In the UK, winter and spring oats provide the grower with a low input crop which will, in the majority of years, produce a specification which is easily obtainable.

Unlike the compounders who can generally change their rations, the oat millers must have oats and as a result price volatility generally appears for fundamental reasons and not through the influence of speculators as seen in other commodities.

The skill with oat marketing is to judge the feast or famine influence on prices and the grower with careful marketing can therefore achieve a profitable break crop. 

Gleadell Agriculture have access to supply agreements with the three main UK consumers and specific parcels can be placed into the premium equine markets.

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