Statistics Canada reported barley acres at 8.051 million on their recent survey which was taken between May 25 and June 3. However, only 85 per cent of the barley was seeded due to extreme wet conditions and acreage is now estimated at 6.441 million. Using a normal abandonment rate and an average yield projection, production is expected to finish at 7.1 million mt, down from 9.5 million mt in 2009. Without going into detail, the 2010-11 barley carryout has potential to drop under 1.2 million mt. The barley available for domestic feed usage will be down nearly two million mt which will have to be made up with imports of DDGS and U. S. corn.