# US Oat Area to Hold Near Record L... | Syngenta CA

> USDA's Prospective Plantings report put 2026 US oat intentions at 2.36 million acres, slightly below 2025 and the third lowest on record. Barley intentions rose 2% to 2.35 million acres, with Montana and North Dakota as the main growing states.

- Date: 2026-03-31 · published 2026-03-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/20239-us-oat-area-to-hold-near-record-l-syngenta-ca
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Low oat acreage supports oat prices by tightening feed supply, while larger barley plantings add supply and pressure barley prices. Feed buyers should watch these acreage shifts when budgeting grain costs.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2025-03-31 | [US Oat, Barley Area Seen 2% Lower... \| Syngenta CA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25666-us-oat-barley-area-seen-2-lower-syngenta-ca.md) | -2.1% | +5.4% |
| OATS | 2021-09-30 | [USDA reports record small oat crop - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45123-usda-reports-record-small-oat-crop-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +2.3% | +21.7% |
| OATS | 2026-08-21 | [Agriculture Canada Cuts Old-Crop ... \| Syngenta CA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17954-agriculture-canada-cuts-old-crop-syngenta-ca.md) | +3.2% | +20.6% |
| OATS | 2021-07-12 | [Drought Pushes U.S. Oat Crop to Lowest in Records Back to 1866 - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46114-drought-pushes-u-s-oat-crop-to-lowest-in-records-back-to-1866-bloomberg.md) | +10.0% | +17.9% |
| OATS | 2025-05-26 | [North American Oat Ending Stocks Flirting with Record Low Levels](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24712-north-american-oat-ending-stocks-flirting-with-record-low-levels.md) | +7.1% | +2.5% |

## Sources

- syngenta.ca: https://www.syngenta.ca/market-news/us-oat-area-to-hold-near-record-lows--barley-acres-to-nudge-higher

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