# Farmers unhappy with White’s oats contract -  Premium

> Northern Ireland farmers contracted to supply milling oats to White's Oats say the pricing mechanism leaves them at a disadvantage. The contract uses the LIFFE feed wheat futures index for July to September rather than a guaranteed market price, and growers say this trails spot prices.

- Date: 2022-09-14 · published 2022-09-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Northern Ireland · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/39642-farmers-unhappy-with-white-s-oats-contract-premium
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

This is a local contract dispute with limited effect on global feed prices. It shows that feed-wheat benchmarks can run below spot oat values in the UK market.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: neutral

## Sources

- farmersjournal.ie: https://www.farmersjournal.ie/more/northern-ireland/farmers-unhappy-with-white-s-oats-contract-722350

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