date:Mar 11, 2013
rowing barley instead of wheat he will increase export taxes for barley and curb exports, said an industry source who was at the Wednesday night meeting.
It is a threat. If wheat plantings keep falling, he will go after the substitute crop, whatever it may be, said the source, who asked to remain anonymous. But the real issue is the policy model, because the more intervention there is in the wheat market, the less acreage he will get from farmers.
This account was confirmed by another industry