# Buoyant ex-farm oat prices hit five-year high - Farmers Weekly

> UK milling oat spot prices in October reached £181.50/t, the highest since May 2013 and 50% above a year earlier. Record dry spells cut spring planting, which accounts for 40-50% of the UK oat crop, and UK oat production fell 2% year on year. Demand from July to September was up 9%.

- Date: 2018-11-06 · published 2018-11-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region UK · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62078-buoyant-ex-farm-oat-prices-hit-five-year-high-farmers-weekly
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

Lower yields and quality from the dry spring tighten milling oat supply while demand rises, supporting firm prices. Oats are outperforming feed wheat and barley on a cost-benefit basis, which may keep buyers competing for supply.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2019-06-14 | [Feed weekly outlook: Grain prices strong as dry weather persists - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58641-feed-weekly-outlook-grain-prices-strong-as-dry-weather-persists-grainews.md) | -6.8% | -7.7% |
| OATS | 2022-03-24 | [Strained oat supply pushes Oatly to raise prices, expand sourcing \| Supply Chain Dive](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42335-strained-oat-supply-pushes-oatly-to-raise-prices-expand-sourcing-supply-chain.md) | +1.1% | -1.5% |
| OATS | 2021-12-22 | [Why coffee and oat prices are rising faster than oil’s](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43654-why-coffee-and-oat-prices-are-rising-faster-than-oil-s.md) | +4.3% | -3.9% |
| OATS | 2022-01-04 | [Severe weather drives up prices of oats, coffee: Hart \| Department of Economics](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43204-severe-weather-drives-up-prices-of-oats-coffee-hart-department-of-economics.md) | -2.5% | +5.0% |
| OATS | 2022-04-01 | [Strained oat supply pushes Oatly to raise prices, expand sourcing](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42337-strained-oat-supply-pushes-oatly-to-raise-prices-expand-sourcing.md) | +5.5% | -7.1% |

## Sources

- fwi.co.uk: https://www.fwi.co.uk/business/markets-and-trends/buoyant-ex-farm-oat-prices-hit-five-year-high

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