Barley Price in Nova Scotia
Latest price
211.08 CAD/mt
Product: Barley · monthly farm price
Over the past 12 months it ranged from 184.17 CAD/mt (Sep 2025) to 217.56 CAD/mt (Jun 2026), +18.0% vs. a year earlier. -14.2% vs. Canada (average). Lower than 7 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 | 211.08 | -1.0% |
| Jul 2026 | 213.21 | -2.0% |
| Jun 2026 | 217.56 | +0.9% |
| May 2026 | 215.53 | +4.1% |
| Apr 2026 | 207.01 | +0.6% |
| Mar 2026 | 205.75 | +1.7% |
| Feb 2026 | 202.35 | +2.1% |
| Jan 2026 | 198.26 | +1.3% |
| Dec 2025 | 195.81 | +3.6% |
| Nov 2025 | 188.94 | +0.6% |
| Oct 2025 | 187.86 | +2.0% |
| Sep 2025 | 184.17 | +3.0% |
Annual averages
| Year | Average (CAD/mt) | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 208.84 | +2.8% |
| 2025 | 203.18 | -22.8% |
| 2024 | 263.08 | -6.2% |
| 2023 | 280.45 | -4.2% |
| 2022 | 292.72 | +10.0% |
| 2021 | 266.04 | +14.6% |
| 2020 | 232.23 | +5.1% |
| 2019 | 220.89 | +12.4% |
| 2018 | 196.46 | +13.1% |
| 2017 | 173.69 | -3.6% |