# Richardson Milling’s Desiccant Ban Could Seed Further Consumer Mistrust In Agriculture - SAIFood

> Richardson International, Canada's largest agribusiness, will not buy oats desiccated with glyphosate or other chemicals, a policy it announced in June 2020 and applied from January 2021. An opinion piece from the University of Saskatchewan argues the ban will cut oat supply, lower quality and raise transport and production costs for growers.

- Date: 2021-05-11 · published 2021-05-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47153-richardson-milling-s-desiccant-ban-could-seed-further-consumer-mistrust-in
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

Fewer eligible oats reduce the Canadian milling and feed supply, which tends to firm oat prices and narrow the choice of qualifying supply for buyers.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2022-10-06 | [Government of Canada invests in food research to support disease prevention](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39184-government-of-canada-invests-in-food-research-to-support-disease-prevention.md) | +0.0% | -2.9% |
| OATS | 2020-06-05 | [Updated U.S. Manipulator MRL good news for Canadian oats - Top Crop ManagerTop Crop Manager](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9490-updated-u-s-manipulator-mrl-good-news-for-canadian-oats-top-crop-managertop.md) | -7.7% | -2.0% |
| OATS | 2024-06-19 | [Due to exceeding quotas, EU returns customs duties on Ukrainian oats \| Ukrainian news](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29834-due-to-exceeding-quotas-eu-returns-customs-duties-on-ukrainian-oats-ukrainian.md) | -10.3% | +0.7% |
| OATS | 2020-10-05 | [Struggle to meet greenfeed oats demand](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50718-struggle-to-meet-greenfeed-oats-demand.md) | +2.3% | +4.0% |
| OATS | 2021-08-05 | [Contracts, economics complicate calls for alternate-use crops - Manitoba Co-operator](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45602-contracts-economics-complicate-calls-for-alternate-use-crops-manitoba-co.md) | +3.7% | +12.9% |

## Sources

- saifood.ca: https://saifood.ca/richardson-desiccant-ban/

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