ROCHESTER, Minn. — Oats was Martin Larsen’s most profitable crop in 2022. In fact, he says his 2022 oats crop was his most profitable crop ever. “So in 2022, we had a phenomenal market here,” Larsen ...

CHARLES CITY -- Combines, though in small numbers, are rolling in Northeast Iowa harvesting a bountiful oat crop. Despite worries of a short crop due to delayed plantings, farmers and crop experts say ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. NINA MOINI: Some farmers in Minnesota and Iowa are banding together to add oats to their usual soybean and corn crop rotations. It's a movement rooted in ...

Farmers in southeastern Minnesota are staring down the prospect of storing thousands of tons of oats with no profitable place to send them. If that doesn’t change soon, fewer farmers might grow the ...