# Oats in Iowa

> Iowa Farm Bureau reports that Iowa harvested about 40,000 acres of oats in 2022, producing 3.2 million bushels at 80 bushels per acre. Iowa's oat acreage has declined from over 4 million acres in 1960 to around 40,000 acres now.

- Date: 2022-11-01 · published 2022-11-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/39186-oats-in-iowa
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

Shrinking Iowa oat acreage is a small part of the national picture and has limited direct price impact.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2020-01-23 | [Corn and oats most profitable in Man., but corn most risky](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55136-corn-and-oats-most-profitable-in-man-but-corn-most-risky.md) | -1.8% | -4.7% |
| OATS | 2017-12-08 | [Oat Exports Remain Brisk](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67524-oat-exports-remain-brisk.md) | +4.3% | +9.2% |
| 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 | 2019-03-15 | [It’s a good time to be breeding oats - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60136-it-s-a-good-time-to-be-breeding-oats-grainews.md) | +8.0% | +7.7% |

## Sources

- iowafarmbureau.com: https://www.iowafarmbureau.com/Article/Oats-in-Iowa

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