Insights and Stories on Oats

Oct. 3, 2019 at 9:41 pm CDT

Up to a quarter million tonnes of oats per year could find a new end use as a Winnipeg agrifood company sets up a new oat processing plant near its home base. Privately-held Paterson GlobalFoods (PGF) announced Thursday it will start construction “immediately” on the new plant, on part of […]

By Dave Bedard

Sep. 27, 2019 at 9:48 am CDT

Read more: As rain delays 2019 Prairie harvest, organic prices remains flat

By OrganicBiz

Sep. 11, 2019 at 4:39 am CDT

Ontario’s biggest ag commodity organization is on the hunt for a new CEO as its first chief prepares to exit. Barry Senft announced Tuesday he will step down as CEO of Grain Farmers of Ontario in April 2020, a post he’s held since the 2009 merger of the province’s corn, […]

By GFM Staff

Sep. 6, 2019 at 6:54 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canadian canola ending stocks hit a new record for the 2018-19 crop year, according to updated data Statistics Canada released Friday. Canadian canola stocks as of July 31 came in at 3.9 million tonnes, up by 55 per cent on the year and about 800,000 tonnes above the […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Aug. 30, 2019 at 3:31 pm CDT

Marlo Glass, MarketsFarm Organic commodities have been put under pressure price-wise ahead of harvest due to co-operative weather and higher-than-expected yields. “Some yields are sounding really good,” said Scott Shiels, procurement manager with Grain Millers Canada Corp. at Yorkton, Sask. In particular, oat and wheat yields showed strength. “If yields […]

By OrganicBiz