# Strong WA oat crop drives gains in Asian consumer market - Grain Central

> Western Australia's oat crop is forecast at 857,500 tonnes from over 400,000 hectares, well above last year's 665,000 tonnes. WA oat prices have eased to about A$300 per tonne from over A$400 in prior years, making Australian oats more competitive in Asia.

- Date: 2025-10-17 · published 2025-10-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/22441-strong-wa-oat-crop-drives-gains-in-asian-consumer-market-grain-central
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

A larger Australian crop and lower prices add export supply that could draw Asian oat milk and milling demand away from Russian oats, pressuring oat values.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2021-04-30 | [Favourable start for forage oats crops - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47663-favourable-start-for-forage-oats-crops-grain-central.md) | +3.3% | -5.9% |
| OATS | 2025-10-20 | [Australia eyes Chinese oat market with record harvest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22446-australia-eyes-chinese-oat-market-with-record-harvest.md) | +4.7% | +3.8% |
| OATS | 2020-08-06 | [Large Canadian oat crop may pressure prices \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51668-large-canadian-oat-crop-may-pressure-prices-the-western-producer.md) | -3.5% | +0.1% |
| OATS | 2020-08-04 | [NSW crop production set to triple in size after sharp turnaround in rainfall - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51555-nsw-crop-production-set-to-triple-in-size-after-sharp-turnaround-in-rainfall.md) | -2.3% | -0.9% |
| OATS | 2018-04-13 | [Extended winter could lead to more Prairie oat acres \| Farmtario](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65554-extended-winter-could-lead-to-more-prairie-oat-acres-farmtario.md) | -1.3% | -2.3% |

## Sources

- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/news/strong-wa-oat-crop-drives-gains-in-asian-consumer-market/

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