# Oat diseases that affect your crop and what to do about them - Grainews

> A Grainews columnist outlines major oat diseases, with crown rust identified as the primary threat over the past two decades. Crown rust spreads via buckthorn alternate hosts and overwintering on oat residue, and typically intensifies around late July.

- Date: 2020-05-07 · published 2020-05-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53183-oat-diseases-that-affect-your-crop-and-what-to-do-about-them-grainews
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

Disease pressure on oats can reduce yields and quality, which tightens feed oat supply and could support prices if widespread, though this is agronomic advice with no immediate market shock.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2019-03-01 | [Managing disease in oat crops - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60139-managing-disease-in-oat-crops-grainews.md) | +1.6% | +5.1% |
| OATS | 2017-02-28 | [AgroPages-Wheat disease sees Canadian farmers looking to oats-Agricultural news](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72563-agropages-wheat-disease-sees-canadian-farmers-looking-to-oats-agricultural-news.md) | +5.8% | -3.6% |
| OATS | 2017-02-27 | [Wheat disease risk sees farmers looking to oats \| Farmtario](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72562-wheat-disease-risk-sees-farmers-looking-to-oats-farmtario.md) | +3.5% | -2.2% |
| OATS | 2019-11-20 | [New research targets common oat disease \| WA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56150-new-research-targets-common-oat-disease-wa.md) | +3.1% | -2.3% |
| OATS | 2024-10-18 | [New Oat Ready for Battle Against Crown Rust - AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27931-new-oat-ready-for-battle-against-crown-rust-ag-information-network-of-the-west.md) | -3.0% | -10.2% |

## Sources

- grainews.ca: https://www.grainews.ca/crops/oat-diseases-that-affect-your-crop-and-what-to-do-about-them/

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