# Oat market running risk of excess supply in 2020 - RealAgriculture

> Oat market analysts expect burdensome fall supply as growers signed forward contracts at strong prices and planned more oat acres. Western Canadian acres are expected to rise 9% and U.S. acres 3%, per Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and USDA estimates. New-crop prices have been dropping in recent weeks.

- Date: 2020-03-02 · published 2020-03-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Canada · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/12538-oat-market-running-risk-of-excess-supply-in-2020-realagriculture
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

Higher intended oat plantings and weakening new-crop prices point to a bearish supply outlook that could ease feed oat prices if crops are average or better.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2021-05-28 | [UK oat stocks to rise as exports drop off: Grain market daily \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47152-uk-oat-stocks-to-rise-as-exports-drop-off-grain-market-daily-ahdb.md) | +5.9% | +1.3% |
| OATS | 2018-07-31 | [It's begun! Upper Midwest harvest underway - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64086-it-s-begun-upper-midwest-harvest-underway-agweek-1-source-for-agriculture-news.md) | +12.4% | +6.2% |
| OATS | 2020-02-25 | [Strong future markets seen for Canadian oat crops](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54666-strong-future-markets-seen-for-canadian-oat-crops.md) | -9.4% | -6.1% |
| OATS | 2025-07-09 | [Search for oats is on for growing market -  Premium](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23822-search-for-oats-is-on-for-growing-market-premium.md) | -7.5% | -16.9% |
| OATS | 2019-12-03 | [Oat market under pressure from high volumes - Farmers Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55648-oat-market-under-pressure-from-high-volumes-farmers-weekly.md) | -2.6% | -10.2% |

## Sources

- realagriculture.com: https://www.realagriculture.com/2020/03/oat-market-running-risk-of-excess-supply-in-2020/

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