Farmers in the Upper Midwest are investing in homegrown oats. It’s good for the land. But can it work as a cash crop?

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Few people outside Quaker Oats know exactly what the Cedar Rapids factory is making when a sweet, wholesome smell wafts from the plant north of downtown.

I'd like to pass along this information from Bruce Anderson, UNL Extension forage specialist. Oats for extra pasture, hay and silage Pasture and hay could be sparse again this spring unless we receive ...

Manufacturers can prepare raw oat groats in various ways to make them ready for consumption. Steel-cut oats are the least processed form, whereas rolled oats, or oat flakes, undergo more processing ...