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 overwhelmingly optimistic about the future. | File photo

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

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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.