New weekly oat price reports from HGCA

A new weekly ex-farm oat price survey is now available from the Home Grown Cereals Authority.
Weighted average oats prices for England & Wales, Scotland and Great Britain will be calculated using information already collected for the corn returns price survey, but will not form part of the official HGCA corn returns prices, said HGCA statistician, Dominic Sawkins.
The oats crop is small compared to wheat and barley and much of it is grown on contract. The result of this is that reported volumes sold – that can be used in determining our corn return prices – are low.
“Aggregating all the data for the country before checking for sufficient volumes and accuracy will mean we can provide ex-farm oats prices on a more consistent basis. They will not be part of our official corn returns prices, but they will be a useful guide as to prices within the oats trade,” he said.
The ex-farm price survey for oats is available at www.hgca.com