James Chong, Chair, Local Organizing Committee, Cereal Research Center, MB
Jim Bole, Director, Cereal Research Center, Winnipeg, MB
 

Constraints and Solutions in the Oat Industry
Brian Rossnagel, Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan
Pat Henderson, Executive Director, American Oat Association, Minneapolis, MN

Why Would Farmers Grow Oats? Sam Weaver, Quaker Oats, Barrington, IL

10:30 am:

Oat Markets in North America.   Politics and Economics. Barry Prentice, Transport Institute, University of Manitoba
The Changing Canadian Scene.   Trevor Pizzey, Can-Oat Milling, Portage la Prairie, MB
The World Perspective.   Randy Strycher, Statcom Ltd., Vancouver, BC
 

1:30 pm:   Oat Production - Chair:  Jennifer Mitchell Fetch, Cereal Research Center

A.  Agronomic
Performance in Rotations and Reduced Tillage.  Martin Entz, Dept. of Plant Science, University of Manitoba Production and Quality.  Bruce Roskins, Quaker Oats, Chicago, IL
Trends in Oat Pathology.  Don Harder, Cereal Research Centre
Production From the Producer's Perspective.   George James, Manitoba oat grower

3:30 pm:      B. Technical - Ways to New and Better Varieties - Chair:  Jennifer Mitchell Fetch, Cereal Research Center

Oat types - Whereto?   Doug Brown, Cereal Research Centre
The breeder's view.   Deon Stuthman, Dept. of Agronomy, University of Minnesota
Development and Use of Doubled Haploids in Oat.  Taing Aung, Cereal Research Centre
Biotechnology in oat improvement.   Greg Penner, Cereal Research Centre
 

Oat and the Consumer.   Alta Engstrom, General Mills, Minneapolis
Fractionation and End Uses.   Mark Redmond, CEAPRO, Edmonton
Physical Quality Determination.   Doug Doehlert, USDA, Fargo
Nutrition for Humans and Animals.   Dave Peterson, University of Wisconsin
 

10:30 am:  Poster session
 
12:00 pm:  Lunch, General Business Meeting
 
1:30 pm:   Field Tours at Glenlea field station - Coordinator:  Scott Duguid, Cereal Research Center
 
6:00 pm:  Barbeque at Glenlea field station

- Jim Bole, Director, Cereal Research Center
- Dave Gosselin, Quaker Oats, Peterborough
- Dale Alderson, SeCan, Winnipeg
- Rob Hill, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Manitoba

Provocateur - Paula Manoski, Quaker Oats
 

12:00 pm:  Farewell lunch

Slide presentation - 6th International Oat Conference, New Zealand.  Richard Cross