# Large Canadian oat crop may pressure prices | The Western Producer

> Glacier MarketsFarm's Bruce Burnett says a large Canadian oat crop is expected to create a surplus of milling-quality oats. Oats are the exception among Western Canadian crops, since the acreage is large, the crop is performing well, and Canada dominates North American production and consumption. Markets for oats are limited, with a finite food market, a stagnant horsefeed market and a residual feedgrains market.

- Date: 2020-08-06 · published 2020-08-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Canada · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/51668-large-canadian-oat-crop-may-pressure-prices-the-western-producer
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

A surplus in a market with limited outlets points to lower oat prices for the new crop. Feed buyers can expect softer oat values, while other large Canadian crops are not expected to move prices much.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2018-04-13 | [Extended winter could lead to more Prairie oat acres \| Farmtario](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65554-extended-winter-could-lead-to-more-prairie-oat-acres-farmtario.md) | -1.3% | -2.3% |
| OATS | 2025-10-17 | [Strong WA oat crop drives gains in Asian consumer market - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22441-strong-wa-oat-crop-drives-gains-in-asian-consumer-market-grain-central.md) | +5.5% | +6.9% |
| OATS | 2022-08-02 | [Good yields expected in Western Canada, questions in Ontario  - AgCanada](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40085-good-yields-expected-in-western-canada-questions-in-ontario-agcanada.md) | +4.7% | -5.5% |
| OATS | 2020-08-04 | [NSW crop production set to triple in size after sharp turnaround in rainfall - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51555-nsw-crop-production-set-to-triple-in-size-after-sharp-turnaround-in-rainfall.md) | -2.3% | -0.9% |
| OATS | 2025-10-20 | [Australia eyes Chinese oat market with record harvest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22446-australia-eyes-chinese-oat-market-with-record-harvest.md) | +4.7% | +3.8% |

## Sources

- producer.com: https://www.producer.com/markets/large-canadian-oat-crop-may-pressure-prices/

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