# Export fodder customers and growers to benefit from new breeding program | AgriFutures Australia

> Australia's AgriFutures and GRDC are contributing to an A$11.5 million national oat breeding program led by InterGrain. The program aims to develop hay and milling oat varieties with higher protein, thinner stems and lodging resistance.

- Date: 2021-06-07 · published 2021-06-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46631-export-fodder-customers-and-growers-to-benefit-from-new-breeding-program
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

Long-term breeding investment may improve Australian oat quality and export competitiveness, but it has no near-term price impact.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2021-04-21 | [New Era for Oat Breeding: significant investment over the next five years to accelerate the National Oat Breeding Program \| AgriFutures Australia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47666-new-era-for-oat-breeding-significant-investment-over-the-next-five-years-to.md) | +4.7% | -7.5% |
| OATS | 2021-04-22 | [$11.5 million program ushers in new era for oat breeding - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47667-11-5-million-program-ushers-in-new-era-for-oat-breeding-grain-central.md) | +1.8% | -9.7% |
| OATS | 2023-04-30 | [13008-18 from InterGrain and Koala from Seednet accepted into first stage Australian Oat Classification Program \| Farm Weekly \| WA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36461-13008-18-from-intergrain-and-koala-from-seednet-accepted-into-first-stage.md) | +5.9% | +13.7% |
| OATS | 2021-02-01 | [New efforts to raise oat productivity and value \| GroundCover](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48681-new-efforts-to-raise-oat-productivity-and-value-groundcover.md) | -0.1% | +6.9% |
| 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

- agrifutures.com.au: https://agrifutures.com.au/news/export-fodder-oat-breeding-program/

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