# Meeting the demand for gluten-free oat products when supplies are scarce | Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery

> Manufacturers of gluten-free oat products face shortages after US oat yields fell about 40% amid heat, drought, grasshoppers and fire. Growers planted fewer oats in favor of higher-return crops, and Canada's crop is worse.

- Date: 2022-05-20 · published 2022-05-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/41455-meeting-the-demand-for-gluten-free-oat-products-when-supplies-are-scarce-snack
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

Sharply lower oat yields and reduced acreage tighten supply, supporting oat prices and raising costs for oat-based food and feed users.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2021-11-04 | [As demand for oat milk increases, oat supplies wanes due to drought, demand \| Dairy Processing](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44115-as-demand-for-oat-milk-increases-oat-supplies-wanes-due-to-drought-demand-dairy.md) | -0.9% | -0.8% |
| 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 | 2021-11-04 | [US oat prices soar as supply dips due to drought, demand \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44107-us-oat-prices-soar-as-supply-dips-due-to-drought-demand-world-grain.md) | -0.9% | -0.8% |
| OATS | 2021-08-01 | [Oat supplies to tighten as Man. crop suffers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46113-oat-supplies-to-tighten-as-man-crop-suffers.md) | +4.6% | +15.9% |
| OATS | 2016-11-25 | [Oat prices surge as Canadian output drops following delayed harvest - The Globe and Mail](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73900-oat-prices-surge-as-canadian-output-drops-following-delayed-harvest-the-globe.md) | -7.6% | +0.6% |

## Sources

- snackandbakery.com: https://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/98751-meeting-the-demand-for-gluten-free-oat-products-when-supplies-are-scarce

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