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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Martin Larsen (left) and Jess Offord (right) stand in an oat field and discuss the harvest on August 3, 2025 in Byron, Minn.

Green Acres Milling, a $68 million oats processing facility, is set to be up and running by next harvest. Green Acres Milling, which is set to open in the summer of 2026, on Oct. 6, 2025, in Albert ...

FARGO, N.D. - Michael McMullen, veteran oats breeder at North Dakota State University, has this answer when asked about working with a crop that doesn’t get much attention. “I like to work for the ...

Martin Larsen (left) and Jess Offord (right) stand in the oat field and discuss the harvest on August 3, 2025 in Byron, Minnesota. (Photo by Steven Garcia/Investigate Midwest) CEDAR RAPIDS – Few ...

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.