# Midwest oat growers want a renaissance, but it will be hard without Big Ag

> Iowa and Minnesota farmers are testing food-grade oats and investing in a new oat mill, pitching them to Quaker and General Mills. Quaker currently sources oats from Canada, and the article notes threatened tariffs on Canadian goods.

- Date: 2025-08-26 · published 2025-08-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/23371-midwest-oat-growers-want-a-renaissance-but-it-will-be-hard-without-big-ag
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

This is a long-term demand story for domestic oat production in the US Midwest and has little near-term price impact on feed oats.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2017-06-26 | [Canada's Richardson buys European Oat Millers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70535-canada-s-richardson-buys-european-oat-millers.md) | +13.9% | +13.5% |
| OATS | 2025-12-05 | [Is there a market for U.S.-grown oats? These farmers hope so](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21555-is-there-a-market-for-u-s-grown-oats-these-farmers-hope-so.md) | -7.8% | +0.5% |
| OATS | 2019-02-07 | [With an almost $7 billion crop, history shines on WA's most valuable and second largest harvest - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60657-with-an-almost-7-billion-crop-history-shines-on-wa-s-most-valuable-and-second.md) | -2.0% | -11.0% |
| OATS | 2026-02-19 | [Ukrainian oat exports hit a 10-year record despite crop reduction – AgroNews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20666-ukrainian-oat-exports-hit-a-10-year-record-despite-crop-reduction-agronews.md) | -2.2% | +13.4% |
| OATS | 2023-11-12 | [Albanian grains remain in warehouses due to the lack of a market - Denoncim](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33230-albanian-grains-remain-in-warehouses-due-to-the-lack-of-a-market-denoncim.md) | -0.5% | +2.7% |

## Sources

- investigatemidwest.org: https://www.investigatemidwest.org/midwest-oat-growers-want-a-renaissance-but-it-will-be-hard-without-big-ag-2/

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