# Oats to oatmeal - Ontario Grain Farmer

> An Ontario Grain Farmer feature describes the decade-long process of breeding oat varieties for both feed and food uses. It notes that Quaker requires high beta-glucan content and small hulls from growers.

- Date: 2022-04-01 · published 2022-04-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/41894-oats-to-oatmeal-ontario-grain-farmer
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

Breeding background has no near-term effect on oat supply or prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2025-08-11 | [Low-oil oats targeted for new markets - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23375-low-oil-oats-targeted-for-new-markets-grain-central.md) | +0.5% | -10.7% |
| OATS | 2019-03-15 | [It’s a good time to be breeding oats - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60136-it-s-a-good-time-to-be-breeding-oats-grainews.md) | +8.0% | +7.7% |
| OATS | 2025-03-21 | [Global expectations for oats production \| Farmer's Weekly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25667-global-expectations-for-oats-production-farmer-s-weekly.md) | -5.7% | -5.8% |
| OATS | 2019-01-11 | [Two new oat varieties from Oat Advantage - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61147-two-new-oat-varieties-from-oat-advantage-grainews.md) | +2.4% | -1.6% |
| OATS | 2023-03-03 | [Grain Council Report October 2022 - Irish Farmers' Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36912-grain-council-report-october-2022-irish-farmers-association.md) | +1.9% | +10.2% |

## Sources

- ontariograinfarmer.ca: https://ontariograinfarmer.ca/2022/04/01/oats-to-oatmeal/

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