# AAFC Forecasts Oat Stocks to Swell

> Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's December outlook raised Canadian oat ending stocks to 1.150 million tonnes, up 123% from the five-year average. The revision follows Statistics Canada's November estimates showing production of 5.226 million tonnes, up 86% from the 2021 low.

- Date: 2022-12-20 · published 2022-12-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Canada · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/38289-aafc-forecasts-oat-stocks-to-swell
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

Larger Canadian oat supplies and higher ending stocks add bearish pressure on oat prices and weaken the case for firm feed grain values.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2019-03-13 | [A Case for Selling Old-Crop Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6535-a-case-for-selling-old-crop-oats.md) | +5.5% | +8.7% |
| OATS | 2021-05-28 | [UK oat stocks to rise as exports drop off: Grain market daily \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47152-uk-oat-stocks-to-rise-as-exports-drop-off-grain-market-daily-ahdb.md) | +5.9% | +1.3% |
| OATS | 2018-03-26 | [AAFC Canadian oats forecast called into question \| World-grain.com \| March 26, 2018 20:06 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66045-aafc-canadian-oats-forecast-called-into-question-world-grain-com-march-26-2018.md) | +2.4% | +0.2% |
| OATS | 2025-12-18 | [Barley, Oat Ending Stocks Up from... \| Syngenta CA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21552-barley-oat-ending-stocks-up-from-syngenta-ca.md) | +6.0% | +5.3% |
| OATS | 2023-02-08 | [U.S. oat stocks unchanged on the month - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37397-u-s-oat-stocks-unchanged-on-the-month-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -4.9% | -10.3% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/blogs/canada-markets/blog-post/2022/12/20/aafc-forecasts-oat-stocks-swell

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