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

• The oat breeding program at INIA, Chile, begins a new research project aimed to obtain gluten-free genotypes

 

05 August, 2020

• Research Geneticist Position Available at USDA-ARS in Aberdeen, ID

 

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

• Harvested from the Web: February and March, 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

• Happy Holidays from the Oat Newsletter!

 

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

• Harvested from the Web: March and April, 2019

 

21 March, 2019

• Harvested from the Web: January and February, 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

• Harvested from the Web: October/November, 2018
• Gone Fishing!

 

02 November, 2018

• Request from the U.S. Plant Breeding Coordinating Committee

 

01 October, 2018

• New Associate Director at Oat Global: Will Zorrilla
• Harvested from the Web: June through September, 2018

 

01 June, 2018

• My Life in Porridge - Neal Robertson
• Harvested from the Web: April/May, 2018

 

19 April, 2018

• Harvested from the Web: January through March, 2018

 

21 March, 2018

• New postdoc position available in the Figueroa lab at the University of Minnesota.

 

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

• Harvested from the Web: December (part 2) 2017

 

19 December, 2017

• Harvested from the Web: Nov/Dec 2017
• "A Beta-Glucan Christmas"

 

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

• Harvested from the Web: June/July 2017

 

16 June, 2017

• A request for crown rust samples from the USA

 

05 June, 2017

• The 2017 Swedish Porridge Championship
• Harvested from the Web: April/May 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

• The common oat, Avena sativa, has been named medicinal plant of the year 2017

 

20 December, 2016

• 2016 door decorating contest at the Ottawa Research and Development Centre, AAFC

 

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

• Oats2020 invitation and update
• Grain Farmers of Ontario welcomes barley and oats

 

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

• North American Public Oat Genotyping Initiative
• Mike McMullen featured on social media

 

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

• Oat Stem unveiled in Ituna
• New children’s book about agronomy