WINNIPEG — Side-banding nitrogen and seed-placing phosphorus pays off for oat crops, new Saskatchewan research shows. “We’ve determined that side-banding nitrogen is better for oat yields,” Brianne McInnes, operations manager for the Northeast Agriculture Research Foundation, said in an interview at the Prairie Oat Growers Association annual convention. Side-banding rather than mid-row placement gave an […] Read more
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VIDEO: New markets, products leave oat growers optimistic
Canada’s oats industry is looking forward to 2024 after a challenging 2023 that saw weak prices, lower acres and a mixed bag of production issues. But with both foreign markets and new product categories like oat milk continuing to expand, farmers, processors, grain companies and others at the Prairie Oat Growers Association annual meeting were […] Read more
Connecting to ag with an old brick mill
Over the last decade, community leaders in Yorkton saved one of the oldest flour mills on the Prairies. Now, they’re building upon that success. They plan to construct an agriculture interpretative centre on the same site, which will connect to the 125-year-old mill. “The interpretive centre will execute an agricultural education and advocacy mandate… like […] Read more
Oat growers reminded of lambda-cy restrictions
Grain Millers, which operates an oat mill in Yorkton, Sask., is reminding growers to not use lambda-cyhalothrin on oats this summer. Farmers who have production contracts with Grain Millers, or hope to sell oats to the company this year, cannot use the insecticide on their oat crop. “It has been brought to our attention by […] Read more
Lack of funding for variety development threatens sustainability
Variety development key to robust rotations and sustainable production, but few dollars are allocated to the work
Special funding for agricultural research and development that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions doesn’t apply to variety development, regardless of the crop, even if the varieties produced improve a crop’s sustainability.
Oats ready to milk future consumer demand
Oat milk takes off as soybean products face allergy concerns and almond production is accused of excessive water use
Oats are entering a world of milk and honey, with consumer demand surging and prospects growing. “It’s a booming market,” said Randy Strychar, North America’s leading oats market analyst, when talking with growers at the CropConnect conference held Feb. 15-16 in Winnipeg. “In my 40 years in the oat market, I’ve never seen these kinds […] Read more
New oat processor planned for Sask.
Regina-based AGT Food and Ingredients Inc. expects that a new oat-milling facility in Aberdeen, northeast of Saskatoon, will receive grain this harvest. The company announced March 3 the plant will produce oat groats, flours and other milled oat products for human consumption, specialty ingredient markets and animal feed products. AGT already has a facility in […] Read more
Market development work pays off for oats in Mexico
The Canadian oat industry says its success in Mexico is the result of social media campaigns and cooking contests
Canadian oats continue to make a big splash in Mexico. Alan Butuk, chair of the Saskatchewan Oat Development Commission (SaskOats), said Mexican imports of Canadian-grown oats have the potential to exceed 200,000 tonnes in 2019. That’s a remarkable number, considering annual exports just a few years earlier were lingering in the 40,000 tonne range. Butuk […] Read more
Growing market in China gives Canadian oat sector hope
North American demand for feed oats is steadily falling. Chinese demand for food-grade oats is steadily rising. The question is whether Canada can access the market in China soon enough to prevent the final collapse of the oat empire on the Canadian Prairies. That’s something Oatinsight analyst Randy Strychar is pondering as he looks at […] Read more
Uncertain supply of quality oats in Sask. weighs on millers
A Manitoba miller is nervous about oat quality in Saskatchewan, which has the bulk of acres on the Prairies. A hot and dry summer likely reduced grain fill on many fields in the province, which could affect oat millers in the coming months. “Whatever got seeded later, the Saskatchewan crop, I’m really questioning what the […] Read more
