POGA    Projects  and  producer  informa5on  

POGA  Funding  and  New  Projects  •  POGA  has  turned  about  $1,700,000  of  grower  funds  into  

over  $11,000,000  •  POGA  is  currently  funding  15  projects  with  6  different  

provincial  and  federal  funders  plus  industry  support  New  projects  include:  

–  Crop  Sequencing  of  Large  Acreage  Crops  and  Special  Crops  –  Breeding  Resistance  to  Leaf  Blotch  Pathogens  in  Saskatchewan  –  Development  of  meal  replacement  from  Canadian  Prairie  Ag  Products  for  use  as  humanitarian  ra5on  in  disaster  relief  

Other  Projects  1.    Oats:  Preven5ng  Equine  Diseases    2    Responsiveness  of  Oat  to  Fer5lizer  N  and  Fungicides    3.  OSP  (i.e.EFOP)  Research  Advisory    board  and  CommiWee  4.  Transporta5on  5.  Development  of  the  Mexico  Oat  Market  6.  Tagging  in  Oats  7.  The  Prairie  oat  Breeding  Consor5um  (POBC)  8.  Can  oat  beta-­‐glucan  improve  the  responsiveness  of  the  immune  system  in  horses?    9.  Oat  Sustainability  Project  Marke5ng    10.  Occurrence  and  Fate  of  Toxigenic  Fungi  and  their  Associated  Mycotoxins  in  Saskatchewan-­‐grown  Oats  and  Oat  Milling  Products  11.  Yield  response  and  test  weight  stability  of  Oat  to  Fer5lizer  N    12.    Op5mizing  Oat  yield,  quality  and  standability  in  Central  AB    

Crop  Sequencing  of  Large  Acreage  Crops  and  Special  Crops

•  Objec&ve:  To  determine  the  effects  of  a  proceeding  crop  using  several  large  area  plots  and  several  special  crops.  

•  Ra&onal:    There  is  a  lack  of  informa5on  on  the  effect  of  a  proceeding  crop  on  the  yield  and  quality  of  both  major  and  special  crops  

Breeding Resistance to Leaf Blotch Pathogens in Saskatchewan

1.  Indoor  screening  techniques  will  be  developed  to  evaluate  oat  leaf  blotch  pathogens    

2.  Leaf  blotch  pathogenic  variability  will  be  beWer  understood.  

3.      Inheritance  of  resistance  studies  will  be  conducted    4.      Molecular  markers  will  be  iden5fied  and  developed    

 All  results  will  be  made  available  to  oat  research  and  breeding  programs  in  order  to  select  and  breed  for  leaf  blotch  resistant  oat  varie5es.  

Development of Meal Replacement from Canadian Prairie Ag Products for use as Humanitarian Ration in Disaster Relief

This  project  will  seek  to  create  a  shelf-­‐stable  meal  replacement  product  made  from  prairie  commodi5es  

Since  Canada  currently  does  not  manufacture  humanitarian  daily  ra5ons  (HDR’s)  despite  its  abundant  supply  of  nutrient  rich  ingredients,  this  would  be  a  new  market  opportunity  for  prairie  oats,  and  other  Canadian  grains  and  pulses.  

Transporta5on  Project  and  CommiWee  

•  We’ve  brought  together  19  millers  and  grain  handlers  to  sit  on  this  commiWee  to  work  on  the  transporta5on  logis5cs.      

•  Art  Enns  spoke  to  the  Canadian  House  of  Commons  and  Senate  Agricultural  CommiWee  on  the  transporta5on  issues  and  how  they  have  effected  the  oats  industry  

•  POGA  submiWed  a  Canadian  Transporta5on  Act  Review  in  December  2014  

•  Art  Enns,  POGA  President  is  sifng  on    the          Na5onal  Crop  Logis5c  Working  Group  

Transporta5on-­‐  POGA  at  The  Hill  

On  February  23rd  and  24th,  POGA  met  with  parliamentarians  and  others  involved  with  Canada's  Rail  system  in  OWawa.  Included    were:    •  David  Miller,  Assistant  VP  at  CN  •  Robert  Taylor,  Assistant  VP  at  CP  •  Bev  Shipley,  Chair  -­‐  House  Ag            commiWee    •  Lidija  Lebarr  -­‐  CTA  Review  Secretariat  

•  Gerald  Keddy,  Parliamentary  Secretary  to  Minister  Ritz  

•  Devin  Dreeshan,  Policy  Advisor  to  Minister  Ritz  

•  The  NDP  and  Liberal  cri5cs  on  Ag              and  Transporta5on  

Producer  Prospec5ve-­‐  Transporta5on  

•  A  big  improvement  over  last  year  (where  our  December  contract  was  finally  delivered  in  August)  but  s5ll  lagging.    We  have  a  January  contract  for  barley  that  can  be  delivered  “no  5me  soon”  

•  Looking  to  crop  more  specialty  crops  with  guaranteed  delivery  to  local  facili5es  during  the  year  

Producer  Prospec5ve-­‐What  Producers  are  Growing  this  year  

POGA  Directors  oat  Acres  and  Variety  by  province:  Alberta:  Reduc5on  of  16%  (one  director  is  elimina5ng  all  oats  due  to  rota5on,  with  this  Albert  would  be  down  60%)  

–    Average    2-­‐year  yield:  100  bu/acre  –   Most  Acres  AC  Morgan  

Manitoba:  Increase  of  4%  –  Average  2-­‐  year  yield  132  bu/acre  –  Most  Acres:  SummiW  

Saskatchewan:  Increase  of  15%  (one  director  is  increasing  by  80%  but  will  use  it  for  feed  including  this  would  equate  to  a  39%  increase)  

–  Average  2-­‐year  yield:  109  –  Acres  split:  AC  Morgan,  Summit,  Souris  and  Dancer  

Producer  Prospec5ve-­‐  What  we  are  Growing  this  year  (Saskatchewan)  

New  Crop  Pricing:  Fall  2015  

crop    price/bu  average  bu/acre  

input  costs/ac*  

net  return/ac  

Peas   $8.00   40   $205.00   $115.00  barley   $4.80   70   $241.00   $95.00  oats   $2.70   109   $228.00   $66.30  canola   $9.50   38   $326.00   $35.00  spring  wheat   $6.00   45   $244.00   $26.00  *assumes  $120  of  fixed  costs  for  land,  equipment,  fuel,  etc.  

Producer  Prospec5ve-­‐  What  we  are  Growing  this  year  (Manitoba)  

New  Crop  Pricing:  Fall  2015  

crop    price/bu  average  bu/acre  

input  costs/ac   net  return/ac  

Perennial  Rye    .55/lb   1500/lbs    $343.00     $482.00  oats   $3.25   140    $353.00     $102.00  spring  wheat   $6.75   70    $386.00     $86.00  Soybeans   $9.50   37    $      336.00     $15.50  

canola   $10.50   35    $436.00     -­‐$69.00  

New  Crop  Pricing:  Fall  2015  

crop    price/bu  

average  bu/acre  

input  costs/ac   net  return/ac  

Perennial  Rye     .55/lb   1500/lbs    $343.00     $482.00  spring  wheat   $6.75   70    $386.00     $86.50  oats   $3.25   132    $353.00     $76.00  Soybeans   $9.50   37    $336.00     $15.50  canola   $10.50   35    $436.00     -­‐$68.50