Major Producers of Oats		(In Thousands of Metric Tons)
Crop Year	Canada	Germany	Poland	Sweden	Post USSR	World
1993	3,549	1,731	1,500	1,295	15,004	35,370
1994	3,638	1,663	1,243	991	13,903	32,967
1995	2,858	1,421	1,495	947	10,843	28,663
1996	4,361	1,606	1,581	1,200	10,430	30,637
1997	3,485	1,599	1,630	1,275	11,560	30,903
1998	3,958	1,279	1,460	1,136	6,490	25,911
1999	3,640	1,340	1,450	1,200	5,740	2,400
2000	3,390	1,090	1,070	1,150	7,500	26,170
2001	2,690	1,150	1,310	960	9,630	26,930
2002	2,750	1,020	1,400	1,150	8,210	26,040
Supply and Usage of Oats in U.S.
	In 1,000 acres			In 1,000 bushels
Crop Year	Planted	Harvested	Yield	Production	Total Supply(a)	Usage	End Stocks
1980	13,381	8,657	53.0	458,792
1981	13,632	9,407	54.2	509,529
1982	13,951	10,258	57.8	592,630
1983	20,289	9,062	52.6	476,471
1984	12,414	8,163	58.0	473,661
1985	13,235	8,147	63.6	518,490
1986	14,671	6,840	56.3	384,996
1987	17,907	6,888	54.3	373,713
1988	13,907	5,530	39.3	217,375
1989	12,085	6,882	54.3	373,587
1990	10,423	5,947	60.1	357,654
1991	8,653	4,816	50.6	243,851
1992	7,943	4,496	65.4	294,229
1993	7,937	3,803	54.4	206,731	426.7	321.2	105.5
1994	6,637	4,008	57.1	228,844	427.6	327.0	100.6
1995	6,225	2,952	54.6	161,094	342.2	275.9	66.3
1996	4,638	2,655	57.7	153,245	317.1	250.4	66.7
1997	5,068	2,813	59.5	167,246	332.3	258.3	74.0
1998	4,892	2,755	60.2	165,981	347.7	266.3	81.4
1999	4,673	2,453	59.6	146,193	326.0	250.0	76.0
2000	4,477	2,329	64.2	149,545	332.0	259.0	73.0
2001	4,403	1,905	61.4	117,024	286.0	223.0	63.0
2002	4,995	2,093	56.7	118,628	282.0	225.0	58.0
2003*	4,601	2,224	65.0	144,649
*Preliminary
(a) Includes Imports