# AgroPages-Wheat disease sees Canadian farmers looking to oats-Agricultural news

> Prairie producers are considering oats as an alternative to wheat and barley this spring because of quality concerns from last year's disease pressure. A Grain Millers Canada merchant says oat contracts are higher than ever for this time of year, and new-crop and spot oats are trading near C$3/bu. Acreage is forecast to rise to 3 million acres in 2017.

- Date: 2017-02-28 · published 2017-02-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72563-agropages-wheat-disease-sees-canadian-farmers-looking-to-oats-agricultural-news
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

Higher oat acreage from disease-driven switching increases supply, while steady demand keeps prices flat for now.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2017-02-27 | [Wheat disease risk sees farmers looking to oats \| Farmtario](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72562-wheat-disease-risk-sees-farmers-looking-to-oats-farmtario.md) | +3.5% | -2.2% |
| OATS | 2019-03-01 | [Managing disease in oat crops - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60139-managing-disease-in-oat-crops-grainews.md) | +1.6% | +5.1% |
| OATS | 2020-05-07 | [Oat diseases that affect your crop and what to do about them - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53183-oat-diseases-that-affect-your-crop-and-what-to-do-about-them-grainews.md) | +3.8% | +11.4% |
| OATS | 2019-11-20 | [New research targets common oat disease \| WA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56150-new-research-targets-common-oat-disease-wa.md) | +3.1% | -2.3% |
| OATS | 2024-02-29 | [Rice and noodles are Asian kitchen staples, but Australian oats could soon take over - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31720-rice-and-noodles-are-asian-kitchen-staples-but-australian-oats-could-soon-take.md) | -3.1% | -5.3% |

## Sources

- news.agropages.com: https://news.agropages.com/News/NewsDetail---21201.htm

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