# Oats plantings on a roll throughout Australia - Grain Central

> Forage oat plantings are running strong across mixed farming regions of Australia, driven by high cattle prices and good sowing rains. Milling oat plantings in key growing areas are expected to be down on last year because of lower oat grain prices.

- Date: 2017-04-07 · published 2017-04-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71562-oats-plantings-on-a-roll-throughout-australia-grain-central
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

Strong forage oat demand supports local feed supplies, but a smaller milling oat area points to tighter milling supply later in the season, with little clear price effect yet.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: neutral

## Sources

- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/cropping/oat-plantings-on-a-roll-throughout-australia/

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