# Major oat buyer to ban pre-harvest glyphosate

> Richardson Milling will stop buying oats treated with pre-harvest glyphosate or any desiccant starting January 2021. The company says the policy follows consumer demand for oats not treated with pre-harvest desiccants.

- Date: 2020-08-01 · published 2020-08-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52167-major-oat-buyer-to-ban-pre-harvest-glyphosate
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

Excluding treated oats from milling channels narrows the eligible supply for Western Canadian growers and may support premiums for untreated oats.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2020-08-01 | [For 2021, Richardson to source pre-harvest-product-free milling oats](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52166-for-2021-richardson-to-source-pre-harvest-product-free-milling-oats.md) | -0.7% | -3.2% |
| OATS | 2017-02-20 | [Processing gives WA an edge in oat market \| The West Australian](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72560-processing-gives-wa-an-edge-in-oat-market-the-west-australian.md) | -2.8% | -2.3% |
| OATS | 2017-03-27 | [Yorkton, Sask. oat plant moves on major expansion - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72043-yorkton-sask-oat-plant-moves-on-major-expansion-grainews.md) | -8.9% | -11.2% |
| OATS | 2019-10-10 | [New oat plant in Manitoba will boost crop’s self-esteem \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56637-new-oat-plant-in-manitoba-will-boost-crop-s-self-esteem-the-western-producer.md) | +6.3% | +7.9% |
| OATS | 2020-07-16 | [Oat acres in limbo \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4463-oat-acres-in-limbo-the-western-producer.md) | +1.6% | -4.1% |

## Sources

- producer.com: https://www.producer.com/news/major-oat-buyer-to-ban-pre-harvest-glyphosate/

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