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A group of Minnesota farmers is building a network to grow oats as a third rotation crop at commercial scale. Participants are motivated by water quality, lower input costs and diversified marketing risk.
The article describes the early growth of the informal oat collective.
Expanding oat plantings in the Upper Midwest could slowly add supply for feed and food uses. The effect on prices is small at current volumes.
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