Welcome To oat advantage
WE ARE AN IMAGINATIVE, HANDS ON OAT BREEDING COMPANY, DEVELOPING HIGH VALUE
OAT VARIETIES AND OAT GRAIN FOR PRODUCERS, MILLERS & CONSUMERS
About
Since 2008, we have combined family and work in our private oat breeding adventure. As owners of Oat Advantage we remain committed to bringing forward relevant and valuable oat varieties. We are focused on the small details that make an oat variety worth the time and effort that you put into this important crop. The results are already showing: high quality high yielding oats, increased kernel density and uniformity, improved nutrition and safety and continued adaptation/integration with the land and ever changing climate.
We have incorporated our business as Vesper Sparrow Prairie Research Inc. Named after the tiny Vesper Sparrow, frequently seen on the prairies each summer raising their young diligently on the land and in the vegetation. There is a lesson here for us in the Vesper Sparrow, busy all day on our research farm, singing in the evening, taking care of its family. Prayers and hope, relationships and work. Life is a good adventure.
Our Research Farm
Our research farm is located on the east side of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on Blackley Road, Rural Municipality of Corman Park. The area is designated ‘Agricultural Research’ and is a hub of agriculture investigation that we like to call 'Innovation Fields’.
Our 80 acre research farm is in the Dark Brown Soil zone and the farm typically experiences fairly dry summer seasons. We have many creature friends on the farm including the Vesper sparrow, white-tailed deer, jack rabbits, bumble bees and many beetles.
Our mission
We are focused on developing high quality, high yielding oat varieties for western Canadian oat growers
