# Could oats emerge as the top choice for this season's harvest? | promo24.com

> COCERAL expects EU wheat production to decline this year while oat area is forecast to increase in several countries, including the Baltics and Poland. The EU produced 7.4 million tonnes of oats last year, and food-oriented oat demand is growing.

- Date: 2024-04-03 · published 2024-04-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/30787-could-oats-emerge-as-the-top-choice-for-this-season-s-harvest-promo24-com
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

A forecast wheat decline paired with rising oat plantings could make oats more competitively priced versus wheat, shifting feed grain substitution in Europe.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: neutral
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2021-01-26 | [Thinking about Throwing Oats in the Rotation? Small Grain Focus of Upcoming Crop Hour Week \| TSLN.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49210-thinking-about-throwing-oats-in-the-rotation-small-grain-focus-of-upcoming-crop.md) | -2.0% | +2.4% |
| OATS | 2017-11-06 | [The Catch-22 of oat production - Country Guide](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68030-the-catch-22-of-oat-production-country-guide.md) | +3.4% | -8.3% |
| OATS | 2026-08-01 | [No Oat Harvest in 3 Key States](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18397-no-oat-harvest-in-3-key-states.md) | +0.2% | +12.4% |
| OATS | 2017-08-16 | [Finland - The Use Of Oats In The Food Industry Exceeded the Use of Rye - Seed World](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69505-finland-the-use-of-oats-in-the-food-industry-exceeded-the-use-of-rye-seed-world.md) | -7.5% | -7.5% |
| OATS | 2016-07-21 | [Canada’s grain production forecast flat \| World-grain.com \| July 21, 2016 19:19 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11817-canada-s-grain-production-forecast-flat-world-grain-com-july-21-2016-19-19.md) | -4.3% | -17.1% |
| WHEAT | 2022-09-28 | [Argentina soy harvest set to climb next season; wheat, corn to retreat \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14011-argentina-soy-harvest-set-to-climb-next-season-wheat-corn-to-retreat-financial.md) | +1.3% | -10.3% |
| WHEAT | 2020-05-08 | [SA’s harvest estimate for 2019-20 tops at 6.5Mt - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53073-sa-s-harvest-estimate-for-2019-20-tops-at-6-5mt-grain-central.md) | -2.3% | -0.9% |
| WHEAT | 2026-01-27 | [COCERAL in its first forecast for 2026 expects a decrease in the grain harvest in Europe.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20990-coceral-in-its-first-forecast-for-2026-expects-a-decrease-in-the-grain-harvest.md) | +0.6% | +4.5% |

## Sources

- promo24.com: https://promo24.com/news/could-oats-emerge-as-the-top-choice-for-this-season-s-harvest-25

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