# Sowing Your Oats - AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST

> A feature on oats describes farmers adding oats as a third crop because input costs are under half those of corn. It cites NASS data showing harvested oat acres have recently risen.

- Date: 2017-09-22 · published 2017-09-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69008-sowing-your-oats-ag-information-network-of-the-west
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

Rising U.S. oat acreage would add supply over time, a mildly bearish factor for oat feed prices, though the piece is general and not a market-moving event.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: bearish ▼

## Sources

- aginfo.net: https://www.aginfo.net/report/38042/Farm-of-the-Future/Sowing-Your-Oats

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