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Wheat disease risk sees farmers looking to oats

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin February 27, 2017

CNS Canada — Canadian farmers are showing an increased interest in seeding oats this spring, despite a lack of activity from a pricing standpoint, as quality concerns in wheat and barley have growers looking to other cereals. “We are seeing a huge influx of acres into oats,” said Scott Shiels, grain procurement merchant with Grain

Cereals, Crops, Markets

Rising oats bids possibly nearing top

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin November 8, 2016

Commodity News Service Canada – Oats futures at the Chicago Board of Trade and cash bids in Western Canada have shown some strength over the past month, but may not have much more room to the upside. “There was a bit of a panic in late October that pushed cash prices higher,” said Scott Shiels,

Crops

Oats face numerous pre-harvest question marks

By Erin Debooy, GFM Network News August 8, 2016

CNS Canada — Oat producers are playing the waiting game when it comes to one of the most important things for oat crops: quality. “There’s always a concern about quality and you never know where that is going to be until harvest,” said Art Enns, president of the Prairie Oat Growers Association at Morris in

Crops, Markets, Weather

Chicago oats rally with Prairie rains, for now

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus July 13, 2016

CNS Canada — Oat prices at the Chicago Board of Trade have advanced as rain soaks Canada’s crops, but one U.S. analyst doesn’t expect those gains to hold. Close to half of Canada’s seeded oat area is in Saskatchewan, Statistics Canada data shows, and some parts of the province have seen heavy rains and flooding.

Crops, Markets

Pressure on oat prices sends farmers scouting other crops

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News April 26, 2016

CNS Canada — Lukewarm prices for oats, coupled with dry conditions in Alberta and soggy conditions in Manitoba, are crimping acreage this year. Generally known as one of the hardier crops around, oats haven’t been setting any record highs on price charts, resulting in a forecast of 11 per cent less acreage in Canada. “The

Crops

Five tips for a successful oat crop

By Angela Lovell April 6, 2016

Oats is a small-acre crop that has tended to fall behind in terms of agronomy research. That’s changing as more oat varieties become available and new niche markets continue to develop and offer premiums to growers meeting their specifications. For anyone trying oats for the first time, or considering adding oats to their rotation, soak

Crops, Markets

Oats’ buyers, sellers far apart on price

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin March 10, 2016

CNS Canada — Farmers with oats to sell and end-users willing to buy them are far apart in terms of price right now, limiting how much business is actually taking place. Major U.S. customers are well covered for the time being, “with enough to last for a few months worth of milling,” said Ryan McKnight

Crops

Oats steady and low, but price-wise the worst is over

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus October 28, 2015

Manitoba’s oat market is sitting low and stagnant, but since the commodity traditionally tracks corn futures, prices aren’t likely to depreciate further, says a U.S. analyst. “I think Manitoba farmers were expecting a lot better and Saskatchewan farmers were expecting a lot worse, but really when the combines got in the field—you know everything was

Crops, Markets, Weather

Oat prices remain under pressure

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News October 6, 2015

CNS Canada –– Oat prices continue having trouble breaking through key resistance figures as harvest winds down across the Prairies. “They’re (prices) below what farmers like… having trouble breaking that $3 a bushel level in Manitoba and $2.50 in Saskatchewan,” said Ryan McKnight of Linear Grain at Carman, Man. So far, he said, very few

Red River Valley grain farmer Art Enns is impressed by the work of two small schools in Zambia to teach young people to be farmers and gardeners, so he’s decided to donate the proceeds from 35 acres of an oat crop to help support the school program.

News

Farmer’s oat crop donated to support ag training in Zambia

By Lorraine Stevenson August 24, 2015

Art Enns wants more people to hear about the work being done by the Manyinga Project to give  young Zambians a good education while also training them to farm and garden

When Art Enns looks back on his own life in farming, he knows how valuable it was to learn skills he needed working alongside his father. Now he’s doing what he can to help children in a far-off land who don’t have parents to teach them. Losing parents early in life in a country like

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Tag Archives Oats

Wheat disease risk sees farmers looking to oats

Rising oats bids possibly nearing top

Oats face numerous pre-harvest question marks

Chicago oats rally with Prairie rains, for now

Pressure on oat prices sends farmers scouting other crops

Five tips for a successful oat crop

Oats’ buyers, sellers far apart on price

Oats steady and low, but price-wise the worst is over

Oat prices remain under pressure

Farmer’s oat crop donated to support ag training in Zambia

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