# Minnesota farmers add oats to usual crop rotation | MPR News

> Farmers in Minnesota and Iowa are adding oats to their corn and soybean rotations and are working to open an oat processing plant in Albert Lea in 2026. The movement is a response to climate change and unpredictable markets, but growers need large food companies to buy their oats.

- Date: 2025-09-10 · published 2025-09-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/22924-minnesota-farmers-add-oats-to-usual-crop-rotation-mpr-news
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

Establishing local processing capacity could create a domestic oat outlet, but the market effect depends on buyer commitments that have not yet materialized.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: neutral

## Sources

- mprnews.org: https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2025/09/10/farmers-sow-the-future-of-oats-in-minnesota

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