# Profit hunting closer to home - Ontario Grain Farmer

> A 2017 Ontario marketing review says local small grain markets produced strong gains because a corn surplus led farmers to cut oat and barley acres. Corn buyers had overstocked ahead of harvest, so prices stayed weak even after crop failures.

- Date: 2018-01-01 · published 2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67044-profit-hunting-closer-to-home-ontario-grain-farmer
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Reduced small-grain plantings from the corn-driven shift support oat and barley prices in the region. The corn surplus shows that expected supply shortages do not always lift prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- OATS: neutral
- BARLEY: neutral

## Sources

- ontariograinfarmer.ca: https://ontariograinfarmer.ca/2018/01/01/profit-hunting-closer-to-home/

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