# Oats on a roll in WA - Grain Central

> Rising middle-class demand and changing diets in Asia are driving oat expansion in Western Australia. DAFWA's Rob Loughman said 2016 production reached 0.9 Mt, about 200,000 t above forecasts, pushing market prices to roughly $150-160/t.

- Date: 2017-03-06 · published 2017-03-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72039-oats-on-a-roll-in-wa-grain-central
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

A supply surplus of about 200,000 t has pushed Australian oat prices down from the roughly $350/t offered two years earlier, and the expanding acreage keeps supply ample.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: bearish ▼

## Sources

- graincentral.com: https://www.graincentral.com/cropping/oats-on-a-roll-in-wa/

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