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Mexico wants Canadian oats

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm, GFM Network News February 14, 2020

MarketsFarm — Mexico’s largest oat manufacturer is calling for Canadian oat producers to explore new varieties and increase acreage in order to keep up with global demand. Jorge Sanchez, chief financial officer of Mexico’s Corporativo Grupo Vida Internacional, said Canada’s oat crops need to “adapt to changing growing conditions” in order to meet world demand, […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Oats

Oat area poised to rise

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News February 13, 2020

MarketsFarm — Solid prices and growing demand — and risk aversion among growers — should see more oat acres seeded in Canada in 2020, with early signs pointing to the largest oat crop in more than a decade. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada predicted 2020 oat area at 3.93 million acres in its January report, which […] Read more

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Prairie oats market stable, but strong

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm October 28, 2019

Oats bids in Western Canada have stabilized for the time being, as the weather concerns that propped up the market at the beginning of the month are largely factored in. “It’s a pretty stable market. Stable, but strong,” said Scott Shiels, of Grain Millers Inc. in Yorkton, Sask. Prices moved up at the beginning of […] Read more

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Paterson stakes Manitoba site for oat processing plant

By Dave Bedard October 3, 2019

Up to a quarter million tonnes of oats per year could find a new end use as a Winnipeg agrifood company sets up a new oat processing plant near its home base. Privately-held Paterson GlobalFoods (PGF) announced Thursday it will start construction “immediately” on the new plant, on part of its 600-acre site next to […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Oats

Large oat production won’t move prices

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm August 29, 2019

MarketsFarm — While the most recent crop production report from Statistics Canada predicted significantly more oats than originally expected, prices will likely remain stable. Statistics Canada estimated 3.952 million tonnes of oats will be grown in 2019, up considerably from the 3.436 million tonnes produced in 2018. But low carryover stocks from previous years means […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Oats

Oats market steady, watching harvest

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm August 19, 2019

MarketsFarm — Western Canada’s oats market is stable at prices a bit better than a year ago, as harvest gets underway and participants wait to see how much will move off the combine to the market. Early yield reports range anywhere from 80 to 140 bushels per acre, said Tyler Palmer, grain buyer with Emerson […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Oats, Weather

Oats market solid, watching weather

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm June 13, 2019

MarketsFarm — Tight old-crop supplies are keeping oats prices well supported in Western Canada, although buyers are covered for the time being and waiting for a clearer picture on new-crop production. “It’s tough to find old-crop demand currently, as many larger-scale end-users are covered,” said Ryan McKnight of Linear Grain at Carman, Man. Most buyers […] Read more

Crops, Oats

Glyphosate raises milling questions

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm January 17, 2019

There’s more to the controversy surrounding glyphosate than whether the herbicide is safe to use or not: one miller has said it found oats and other grains treated with pre-harvest glyphosate don’t mill as well as untreated grains. Since 2015, Grain Millers Inc. has had a glyphosate-free policy on oats, said Eric Deblieck, a crop […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Oats

Charts point toward pullback for oats

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm January 17, 2019

CNS Canada — If you’re looking to sell some of your oats, now is the time to do so, according to Ed Baldwin. “We contacted our clients and said ‘Hey, if you got oats you want to sell, price them today,’” Baldwin, manager of advisory services and grain marketing for AgChieve Grain Marketing Experts in […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Oats

Cash oats solid, acreage increase likely in 2019

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm November 23, 2018

CNS Canada — Recent volatility in lightly-traded Chicago Board of Trade oats futures has not been felt in the Canadian cash market, where values look solid heading through the winter months. March oats in Chicago hit a contract high of US$3.175 per bushel on Monday, but was back trading at around US$2.90 per tonne two […] Read more

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Mexico wants Canadian oats

Oat area poised to rise

Prairie oats market stable, but strong

Paterson stakes Manitoba site for oat processing plant

Large oat production won’t move prices

Oats market steady, watching harvest

Oats market solid, watching weather

Glyphosate raises milling questions

Charts point toward pullback for oats

Cash oats solid, acreage increase likely in 2019

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