# USDA reports record small oat crop - Brownfield Ag News

> USDA reported the 2021 U.S. oat crop at 39.836 million bushels, the smallest on record and 39% below 2020. Yield was 61.3 bushels per acre and September 1 oat stocks were 62.1 million bushels, 7% lower year on year.

- Date: 2021-09-30 · published 2021-09-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45123-usda-reports-record-small-oat-crop-brownfield-ag-news
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

A record-small U.S. crop with tighter stocks supports oat prices and reduces the supply available for feed use, with higher prices expected to pull acreage back in 2022.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2021-08-13 | [USDA projecting smaller oat crop - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45605-usda-projecting-smaller-oat-crop-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +4.9% | +3.9% |
| OATS | 2026-03-31 | [US Oat Area to Hold Near Record L... \| Syngenta CA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20239-us-oat-area-to-hold-near-record-l-syngenta-ca.md) | -2.8% | -4.7% |
| OATS | 2021-07-12 | [Drought Pushes U.S. Oat Crop to Lowest in Records Back to 1866 - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46114-drought-pushes-u-s-oat-crop-to-lowest-in-records-back-to-1866-bloomberg.md) | +10.0% | +17.9% |
| OATS | 2021-01-27 | [Smaller wheat and oat crops forecast for Canada \| 2021-01-27  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49209-smaller-wheat-and-oat-crops-forecast-for-canada-2021-01-27-world-grain.md) | -2.6% | +3.5% |
| OATS | 2023-10-20 | [Smallest UK oat crop for seven years: Grain market daily \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33705-smallest-uk-oat-crop-for-seven-years-grain-market-daily-ahdb.md) | +6.0% | -6.3% |

## Sources

- brownfieldagnews.com: https://www.brownfieldagnews.com/news/usda-reports-record-small-oat-crop/

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