# Oat Growers Eyeing Chinese Market - DiscoverAirdrie.com - Local News, Weather, Sports, and Job Listings for Airdrie, Alberta, and the Rocky View County region.

> Canadian oat industry is pursuing Chinese demand, which analyst Randy Strychar says is growing as the middle class shifts diets toward breakfast cereals and snack bars. Oats for human consumption still cannot enter China because a phytosanitary protocol is not yet in place, though seed oats can.

- Date: 2018-02-21 · published 2018-02-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66533-oat-growers-eyeing-chinese-market-discoverairdrie-com-local-news-weather-sports
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

Until the protocol is finalized, Chinese food-oat demand cannot be met by Canadian exports, so the potential boost to oat prices remains a future prospect rather than a current driver.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2017-05-08 | [Emerson Oat Processor Expanding Along With Global Demand - DiscoverWestman.com - Local news, Weather, Sports, Free Classifieds and Business Listings for Westman region, Manitoba](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71073-emerson-oat-processor-expanding-along-with-global-demand-discoverwestman-com.md) | -2.8% | -4.6% |
| OATS | 2022-02-22 | [Oat exports to Mexico remain strong - StrathmoreNow.com - Local news, Weather, Sports, Free Classifieds, and Job Listings for Strathmore and southern Alberta.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42760-oat-exports-to-mexico-remain-strong-strathmorenow-com-local-news-weather-sports.md) | +0.9% | +5.4% |
| OATS | 2018-11-17 | [Global trade flows dominate local cash markets — This week in the grain markets - RealAgriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11723-global-trade-flows-dominate-local-cash-markets-this-week-in-the-grain-markets.md) | -6.9% | -3.8% |
| OATS | 2018-06-03 | [Oat demand up and China market to open \| Farm Weekly \| WA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64560-oat-demand-up-and-china-market-to-open-farm-weekly-wa.md) | -2.1% | +1.8% |
| OATS | 2020-01-30 | [The growing demand for high-quality oats](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55133-the-growing-demand-for-high-quality-oats.md) | -1.1% | -11.1% |

## Sources

- discoverairdrie.com: https://discoverairdrie.com/articles/oat-growers-eyeing-chinese-market

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