# Oats Find a Fit

> A Successful Farming feature describes oats as a rotation crop that helps break weed cycles and scavenge nitrates. It notes Iowa oat plantings fell to about 135,000 acres in 2019 from 6.6 million in 1950.

- Date: 2020-02-18 · published 2020-02-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54668-oats-find-a-fit
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

The article covers agronomy with no new price driver, so it has little direct effect on oat or feed markets.

## Sources

- agriculture.com: https://www.agriculture.com/crops/soil-health/oats-find-a-fit

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