# Beyond ‘Random Acts of Oats' - Practical Farmers of Iowa

> 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.

- Date: 2024-10-28 · published 2024-10-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/27926-beyond-random-acts-of-oats-practical-farmers-of-iowa
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

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.

## Read by commodity

- OATS: neutral

## Sources

- practicalfarmers.org: https://practicalfarmers.org/resources/articles/beyond-random-acts-of-oats/

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