# Oatly wants farmers to plant more oats. Here’s how it’s helping | Trellis

> Oatly is working with US farmers and millers to bring oats into corn-and-soy crop rotations for food use. The company has set up a pilot program to incentivize growers and build a local oat supply chain. The effort aims to add food-grade oat acreage in the American Midwest.

- Date: 2022-01-27 · published 2022-01-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/43206-oatly-wants-farmers-to-plant-more-oats-here-s-how-it-s-helping-trellis
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

New contracted oat acreage in the Midwest could gradually increase domestic oat supply, which is mildly bearish for oat prices. The volumes involved are small relative to the feed market.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2024-04-17 | [UK: Oat exports starting to slow](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30785-uk-oat-exports-starting-to-slow.md) | +6.1% | +18.7% |
| OATS | 2025-03-19 | [Oats under pressure from tariffs, supply issues \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25662-oats-under-pressure-from-tariffs-supply-issues-world-grain.md) | +0.4% | -6.4% |
| OATS | 2025-04-09 | [Ashley Thompson, CEO of the Chicago-based overnight oats brand Mush, is preparing for the day her key ingredient, the oats she’s sourced from Canada for years, will face extreme volatility in the… \| Forbes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25175-ashley-thompson-ceo-of-the-chicago-based-overnight-oats-brand-mush-is-preparing.md) | +3.9% | +12.1% |
| OATS | 2025-09-26 | [Minnesota Oat Mafia 'sitting on' 600K bushels of oats with no buyer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22917-minnesota-oat-mafia-sitting-on-600k-bushels-of-oats-with-no-buyer.md) | -4.2% | -1.8% |
| OATS | 2026-03-25 | [In two months, Ukraine’s oat exports have decreased fiftyfold – Ukr Reality](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11692-in-two-months-ukraine-s-oat-exports-have-decreased-fiftyfold-ukr-reality.md) | +6.3% | -5.1% |

## Sources

- trellis.net: https://trellis.net/article/oatly-wants-farmers-plant-more-oats-heres-how-its-helping/

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