Farming was always the dream — and then it became the reality!
Dylan Robinson, AOGC Director, began by renting land from his cousins and taking crop sciences at the University of Alberta. Read more about his farming progression here.
University Of Saskatchewan Expert Advances New Online Nutrient Calculator
Two University of Saskatchewan soil scientists have just put the finishing touches on a new Prairie Nutrient Removal Calculator—an online tool that provides a critical piece of information to help …
POGA’s work on cancelled oat contracts
POGA, as well as the Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba oat commissions, want to assure oat growers that the board has been, and will remain, active in any developments of cancelled …
Meals From the Farm: making the connection between food and farming
Meals From the Farm returns to Saskatchewan on June 1 this year. This joint initiative between Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan and Agriculture in the Classroom Saskatchewan works with six …
New oat leader hopes to increase consumption
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.
Ceapro Announces Positive Findings Demonstrating Oat Derived Beta Glucan and Avenanthramides Promote Wound Healing and Tissue Regeneration
“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 …
Canada Just Approved Its First Nutritional Oat Drink For Toddlers And Kids
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 …
ALTERNATIVES TO LAMBDA-CYHALOTHRIN FOR 2023
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 …
POGA announces the first Alberta POGA President
The POGA Board of Directors is excited to announce that Brad Boettger has been elected President – the firstPOGA President from Alberta. Boettger is a fourth generation farmer who farms …
SaskOats, through SaskCrops, provides Federal pre-budget comments.
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, …
SaskCrops’ Submission to AAFC re: the Sustainable Ag Strategy (SAS)
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 …
Farmers Pursue Legal Action over cancelled oat contracts
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 …
