The carbon footprint of oats and barley grown in Saskatchewan is lower than the same crops grown elsewhere, according to new study from the Global Institute for Food Security.

One tonne of oats produced in Saskatchewan has a carbon footprint 201 per cent lower than that produced across the country
Province gets very little rain over the week
Planting advances 10 points at 90 per cent complete
Barley the lone exception
Manitoba farmers have seen heat, frost, wind, heavy rain, no rain and everything between over May 2025
Good levels of soil moisture provincewide
Most spring wheat in the ground