# Oat supplies to tighten as Man. crop suffers

> Eastern Manitoba and the Red River Valley have very dry conditions, and oat yields there could be 30 to 40 percent below average. Some Interlake fields are being harvested for green feed. National oat production is forecast to fall sharply to 3.8 million tonnes.

- Date: 2021-08-01 · published 2021-08-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Canada · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46113-oat-supplies-to-tighten-as-man-crop-suffers
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Drought-driven yield losses in Manitoba tighten oat supplies for the 2021-22 crop year, supporting oat prices and feed substitution demand.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: 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 | 2021-11-04 | [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 | 2021-10-12 | [Drought pinches oat crops — and food makers that rely on them](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44609-drought-pinches-oat-crops-and-food-makers-that-rely-on-them.md) | -1.6% | +7.5% |
| OATS | 2024-12-18 | [Canadian Oats Supply, Canadian Farmers See Leaner Times \| Paradigm Futures](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7782-canadian-oats-supply-canadian-farmers-see-leaner-times-paradigm-futures.md) | -8.7% | -3.9% |
| OATS | 2022-04-11 | [Poor crop yield forces oat producers to raise prices - The Strategic Sourceror](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41892-poor-crop-yield-forces-oat-producers-to-raise-prices-the-strategic-sourceror.md) | -4.2% | -18.8% |

## Sources

- producer.com: https://www.producer.com/markets/oat-supplies-to-tighten-as-man-crop-suffers/

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