I don't know what it is like where you are, but here in the rainy eastern end of the Great Lakes it's the year of the bumper crop, with Ontario's wheat crop set to be a record . That got me thinking about last spring's talk about price increases for brewers. Here are some stories harvested from around the world on the summer's beer ingredient: In July, it was reported that Coors set base price for malting barley in Montana and Wyoming at at $11.50 for 100 pounds , a $4 increase over last year's price. But by a week later on August 1, average prices for barley were dropping in North Dakota due to the failure to reach the required malting barley standards - just like in Hungary as it happens.  read more »