# Oat Mafia pushes for big increase in U.S. acres | The Western Producer

> The Oat Mafia, a group of about several hundred Midwest farmers growing roughly 6,000 acres of oats, is pushing to add one million acres of food-grade oats in the US over the next decade. An industry analyst says low net returns make that target unlikely.

- Date: 2026-03-06 · published 2026-03-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/20238-oat-mafia-pushes-for-big-increase-in-u-s-acres-the-western-producer
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

Acreage ambitions are long-term and contested, so they do little to change near-term oat supply or feed prices. Any real expansion would still need returns that justify switching from other crops.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: neutral

## Sources

- producer.com: https://www.producer.com/crops/oat-mafia-pushes-for-big-increase-in-u-s-acres/

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