# Cash oats steady despite climb in futures - Grainews

> Oats futures at the Chicago Board of Trade have risen about 35 U.S. cents per bushel since early January, a move that a Grain Millers Canada buyer attributed mainly to short-covering in thin volume. Western Canadian cash oats have held steady near $3 per bushel with little activity.

- Date: 2018-01-25 · published 2018-01-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67042-cash-oats-steady-despite-climb-in-futures-grainews
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

Futures gains without fundamental support or cash follow-through suggest limited near-term price pressure on feed oats. Farmers are signing delivery contracts ahead of expected higher spring oat acres.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: neutral

## Sources

- grainews.ca: https://www.grainews.ca/daily/cash-oats-steady-despite-climb-in-futures/
- manitobacooperator.ca: https://www.manitobacooperator.ca/daily/cash-oats-steady-despite-climb-in-futures/

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