oats

Yorkton oat processor no longer accepting oats treated with pre-harvest glyphosate

Grain Millers Canada says its research links timing of application to reduced processing quality

Starting with the 2015 crop, oat buyer Grain Millers will no longer accept oats or oat products treated with glyphosate because of research showing it can change the processing quality. “We wouldn’t have taken this step if we didn’t think we had to,” said Terry Tyson, grain procurement manager for Grain Millers Canada based in

Canadian oat growers up efforts to retake U.S. horse feed market

Over the last 15 years, Canadian oat exports have dropped by 70 per cent 
as U.S. feed manufacturers switched to cheaper ingredients

Canadian farmers are urging American horse owners to ask feed makers, “Where’s the oats?” “What we have to do is convince the people who put the feed formula together to put the oats back into the formulation,” said Bill Wilton, president of the Prairie Oat Growers Association (POGA). Over the last 15 years, Canadian oat


Dominoes starting to fall as end of single desk draws nearer

Research and market development, keeping an eye on the railways, 
and the fate of short line railways are just three of the issues KAP is trying to address

Manitoba’s farm leaders are scrambling to plug holes that will be left by the demise of the single-desk CWB. Research and market development, keeping an eye on the railways, and the fate of short lines were high on the agenda when Keystone Agricultural Producers delegates gathered at their General Council meeting last week. But challenges

Oats Research Gets Federal Boost

The federal government is allocating $1.8 million to the Prairie Oat Growers Association (POGA) to develop new oat breeding varieties tailored to the Prairie environment that will improve crop yields and quality. Research will focus on enhancing oat cultivars for Western Canada. Improved varieties with better resistance to plant diseases and that can withstand unpredictable