# Oats: A crop with more value than the market realises

> Irish oat plantings rose 21% in 2025 to 33,600 hectares, creating excess supply, and grain merchants are considering exports again due to insufficient domestic demand. Teagasc argues oats have agronomic and rotation benefits that the market is not yet recognising.

- Date: 2025-12-01 · published 2025-12-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Ireland · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/22016-oats-a-crop-with-more-value-than-the-market-realises
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

Surplus Irish oat supply with weak local demand points to bearish pressure on domestic oat prices and possible exports that could move Irish feed grain flows.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: bearish ▼

## Sources

- teagasc.ie: https://teagasc.ie/news--events/daily/oats-a-crop-with-more-value-than-the-market-realises/

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