Sowing Then Reaping Wild "OATS"
January 31st 2009 05:22
Oats on the Market
"Photo courtesy of Henrik Sendelbach"
> In the U.S., Oats are traded electronically on CME Globex during the Asian and European daytime market hours.
> They trade across a fifteen hour span on CME Globex to accomodate those in different time zones.
> Oats trade during the primary U.S. grain trading hours alongside the open auction platform.
> Oat futures are denominated in dollars. Oats are a physical delivery 5,000 bushel contract.
Quaker Oats
1877 - Quaker Oats registered as the first trademark for a breakfast cereal.
1922 - Quaker Oats introduces Quick Quaker Oats.
1966 - Quaker Instant Oatmeal makes its entrance onto the marketplace.
1981- Quaker introduces their Quaker Chewy® chewy granola bars
2007 - Quaker celebrates their 130-year anniversary
Oat Miscellanea
> Rolled oats are crushed grains of oat that have been rolled into flakes under heavy rollers
> Oat ancestry is the wild red oat, a plant of Asian origin.
> Steel-Cut oats are whole crushed grains of oat cut into smaller pieces.The oat grains are hulled, steamed, and typically roasted. Steel blades then chop them up into two or three pieces. They are not as "processed". Sometimes called Irish or Scotch oats.
> Oats are a great source of iron, dietary fiber, and thiamin. They also contain antioxidants.
> The U.S., Russia, Germany, Poland, Finland, Australia are major commercial producers of oats.
> Oats find their way into a host of cereals and other breakfast foods such as muffins. They are used in breads, beer varieties, and as animal feed.
OATMEAL COOKIES (with chocolate)
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