# Slowest Oat Planting Progress Ever

> USDA's first 2022 national oat condition report produced an initial crop rating of 618, the lowest first rating since national ratings began in 1996. Cold, wet weather in the Upper Midwest and Northern Plains has delayed oat and other spring crop seedings.

- Date: 2022-05-26 · published 2022-05-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/41454-slowest-oat-planting-progress-ever
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

A poor start to the oat crop and delayed planting in key growing areas point to reduced supply and firmer oat prices for feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2021-05-12 | [First 2021 Oat Rating Low](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7461-first-2021-oat-rating-low.md) | -10.9% | -1.1% |
| OATS | 2022-03-29 | [Poor Oat Crop Compounds Oatly’s Problems \| Food Processing](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42334-poor-oat-crop-compounds-oatly-s-problems-food-processing.md) | -3.4% | -8.2% |
| 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 | 2022-04-01 | [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 | 2022-05-24 | [Spring wheat, oat futures outperform, as storms hamper US sowings - Grain Price News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41453-spring-wheat-oat-futures-outperform-as-storms-hamper-us-sowings-grain-price-news.md) | +6.4% | -1.3% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/AG/blogs/fundamentally-speaking/blog-post/2022/05/26/slowest-oat-planting-progress-ever

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