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Oats market solid, watching weather

By Phil Franz-Warkentin 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

Grain Millers’ Saskatchewan milling plant at Yorkton. (GrainMillers.com)

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Glyphosate raises milling questions

By Glen Hallick 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

Chicago March 2019 oats with 20- and 50-day moving averages. (Barchart)

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Charts point toward pullback for oats

By Glen Hallick 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

CBOT March 2019 oats, with 100-day moving average. (Barchart)

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Cash oats solid, acreage increase likely in 2019

By Phil Franz-Warkentin 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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Millers likely to see tighter oat supplies

By Terry Fries October 11, 2018

CNS Canada — Oat prices are on the rise as millers attempt to secure supplies amid a difficult harvest. “As of right now, it will be tight for everybody. The thing is there’s so much still to be harvested. If they get it off it might not be the best. Some of it will be […] Read more

The fireplace where the bread was found is in the middle of this stone structure at the Shubayqa 1 site. (Alexis Pantos photo, News.ku.dk)

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World’s oldest bread found at prehistoric site in Jordan

By Will Dunham July 16, 2018

Washington | Reuters — Charred remains of a flatbread baked about 14,500 years ago in a stone fireplace at a site in northeastern Jordan have given researchers a delectable surprise: people began making bread, a vital staple food, millennia before they developed agriculture. No matter how you slice it, the discovery detailed on Monday shows […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Oats

Ample supply keeps oats under pressure

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 8, 2018

CNS Canada — Canadian oat crops are in reasonably good shape following recent rains, though prices may find themselves under pressure as end-users are well covered for the time being. Farmers planned on seeding about 3.15 million acres of oats in the country in 2018, down only slightly from the 3.2 million seeded the previous […] Read more

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Extended winter could lead to more Prairie oat acres

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm April 13, 2018

CNS Canada — With winter still hanging on across Western Canada, one buyer thinks it could lead to an uptick in oat acres. “Later seeding generally increases oat acres. We’d rather see them seeded earlier but farmers have had a tendency when things get late (to) throw some more acres into oats,” said Scott Shiels […] Read more

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Cash oats steady despite climb in futures

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 25, 2018

CNS Canada — Oats futures at the Chicago Board of Trade have posted solid gains over the past month, but the cash market in Western Canada remains steady overall. “It’s been a nice little rally up,” said Scott Shiels, grain procurement manager with Grain Millers Canada on the 35 U.S. cents per bushel rise in […] Read more

Crops, Oats, Pulses

Prairie processors plan gluten-free partnership

By Dave Bedard January 11, 2018

A Saskatchewan firm processing gluten-free oats is pairing up with a Manitoba pulse miller to expand Prairie producers’ space in the certified gluten-free market. Portage la Prairie-based Best Cooking Pulses and Regina-based Avena Foods on Monday announced a new partnership agreement they say will boost cross-selling and market penetration. Financial terms of the partnership, which […] Read more

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Oats market solid, watching weather

Glyphosate raises milling questions

Charts point toward pullback for oats

Cash oats solid, acreage increase likely in 2019

Millers likely to see tighter oat supplies

World’s oldest bread found at prehistoric site in Jordan

Ample supply keeps oats under pressure

Extended winter could lead to more Prairie oat acres

Cash oats steady despite climb in futures

Prairie processors plan gluten-free partnership

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