# WA oats on a roll as seeding wraps up - Grain Central

> Western Australian growers have planted about 530,000 hectares of oats this season, up sharply from roughly 320,000 hectares in 2018 and 2019. Some acreage shifted from barley after China imposed an 80 per cent tariff on Australian barley in May.

- Date: 2020-06-10 · published 2020-06-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52679-wa-oats-on-a-roll-as-seeding-wraps-up-grain-central
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Larger Australian oat and barley plantings add export supply, while China's barley tariff curbs barley demand from Australia. Both point to softer prices for these grains.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: bearish ▼
- BARLEY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2025-03-19 | [Oats under pressure from tariffs, supply issues \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25662-oats-under-pressure-from-tariffs-supply-issues-world-grain.md) | +0.4% | -6.4% |
| OATS | 2025-04-07 | [Oats market serves as case study for misguided trade approach \| Baking Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25171-oats-market-serves-as-case-study-for-misguided-trade-approach-baking-business.md) | +0.9% | +5.3% |
| OATS | 2025-01-16 | [Crop Production Show 2025: U.S. tariffs could impact Canadian oat market as early as next week - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26553-crop-production-show-2025-u-s-tariffs-could-impact-canadian-oat-market-as-early.md) | +5.0% | -5.1% |
| OATS | 2025-09-26 | [Minnesota Oat Mafia 'sitting on' 600K bushels of oats with no buyer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22917-minnesota-oat-mafia-sitting-on-600k-bushels-of-oats-with-no-buyer.md) | -4.2% | -1.8% |
| OATS | 2024-04-17 | [UK: Oat exports starting to slow](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30785-uk-oat-exports-starting-to-slow.md) | +6.1% | +18.7% |

## Sources

- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/news/wa-oats-on-a-roll-as-seeding-wraps-up/

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