# Oats scarce, prices rise | Country News

> Australian feed grain prices, including oats, are rising in the Goulburn Valley as minimal pasture growth since late summer and an early frost increase livestock demand for grain. Growers report oats becoming hard to source, with prices up sharply compared with previous years.

- Date: 2024-05-26 · published 2024-05-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/30300-oats-scarce-prices-rise-country-news
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Poor pasture growth pushes livestock producers toward grain feeding, tightening domestic oat and feed grain supplies and supporting higher local feed prices.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2026-10-09 | [Oat Market Update: CBOT Rally vs. Stable EU Feed Oat Prices — CMB News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/468-oat-market-update-cbot-rally-vs-stable-eu-feed-oat-prices-cmb-news.md) | -5.9% | -17.1% |
| OATS | 2021-12-22 | [Why coffee and oat prices are rising faster than oil’s](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43654-why-coffee-and-oat-prices-are-rising-faster-than-oil-s.md) | +4.3% | -3.9% |
| OATS | 2022-04-11 | [Poor crop yield forces oat producers to raise prices - The Strategic Sourceror](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41892-poor-crop-yield-forces-oat-producers-to-raise-prices-the-strategic-sourceror.md) | -4.2% | -18.8% |
| OATS | 2022-04-01 | [Strained oat supply pushes Oatly to raise prices, expand sourcing](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42337-strained-oat-supply-pushes-oatly-to-raise-prices-expand-sourcing.md) | +5.5% | -7.1% |
| OATS | 2017-07-06 | [Oats buyers filled for now, watching weather - Country Guide](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70014-oats-buyers-filled-for-now-watching-weather-country-guide.md) | +7.3% | +3.5% |

## Sources

- countrynews.com.au: https://www.countrynews.com.au/cropping/oat-prices-rising-and-seed-scarce/

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