# A Look at US Oat Crop Ratings

> USDA's first 2025 national oat condition rating came in at 660, well below the 1996-2025 average of 717 and down from 712 a year earlier. Texas has the lowest initial rating at 498 after several years of drought.

- Date: 2025-05-14 · published 2025-05-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/6680-a-look-at-us-oat-crop-ratings
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

A poor early crop rating raises the risk of lower oat production, which could support oat prices and tighten feed oat supplies, though the rating is only an early indicator.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2021-05-12 | [First 2021 Oat Rating Low](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7461-first-2021-oat-rating-low.md) | -10.9% | -1.1% |
| OATS | 2021-08-01 | [Oat supplies to tighten as Man. crop suffers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46113-oat-supplies-to-tighten-as-man-crop-suffers.md) | +4.6% | +15.9% |
| OATS | 2021-11-01 | [Tiny North American Oat Crop Could Be Coming for Your Breakfast](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44606-tiny-north-american-oat-crop-could-be-coming-for-your-breakfast.md) | +2.6% | +2.3% |
| OATS | 2022-03-29 | [Poor Oat Crop Compounds Oatly’s Problems \| Food Processing](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42334-poor-oat-crop-compounds-oatly-s-problems-food-processing.md) | -3.4% | -8.2% |
| OATS | 2021-07-21 | [Oat crop across Western Canada 'not stellar' - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46112-oat-crop-across-western-canada-not-stellar-grainews.md) | +3.3% | +12.6% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/AG/blogs/fundamentally-speaking/blog-post/2025/05/14/look-us-oat-crop-ratings

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