# Forage oat planting spikes in Queensland amid increased demand | Queensland Country Life | QLD

> Forage oat plantings are rising across Queensland as graziers take advantage of early autumn rainfall. Seed suppliers report increased orders, mainly in central and southern areas.

- Date: 2025-04-22 · published 2025-04-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/25173-forage-oat-planting-spikes-in-queensland-amid-increased-demand-queensland
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

Higher Australian forage oat planting is a local demand story with little bearing on global feed oat prices.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2018-04-27 | [Oats planting set to roll in WA - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65555-oats-planting-set-to-roll-in-wa-grain-central.md) | +2.3% | +10.5% |
| OATS | 2022-08-01 | [The Reason That The Oat Industry Is Currently In Shambles](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40548-the-reason-that-the-oat-industry-is-currently-in-shambles.md) | -5.7% | -6.8% |
| OATS | 2026-04-13 | [As planting begins, finding crops to cash flow remains a challenge - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19761-as-planting-begins-finding-crops-to-cash-flow-remains-a-challenge-agweek-1.md) | -0.2% | -0.4% |
| OATS | 2020-08-26 | [Oat harvest begins in east central Saskatchewan \| paNOW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51671-oat-harvest-begins-in-east-central-saskatchewan-panow.md) | +2.1% | +5.7% |
| OATS | 2024-11-07 | [Cutting nitrogen pays off in oats — if it’s drier \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10547-cutting-nitrogen-pays-off-in-oats-if-it-s-drier-the-western-producer.md) | -12.7% | -12.8% |

## Sources

- queenslandcountrylife.com.au: https://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/story/8948218/forage-oat-planting-spikes-in-queensland-amid-increased-demand/

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