Grain Millers may soon become the largest oat miller in the world, but Terry Tyson isn’t pre-occupied with that label. In March, the U.S. company announced a $100 million expansion to its mill in Yorkton, Sask., where it manufactures a range of conventional and organic oat products. The investment will add 80,000 tonnes of capacity […] Read more
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Richardson comfortable buying oats sprayed pre-harvest with glyphosate
Richardson International is maintaining the status quo when it comes to oats. The company will continue to accept oats that are sprayed pre-harvest with glyphosate. “We will take oats that meet our visual specs, whether they are treated with glyphosate or not,” Al Raine, Richardson’s assistant vice-president of crop inputs marketing, said Feb. 11 at […] Read more
Oat prices unlikely to entice more Sask. acres
Manitoba growers proximity to processing plant in Minneapolis means returns exceeding $100 more per acre than Saskatchewan growers
Oats prices are not at a level that will prompt many farmers to book deliveries. “Canadian growers remain generally disinterested in oat values and have shown their disdain by limiting sales to this point,” said Oat Information analyst Randy Strychar in a commentary. Prices are OK in southern Manitoba, but farmers have lots of other […] Read more
Organic oats popular for northern Alta. growers
Ideal growing conditions | Producers in Mackenzie County cite economic benefits in switching from conventional methods
FORT VERMILION, Alta. — Alberta’s organic farmers are scattered across the province, but a surprisingly large number of them are in Mackenzie County. Twenty percent of the Alberta Organic Producers Association members are in the northern county. “There is a huge growth rate in the area,” said Becky Lipton, executive director of Organic Alberta. Long-time […] Read more
Transportation makes oats futures risky for hedging
Hedging | Analysts say to watch the December contract, but sell before logistics affect price
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Despite the outrageous spread between futures and prairie cash oats prices this winter, Chicago oats futures are not worthless as a hedging tool for farmers, traders and risk managers say. But they have to be used more carefully than with the big futures contracts and farmers need to get out of positions […] Read more
Futures prices may be hard to realize
Selling oats | Transportation issues mean growers may not be able to capitalize on good prices
The market signal says sell, the elevator says full and the trucking company says sorry. That’s the situation facing prairie oat growers as they look at a big futures market inversion but a commercial rail and trucking system that’s run out of capacity. “It’s just watching a train go by. You can’t jump on it,” […] Read more
Oat rally inadequate to trigger more acres
It has taken a long time for oat prices to rise, but they did last week, finally reacting to the need to rebuild supply to safe levels. However, with spring nearby and farmers in most areas having better options, will the trend of declining oat acreage stop this year? “It doesn’t pay out. If we […] Read more
Oats benefit from costly corn
Growth in equine sales | Campaign to entice horse owners away from corn-based feed is well-timed
Oats have made a stunning recovery in the U.S. horse feed market, with demand increasing by 72 percent from last year. It’s dramatic proof that the crucial market can be won back, even if this year’s victory is not the result of committed oat popularity with the equine set. “It’s about corn being expensive,” said […] Read more
Pleasing everyone difficult: oat breeder
Leggett is bright spot | Farmers want high yields, millers and processors want uniform flakes, consumers want low fat …
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Man. — AC Jordan shot up the oat pop charts in Manitoba a few years ago. Farmers loved growing it. Then it collapsed, and now virtually no Jordan is grown. It’s the tragic tale of an unfortunately common situation that occurs when breeders try to meet the needs of farmers, millers, consumers […] Read more
Consider oats despite outlook
Fundamentals bullish | Analyst says prces may ‘explode’ next autumn in there is a shortfall
When the markets tell you to seed almost anything but oats, why seed oats? And when the weather tells you to seed wheat, why sow oats? Those are questions prairie farmers face, and if oat prices don’t rise relative to other crops, many think its acreage could be lower than expected. “We haven’t made up […] Read more
