# A Look at AAFC's February Ending Stocks Estimates

> Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's February estimates lowered Canadian principal field crop ending stocks by 68,000 mt to 14.277 million mt. Oats ending stocks were cut 50,000 mt to 600,000 mt, the lowest in six years, due to rapid exports and higher domestic use.

- Date: 2019-02-25 · published 2019-02-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60650-a-look-at-aafc-s-february-ending-stocks-estimates
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

Very tight Canadian oat stocks, at about 16.5% of disappearance versus a 25% five-year average, support oat prices and reduce export availability for feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2023-07-21 | [AAFC lowers Canadian wheat ending stocks estimates - AgCanada](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35096-aafc-lowers-canadian-wheat-ending-stocks-estimates-agcanada.md) | -4.1% | -1.4% |
| OATS | 2025-05-26 | [North American Oat Ending Stocks Flirting with Record Low Levels](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24712-north-american-oat-ending-stocks-flirting-with-record-low-levels.md) | +7.1% | +2.5% |
| OATS | 2017-10-02 | [U.S Oat Stocks Tighten](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68508-u-s-oat-stocks-tighten.md) | -0.1% | +5.6% |
| OATS | 2019-06-20 | [Few bright spots in winter crop outlook \| Meat & Livestock Australia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58667-few-bright-spots-in-winter-crop-outlook-meat-and-livestock-australia.md) | -2.9% | -3.8% |
| OATS | 2022-11-01 | [Feed ingredient availability low, keeping prices high \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38736-feed-ingredient-availability-low-keeping-prices-high-feed-strategy.md) | -1.0% | +0.8% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/blogs/canada-markets/blog-post/2019/02/25/look-aafcs-february-ending-stocks

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