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Cereals, Crops, Markets, Oats

Rising oats bids possibly nearing top

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Reading Time: < 1 minute 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, […] Read more
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Crops, Oats

Oats face numerous pre-harvest question marks

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Reading Time: 2 minutes 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 […] Read more
Crops, Markets, Oats, Weather

Chicago oats rally with Prairie rains, for now

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Reading Time: < 1 minute 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. […] Read more
Cereal leaf beetle adult.
Cereals, Crops, Forages

Pest Patrol: Are there any new insect pests that we should be alert for?

#PestPatrol with Mike Cowbrough, OMAFRA

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Reading Time: 2 minutes The following information was provided by Tracey Baute, field crop entomologist, OMAFRA. Cereal leaf beetles feed on wheat, oat, corn, forages and grassy weeds. Spring plantings are most attractive, particularly late plantings, though some winter wheat can be infested in the spring. Both adults and larvae cause damage by chewing long strips of tissue between […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Oats

Pressure on oat prices sends farmers scouting other crops

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Reading Time: 2 minutes 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 […] Read more
(Doug Wilson photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Markets, Oats

Oats’ buyers, sellers far apart on price

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Reading Time: < 1 minute 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 […] Read more
Oats (pictured) and barley will be two crops that enjoy a renaissance in the coming years, thanks to a renewed interest, a revitalized research initiative, and new varieties.
Cereals, Crops

New in spring cereal crop varieties

Developments in the public breeding sector are generating excitement in spring cereals

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Reading Time: 2 minutes The world of spring cereals may never be the same in Eastern Canada, especially in the next few years. In the past 12 months, two new positions have been filled within the public breeding sector, with new breaders at the University of Guelph and at Agriculture and Agri-Food’s Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre (AAFC-ECORC) […] Read more
Crops, Oats

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

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Reading Time: < 1 minute 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 […] Read more
(Doug Wilson photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Markets, Oats, Weather

Oat prices remain under pressure

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Reading Time: < 1 minute 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 […] Read more
With weak feed demand, oats could be on the verge of becoming a contract crop, Strychar believes. “We’re not a hair’s breadth away from it.”
Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Is the renewed interest in oats, barley and flax just a blip?

Acreage may be up in barley, oats and flaxseed, but that doesn’t mean there’s a long-term resurgence of interest in those crops

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Reading Time: 7 minutes The trend to lower acreages of barley, oats and flaxseed in recent years has largely reflected the increased profitability in alternative grains and oilseeds, and canola in particular. As Western Canada’s darling, canola production crested at nearly 18 million tonnes in 2013, and even more is being called for with the Canola Council of Canada’s […] Read more

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