
| 2020 | 215.26 | -5.2% |
| 2019 | 227 | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 213.36 | +10.0% |
| 2017 | 193.91 | -10.2% |