# Oats buyers filled for now, watching weather - Country Guide

> Hot, dry weather in North America is lending some strength to oat prices, but large old-crop supplies and limited end-user demand are restraining gains. Canadian farmers seeded 3.22 million acres of oats this spring, about 200,000 acres below earlier expectations.

- Date: 2017-07-06 · published 2017-07-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70014-oats-buyers-filled-for-now-watching-weather-country-guide
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

Smaller-than-expected acreage and weather risk underpin new-crop oat cash prices, though filled end-user books cap near-term upside.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2024-05-26 | [Oats scarce, prices rise \| Country News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30300-oats-scarce-prices-rise-country-news.md) | -0.3% | -18.9% |
| OATS | 2016-07-13 | [Chicago oats rally with Prairie rains, for now - AgCanada](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7496-chicago-oats-rally-with-prairie-rains-for-now-agcanada.md) | -13.6% | -25.9% |
| OATS | 2025-09-08 | [A Weather Risk Case Study: Canadian Oats Market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22921-a-weather-risk-case-study-canadian-oats-market.md) | -1.2% | +0.5% |
| OATS | 2016-10-28 | [Futures File: Could corn follow oats' increase?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9237-futures-file-could-corn-follow-oats-increase.md) | -4.3% | -12.8% |
| OATS | 2019-06-14 | [Feed weekly outlook: Grain prices strong as dry weather persists - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58641-feed-weekly-outlook-grain-prices-strong-as-dry-weather-persists-grainews.md) | -6.8% | -7.7% |

## Sources

- country-guide.ca: https://www.country-guide.ca/daily/oats-buyers-filled-for-now-watching-weather/
- manitobacooperator.ca: https://www.manitobacooperator.ca/daily/oats-buyers-filled-for-now-watching-weather/

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