# Why coffee and oat prices are rising faster than oil’s

> Oat and coffee futures have been the fastest-growing commodities of 2021, up about 87% and 81% year to date as of Dec. 22. Severe weather including drought and frost in Brazil cut arabica output sharply, while Canadian oat crops also suffered.

- Date: 2021-12-22 · published 2021-12-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/43654-why-coffee-and-oat-prices-are-rising-faster-than-oil-s
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

Tight supply of oats raises feed costs for buyers using oats in rations, and the rally signals that weather-driven shortfalls are lifting prices across food and feed grains.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2024-05-26 | [Oats scarce, prices rise \| Country News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30300-oats-scarce-prices-rise-country-news.md) | -0.3% | -18.9% |
| 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% |
| OATS | 2022-01-04 | [Severe weather drives up prices of oats, coffee: Hart \| Department of Economics](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43204-severe-weather-drives-up-prices-of-oats-coffee-hart-department-of-economics.md) | -2.5% | +5.0% |
| 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 | 2021-10-29 | [Oat Prices Reach Record Highs, Economists Aren't Convinced It'll Eat into Corn and Soybean Acres - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44607-oat-prices-reach-record-highs-economists-aren-t-convinced-it-ll-eat-into-corn.md) | +4.3% | +6.3% |

## Sources

- qz.com: https://qz.com/2105332/why-coffee-and-oat-prices-are-rising-faster-than-oil

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