Insights and Stories on Oats

Oct. 11, 2018 at 10:25 pm CDT

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. […]

By Terry Fries

Jul. 16, 2018 at 8:07 pm CDT

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 […]

By Will Dunham

Jun. 8, 2018 at 8:24 pm CDT

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 […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Apr. 13, 2018 at 9:04 pm CDT

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 […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Jan. 25, 2018 at 5:25 pm CST

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. […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin