# Regrowing the marketplace for small grains

> Practical Farmers of Iowa is working to build markets for small grains such as oats, wheat, rye and barley through food and beverage company pilot projects. The article notes that acreage of these crops has fallen sharply over decades, reducing the infrastructure farmers once relied on.

- Date: 2019-09-23 · published 2019-09-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/57123-regrowing-the-marketplace-for-small-grains
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

This is a structural, long-term effort to expand small-grain acreage and markets in the Corn Belt, with no immediate effect on feed grain supply or prices.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2024-03-01 | [Will the Canadian oat market ever settle down?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31717-will-the-canadian-oat-market-ever-settle-down.md) | -3.1% | -5.4% |
| OATS | 2024-04-22 | [Consortium to capitalise on growing global oat demand - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30788-consortium-to-capitalise-on-growing-global-oat-demand-grain-central.md) | +4.2% | +1.7% |
| OATS | 2021-04-22 | [$11.5 million program ushers in new era for oat breeding - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47667-11-5-million-program-ushers-in-new-era-for-oat-breeding-grain-central.md) | +1.8% | -9.7% |
| OATS | 2024-01-25 | [CFTC fines Ceres Global Ag Corp $3 million for trying to manipulate oat futures prices_Hawk Insight](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32158-cftc-fines-ceres-global-ag-corp-3-million-for-trying-to-manipulate-oat-futures.md) | +4.6% | -0.8% |
| OATS | 2023-12-20 | [Important Changes to Crop Insurance for Oats and Hybrid Winter Rye](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32757-important-changes-to-crop-insurance-for-oats-and-hybrid-winter-rye.md) | -3.1% | -1.4% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/crops/regrowing-the-marketplace-for-small-grains

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