# Increased Yields Lift Oats Production | Industry News | feedlotmagazine.com

> USDA's NASS Small Grains 2026 Summary raised the US 2026/27 oat yield by 3.3 bushels per acre to 75.3 bushels, up 4%. Planted area fell 1% to 2.6 million acres and harvested area fell 3% to 1 million acres. Production rose 1% to 69 million bushels, and beginning stocks were trimmed slightly to 32 million bushels.

- Date: 2026-10-30 · published 2026-11-01T17:11:11.233Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/17164-increased-yields-lift-oats-production-industry-news-feedlotmagazine-com
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

The larger US oat crop adds modest supply and slightly eases the tightness in North American oats, a small bearish factor for oat feed prices.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2022-09-30 | [2022 oat production up sharply from 2021 - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39643-2022-oat-production-up-sharply-from-2021-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +3.7% | -6.3% |
| OATS | 2026-02-23 | [The Cinderella crop steps into the spotlight - Crop Production Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20668-the-cinderella-crop-steps-into-the-spotlight-crop-production-magazine.md) | -4.5% | +8.5% |
| OATS | 2023-09-12 | [StatCan expected to raise estimate for oats production - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34164-statcan-expected-to-raise-estimate-for-oats-production-grainews.md) | -3.4% | -10.5% |
| OATS | 2025-03-21 | [Global expectations for oats production \| Farmer's Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25667-global-expectations-for-oats-production-farmer-s-weekly.md) | -5.7% | -5.8% |
| OATS | 2025-08-17 | [Why we could see increased demand for British oats - Farmers Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23368-why-we-could-see-increased-demand-for-british-oats-farmers-weekly.md) | -4.9% | -4.9% |

## Sources

- feedlotmagazine.com: https://www.feedlotmagazine.com/news/industry_news/increased-yields-lift-oats-production/article_bad39508-af31-4f20-aa66-6a1392bcbeb6.html

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