Climate change could cut beer production
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Experts say global warming could cut barley production and bring beer production down. [AFP]
Researchers say climate change could impact on the production of beer in Australia and New Zealand.
A climate expert from the New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Dr Jim Salinger, says climate change could cause a decline in malting barley production in both countries.
He says the result will either be pubs without beer, or a steep rise in the price of the beverage.
Dr Salinger says production in Australia was likely to be hit harder than New Zealand.
