Community News
02 June, 2021
- SARDI oat breeding personnel move on after acquisition of the program by InterGrain
- Featuring Ali Babar - University of Florida’s “Plant Breeder of the Month”
20 April, 2021
- Two PhD opportunities at Agroscope, Switzerland, on the CROPDIVA project
- Request for rust samples from the Cereal Disease Lab, USDA-ARS
10 March, 2021
24 February, 2021
- Request for assistance in locating oat molecular marker maps
- Request for collaboration to identify a new crown rust race in Brazil
- NEW POSITION: Research Plant Pathologist/Plant Molecular Geneticist, USDA-ARS Cerela Disease Lab, St. Paul, MN
28 January, 2021
- STILL OPEN - Postdoctoral Research Associate position in oat genomics at SDSU
- New Oat Agronomist at USDA-ARS in Brookings, SD
- “Bears eat oats and does eat oats and…what?”
16 December, 2020
28 October, 2020
- Öko-Test's evaluation criteria fail to recognize the realities and complexity of food production
- Post Doctoral Position: Imputation for Database-Wide GWAS USDA-ARS on Cornell University campus
01 September, 2020
05 August, 2020
29 July, 2020
- USDA-ARS Oat Geneticist position available in Fargo, ND
- Postdoctoral Research Associate position in oat genomics available at SDSU
- For your amusement, courtesy of Twitter
20 April, 2020
13 February, 2020
- Mike Bonman is retiring - the celebration is February 27th!
- Britta Hansen moves on from the University of Minnesota and Oat Global
- Harvested from the Web: December, 2019 and January, 2020
18 December, 2019
14 November, 2019
- Oat Global Announcement: Tom Rabaey voted new Chair by OG board 9/27/2019
- Farmers in Europe are unhappy with oat “milk” marketing
- Harvested from the Web: August through October, 2019
02 August, 2019
- 2019 Oat Tour at the Ottawa Research and Development Centre (ORDC), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa
- Porridge news from Central and Eastern Europe
- Harvested from the Web: May through July, 2019
15 May, 2019
21 March, 2019
21 January, 2019
- Harvested from the Web: December, 2018
- A holiday song about Avena spp. - the Chinese version, by Changzhong Ren (audio only)
13 December, 2018
- Felices fiestas! A holiday song about Avena spp. (video - may take some time to load)
04 December, 2018
02 November, 2018
01 October, 2018
- New Associate Director at Oat Global: Will Zorrilla
- Harvested from the Web: June through September, 2018
01 June, 2018
19 April, 2018
21 March, 2018
26 February, 2018
- South East Research Farm, Redvers, SK, Canada, seeks new research partners
- Request for cereal rust observations and samples from the USA, 2018
19 February, 2018
- So where is Ithaca, anyway? (AAFC/USDA/ORF meetings, Nov. 2017)
- A message from Gabe Gusmini, Oat Global Chair
05 January, 2018
19 December, 2017
31 October, 2017
- Collaboration meeting on oat genome sequencing and exome capture.
- 2017 Oat Tour at the Ottawa Research and Development Centre (ORDC), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa.
- 2017 Annual Wheat and Oat Field Tour at the Brandon Research and Development Centre (BRDC), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Brandon, MB.
- Harvested from the Web: Aug/Sep/Oct 2017
04 August, 2017
16 June, 2017
05 June, 2017
21 March, 2017
- Spring and Nowruz: Celebrating the Persian New Year
- “Rotationally Raised”, a video series by the Practical Farmers of Iowa
- Harvested from the Web: February/March 2017
29 January, 2017
20 December, 2016
25 August, 2016
- The Legacy of Ken Frey and an Appeal for Help - Åsmund Bjørnstad
- OATS: Shaping the Future - Chris Green
27 May, 2016
- Plan for a New Food Revolution - Vern Burrows
- Postdoc funding opportunities, Aberystwyth University, UK - Catherine Howarth
16 December, 2015
- An Open Letter from Chris Green, Oat Innovations: Oats 2020 Tailpiece
- Door decorating contest at the Ottawa Research and Development Centre, AAFC
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada research centres get new names
12 November, 2015
- New oat breeder at the University of Wisconsin
- Changes in oat breeding staff at the University of Minnesota
- Genesys: an online tool to unleash the power of crop diversity
21 September, 2015
- AAFC Brandon Wheat and Oat Field Tour, July 31, 2015
- 2015 North American breeders’ tour
- 2015 Oat Tour at the Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre (ECORC), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa
10 August, 2015
31 May, 2015
- Grain Millers, Inc. announces policy regarding the use of glyphosate on oats
- Oat Oil wins Innovation Prize at in-cosmetics
31 March, 2015
17 February, 2015
- UK oat breeding team receives major funding boost
- Chinese New Year at ECORC, AAFC: Celebrating the Benefits of Scientific and Cultural Exchange
- Chinese New Year begins on February 19th. Have a very happy Year of the Sheep!
21 January, 2015
- To the Immortal Memory…and Absent Friends
- “Oat Scoop” newsletter catches up with Dr. Jennifer Mitchell Fetch
15 December, 2014
- Vern Burrows honoured by Canadian Science and Technology Museum
- Whatever your faith tradition, the Oat Newsletter wishes you a safe and happy holiday season. Happy Hanukkah! Merry Christmas!
21 September, 2014