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Minnesota and Iowa farmers are growing more oats and have built hopes on a new mill in Albert Lea, Minnesota, but have struggled to win contracts from U.S. cereal makers, which source oats largely from Canada. Shea-Lynn Ramthun says she is selling this year's oat harvest at a loss.
A possible new domestic mill could create a small new U.S. oat outlet, but it has no immediate price impact since cereal makers still source mostly from Canada.
marketplace.orgClay MastersDec 5, 2025After 15 past neutral trade events, Oats moved a median -0.8% over 5 sessions (27% higher; middle half -2.4% to +2.2%), and +2.7% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
