# Variety selection key to success with small grains

> Practical Farmers of Iowa is running oat variety trials and building a tool to predict best-yielding varieties by ZIP code. The article argues that narrow breeding funding has left the Midwest with few small-grain breeders.

- Date: 2020-04-28 · published 2020-04-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53691-variety-selection-key-to-success-with-small-grains
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

This is agronomic background with no direct supply or demand shock, so it has no clear price implication for oats.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2020-09-30 | [Southern Region small grains release - Morning Ag Clips](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51162-southern-region-small-grains-release-morning-ag-clips.md) | +4.8% | +11.0% |
| OATS | 2022-10-02 | [Southern Region small grains report - Morning Ag Clips](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39182-southern-region-small-grains-report-morning-ag-clips.md) | -2.8% | -6.0% |
| OATS | 2023-07-15 | [Small Grains Forecast Is In - Mid-West Farm Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35095-small-grains-forecast-is-in-mid-west-farm-report.md) | +12.1% | +7.2% |
| OATS | 2017-12-05 | [Winter crop set to fall to 35.1 million tonnes: ABARES - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67431-winter-crop-set-to-fall-to-35-1-million-tonnes-abares-grain-central.md) | -5.7% | +1.3% |
| OATS | 2020-07-16 | [Ohio July 1 Small Grains Forecast - Morning Ag Clips](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4465-ohio-july-1-small-grains-forecast-morning-ag-clips.md) | +1.6% | -4.1% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/crops/variety-selection-key-to-success-with-small-grains

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