Category: Industry News

Promoting more oat consumption in Canada and North America is a top item on POGA President Brad Boettger’s wish list.  Read the full article here.

“Data presented at 2023 Annual Meeting of the Wound Healing Society showed statistically significant results characterizing the in vivo bioactivity of Ceapro’s oat-derived bioactive products on wound healing and tissue …

For the first time, Health Canada’s Food Directorate of Health Products has approved an oat-based nutritional drink for toddlers and kids aged 12 months and over.  Read the full article …

The Pest Management Regulatory Agency’s (PMRA) re-evaluation decision regarding lambda-cyhalothrin (e.g., Matador, Silencer, LaBamba, etc.) came into force on April 29, 2023. The newand updated label for lambda-cyhalothrin indicates that …

SaskOats, through SaskCrops, provided Federal pre-budget comments, urging the government: To ensure it understands and incorporates primary agriculture producers’ perspective and knowledge when developing policies, targeted timelines, and supporting budgets, …

On December 12th, 2022, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada announced the launch of consultations to develop a Sustainable Agriculture Strategy (SAS) with the goal of “helping to direct collective action to …

Brad Boettger, vice-president of POGA and a farmer from Beaver County, AB, said it’s shocking that Purely Canada is using an equipment failure to justify a force majeure and terminate …

The 2022 Saskatchewan Seed Survey, produced in conjunction with SaskOats, SaskWheat, SaskBarley & SaskPulse, is now available.  CLICK HERE to get your copy.

SaskOats sponsored the Learn to Lead Program, March 23-24, in Saskatoon.  Read more about it, and apply on SaskCanola’s website. 

Some companies are reporting 50% or more year-on-year growth for oat milk brands. Read more in this article by David McKee that first appeared in the January 2023 issue of …