Celiac Oats ?????

derferjam

Anyone know anything about the sowing of Oats for celiac's?
What price did they give this year?
what reg did you need to comply with to satisfy them?
Anything about need for min acre's?
Time when should be sown?

ganmo

derferjam wrote: »

Anyone know anything about the sowing of Oats for celiac's?
What price did they give this year?
what reg did you need to comply with to satisfy them?
Anything about need for min acre's?
Time when should be sown?

Aren't all oats suitable for celiacs?

derferjam

True but Glanbia have opened a new plant in Port Laoise and are looking for people to sow it... a bit like the concept of malt barley.
What I do know is there is constant visits to the field through-out growth and contamination is a big thing.

memorystick

They will harvest it for you. 2 Claas combines and chasers.

Base price

Good video too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7BKBnJDAzg

bogman_bass

I dont think you can sow after a wheat or barley crop. Has to go in after grass, maize or OSR.

other than that I think Contacting Glanbia is your best bet

Markcheese

Do glanbia sow it as well ? I know none of the kit for handling the oats can come in contact with other grain in case of cross contamination -

st1979

You can sow yourself but your machine has to be cleaned perfectly first then a rep from Glanbia has to inspect the machine before you sow. Then Glanbia reps inspect crops and you must follow there recommendations re sprays etc. Although you are allowed buy sprays elsewhere. Harvest done for free by Glanbia and all oats go to one branch which I think is ballytore so there is no contamination from other grains. Think barra is the variety used.
I know nothing else but learnt this on a tour of the portlaoise plant which is seriously impressive and clean.

pajero12

st1979 wrote: »

You can sow yourself but your machine has to be cleaned perfectly first then a rep from Glanbia has to inspect the machine before you sow. Then Glanbia reps inspect crops and you must follow there recommendations re sprays etc. Although you are allowed buy sprays elsewhere. Harvest done for free by Glanbia and all oats go to one branch which I think is ballytore so there is no contamination from other grains. Think barra is the variety used.
I know nothing else but learnt this on a tour of the portlaoise plant which is seriously impressive and clean.

I'd imagine the checks with regards sowing equipment ar very stringent, Knowing a coeliac personally, the tiniest of contamination can cause a flare up.

derferjam

Does anyone know if its a winter or spring crop they want and what did they give for it this year.

cobham

Only a small % of celiacs have a problem with the type of gluten produced by oats (somewhat in region of 1:20). The main issue is the cross contamination from wheat etc growing along with the oats either from a previous wheatcrop or drifted in from adjacant fields. Then of course the processing plants have to be monitored. The oat and wheat grain are very different so easy to spot a 'rogue' one in a batch. Very interesting to hear Glanbia are focusing on this!

st1979

Winter and spring oats are used. They prefer winter only due to the certainty it gives glanbia that the acres are in the ground so they have a good idea of tonnages. Whereas if they were relying on spring and weather was crap and half it was not sowed they would run short.
The machines they have are so good. All grain go across a converyor that is about 3 foot wide and as they fall off the end there are a load of cameras and a shot of air blast off any non oat grain or a tiny stone. There are a lot of different machines they send the grain through so there is zero contamination of the oats.
And the guy who runs and helped design it is a longterm glanbia employee from portlaoise feed mill and its easy to see his passion for the job.