# Cereal area falls 6.8% as oat sowing drops 29%, CSO figures show

> Ireland’s provisional 2026 figures show cereal area fell 6.8% to 256,100 hectares, down 18,800 hectares from 2025. Oat sowings dropped 29%, while winter wheat area fell 8% and spring barley area declined by 6,700 hectares; oilseed rape, beans and peas, and maize silage areas increased.

- Date: 2026-11-09 · published 2026-11-09T21:06:05.990Z
- Category: report · region Ireland · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/90128-cereal-area-falls-6-8-as-oat-sowing-drops-29-cso-figures-show
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Reduced cereal planting points to tighter potential domestic supplies, particularly for oats and spring barley, which could support prices if yields do not offset the area decline. Increased oilseed rape and other break-crop acreage partly shifts production away from cereals.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- OATS: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2025-03-31 | [US Oat, Barley Area Seen 2% Lower... \| Syngenta CA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25666-us-oat-barley-area-seen-2-lower-syngenta-ca.md) | -2.1% | +5.4% |
| OATS | 2017-12-05 | [Winter crop set to fall to 35.1 million tonnes: ABARES - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67431-winter-crop-set-to-fall-to-35-1-million-tonnes-abares-grain-central.md) | -5.7% | +1.3% |
| OATS | 2021-01-27 | [Smaller wheat and oat crops forecast for Canada \| 2021-01-27  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49209-smaller-wheat-and-oat-crops-forecast-for-canada-2021-01-27-world-grain.md) | -2.6% | +3.5% |
| OATS | 2024-07-02 | [Canadian wheat and barley areas fall: Grain market daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29320-canadian-wheat-and-barley-areas-fall-grain-market-daily.md) | -2.5% | +3.2% |
| OATS | 2026-03-31 | [US Oat Area to Hold Near Record L... \| Syngenta CA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20239-us-oat-area-to-hold-near-record-l-syngenta-ca.md) | -2.8% | -4.7% |
| WHEAT | 2024-04-16 | [Grain sowing area in France to decrease by 7%](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30696-grain-sowing-area-in-france-to-decrease-by-7.md) | -0.6% | +2.0% |
| WHEAT | 2024-05-15 | [France sees maize area up nearly 10% in shift to spring crops](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30178-france-sees-maize-area-up-nearly-10-in-shift-to-spring-crops.md) | +19.6% | +8.8% |
| WHEAT | 2026-05-26 | [Rabo sees winter-crop area down 8pc on year to 23.1Mha - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19236-rabo-sees-winter-crop-area-down-8pc-on-year-to-23-1mha-grain-central.md) | -0.7% | +0.2% |

## Sources

- farmersjournal.ie: https://www.farmersjournal.ie/tillage/news/cereal-area-falls-6-8-as-oat-sowing-drops-29-cso-figures-show-939972

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