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North American
Millers’ Association


600 Maryland Ave SW,
Suite 825 West
Washington, DC 20024

TEL: 202.484.2200
FAX: 202.488.7416

EMAIL: generalinfo@namamillers.org

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Oat Research Appropriations

Background
Basic research in oats has not kept pace with research in other crops. As a consequence, oat production has become less economically viable relative to other production options

Concerns

Funding Initiatives to Sustain Oat Research and Production:
Funding is needed to help meet program objectives in the areas of molecular genetics and plant improvement.  Identifying and understanding the oat genome is the core to successful long-term oat research. Without these advances, oats will fall farther and farther behind other crops despite its key role in healthy diets. Read more . . .

Cereal Rust Disease Initiative:
Highly virulent and aggressive new races of stem, leaf, and stripe rust have appeared in the world, which now threaten the entire US production of wheat, barley, and oats.  An increase of $5,000,000 is needed in FY10 to fund the Cereal Rust Disease Initiative. The Initiative is to be administered by USDA-ARS to support cooperative cereal rust research efforts by ARS and Land-Grant university scientists throughout the US.  Read more . . .

USDA-ARS Cereal Crops Research Unit:
More nutritious, health-promoting oats and barley are goals of scientists at the USDA-ARS Cereal Crops Research Unit (CCRU).  Researchers are identifying and studying antioxidant chemicals in oats and barley that may play a role in protecting humans from degenerative diseases such as heart disease and certain cancers.  Additional support is needed to ensure that there is enough funding to support the research efforts. Read more . . .

last updated February 6, 2009



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