Statistics Canada reports canola stocks fell 34 percent in the 2019-2020 crop year. There were 2.7 million tonnes stored in commercial and on-farm positions at the end of July. There was record demand from domestic canola crushers and seed exports rose 10.5 percent. Seed sales to China were lower due to political tensions over the […]
Regina-based Avena Foods has announced construction of an oat processing plant for over $20-million just south of the Queen City near Rowatt. Avena Foods CEO Gord Flaten says works begins this spring on the plant, which should open next year. He says the expansion will more than double the current production capacity of gluten-free oats […]
Stats Canada says a July farm survey found farmers are expected to produce less wheat, canola, corn and soybeans this year, but more barley and oats. The latest spring wheat production estimate is up this year, but durum and winter are down. The estimate currently stands at 2.9 percent from last year at 31.3 million […]
The federal government is pumping almost 2 million dollars into oat variety development. Public Safety minister Ralph Goodale has announced an investment of 1.98 million dollars for the Regina-based Prairie Oat Growers Association. The funds will be used to improve oat varieties for the Canadian oat industry. The goal is to develop new oat cultivars […]
The federal government is pumping almost 2 million dollars into oat variety development. Public Safety minister Ralph Goodale has announced an investment of 1.98 million dollars for the Prairie Oat Growers Association. The funds will be used to improve oat varieties for the Canadian oat industry. The goal is to develop new oat cultivars […]
