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Cereals, Crops, Markets, Oats

Gluten-free claim allowed on some oat products

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Celiac sufferers needing foods free of gluten will now be able to get certain oat products with a “gluten-free” claim. Federal Health Minister Rona Ambrose on Friday announced the allowed claim for oat products that are produced and processed to avoid cross-contamination by gluten from other cereals’ grains and products. Celiac disease, a hereditary condition, […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Oats

Big oats intentions surprise market

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CNS Canada — A surprisingly large increase for oats acres in Statistics Canada’s planting intentions report on Thursday led to a quick drop in prices. However, actual area will likely come in below the early expectations, as declining prices should cause some acres to shift elsewhere. Oats plantings were pegged at 3.6 million acres by […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Oats

Oats market cold in Western Canada

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CNS Canada –– The oats market in Western Canada has gone cold, with little heat expected until closer to spring seeding. “The basis is the thermometer, and right now oats are getting cold,” said Ryan McKnight of Linear Grain at Carman, Man., noting basis levels were generally fading. “We’re just not seeing much demand for […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Oats

Oat growers wait for better prices in 2015

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CNS Canada –– High freight costs and a reluctance by farmers to sell at current prices has made for a sluggish start to the New Year for oats, according to an industry participant. “Price expectations for oats are higher than what the current market is offering,” said Ryan McKnight, grain merchandising manager at Linear Grain […] Read more
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Barley, Crops, Oats

Ont. oat, barley growers approve GFO entry

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Ontario’s barley and oat growers have voted just over three-quarters in favour of representation by the province’s wheat, corn and soybean growers’ organization. Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) confirmed Monday that eligible growers voted 77 per cent in favour of the move in a November vote conducted by the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission. GFO […] Read more
fusarium head blight in wheat
Cereals, Crops

New fusarium control on the horizon

Farmers who spray fungicides for fusarium may soon have a new biocontrol to consider

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Fusarium head blight is a perennial problem for cereal growers across the Prairies. A fungal disease that can impact many small grain cereals including wheat, rye, barley and oats, fusarium is caused by infection by species of the fungal pathogen Fusarium, and can result in yield losses and reductions in grade and end-use quality. It […] Read more
(Doug Wilson photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Markets, Oats

Oats prices drop to two-and-a-half-year lows

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CNS Canada –– Oats prices at the Chicago Board of Trade dropped to their weakest levels in two-and-a-half years over the past week, and cash bids in Western Canada have followed suit. While the largely speculative price drop could bring in more bargain-hunting demand, both end-users and farmers have moved to the sidelines for the […] Read more
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Cereals, Crops, News

Adding value pays off for farm business

Manitoba: When buying more land became difficult, Myron and Jillian Krahn made the most of what they had

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Myron and Jillian Krahn don’t have a lot of opportunity to increase the land base of their southern Manitoba farm, but they do grab every opportunity they can to add more value to farm enterprises they do have. They’ve increased the size of the farm near Carman, Man. considerably since they took over the operation […] Read more
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Canola, Cereals, Crops, Features

Farming was the right choice

After 40 years of farming, Blair Rempel knows he made the right choice when he chose to come back to the farm

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Blair Rempel has been farming for almost 40 years. The Nipawin area producer and seed grower earned his diploma in agriculture at the University of Saskatchewan, in 1976. He considered other careers but always came back to agriculture. “The things I found attractive was a certain degree of independence and the satisfaction of building your […] Read more

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