# Contracts, economics complicate calls for alternate-use crops - Manitoba Co-operator

> Manitoba livestock producers want marginal cereal crops for winter feed, but grain buyers may be reluctant to accept crops put to alternate use. The province and MASC set a 60 per cent quality adjustment factor for insurance assessments on cereals diverted to feed.

- Date: 2021-08-05 · published 2021-08-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45602-contracts-economics-complicate-calls-for-alternate-use-crops-manitoba-co
- Commodities: [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

Feed shortages in Manitoba could tighten local barley, oat and wheat feed supply, while buyer reluctance keeps marginal grain committed to other channels.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2020-06-05 | [Updated U.S. Manipulator MRL good news for Canadian oats - Top Crop ManagerTop Crop Manager](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9490-updated-u-s-manipulator-mrl-good-news-for-canadian-oats-top-crop-managertop.md) | -7.7% | -2.0% |
| OATS | 2022-10-06 | [Government of Canada invests in food research to support disease prevention](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39184-government-of-canada-invests-in-food-research-to-support-disease-prevention.md) | +0.0% | -2.9% |
| OATS | 2021-05-11 | [Richardson Milling’s Desiccant Ban Could Seed Further Consumer Mistrust In Agriculture - SAIFood](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47153-richardson-milling-s-desiccant-ban-could-seed-further-consumer-mistrust-in.md) | -10.5% | +1.2% |
| OATS | 2020-10-05 | [Struggle to meet greenfeed oats demand](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50718-struggle-to-meet-greenfeed-oats-demand.md) | +2.3% | +4.0% |
| OATS | 2024-06-19 | [Due to exceeding quotas, EU returns customs duties on Ukrainian oats \| Ukrainian news](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29834-due-to-exceeding-quotas-eu-returns-customs-duties-on-ukrainian-oats-ukrainian.md) | -10.3% | +0.7% |

## Sources

- manitobacooperator.ca: https://www.manitobacooperator.ca/news-opinion/news/contracts-economics-complicate-calls-for-alternate-use-crops/

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