# Rethinking oats | The Western Producer

> Oat acreage in Western Canada fell 40% in 2023 to 2.5 million acres, the lowest on record. Seed companies are promoting new feed and forage oat varieties to revive demand. The article covers the new varieties on display at a Saskatchewan farm show.

- Date: 2024-10-28 · published 2024-10-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/27927-rethinking-oats-the-western-producer
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

Record-low acreage tightens the oat supply base, but new varieties aim to restore plantings. Price effects depend on whether farmers return to oats in volume.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: neutral

## Sources

- producer.com: https://www.producer.com/news/rethinking-oats/

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