# Bringing oats back | News, Sports, Jobs - Farm News

> Green Acres Milling, a farmer-owned venture led by Landon Plagge, plans to break ground in spring 2025 on a $55 million oat processing plant in Albert Lea, Minnesota. The facility is expected to process 3 million bushels of oats per year and to be operational by early fall 2026. Plagge said brands are paying oat millers 22% more than a few years ago.

- Date: 2025-02-28 · published 2025-02-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/26102-bringing-oats-back-news-sports-jobs-farm-news
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

A new processing plant adds meaningful domestic demand for US oats, which could support oat prices and farm acreage over the coming seasons, though the effect is gradual and years away.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: bullish ▲

## Sources

- farm-news.com: https://www.farm-news.com/2025/02/28/bringing-oats-back/

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