Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CEDAR RAPIDS — Few people outside Quaker Oats know exactly what the Cedar Rapids factory is making when a sweet, wholesome smell ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. NINA MOINI: Some farmers in Minnesota and Iowa are banding together to add oats to their usual soybean and corn crop rotations. It's a movement rooted in ...

Oats were once a major Minnesota crop, with about 4 million acres planted annually on average until the early 1960s. But in ...

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and the United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service are collaborating on a series of cover crop fact sheets for Iowa ...

Martin Larsen (left) and Jess Offord (right) stand in the oat field and discuss the harvest on Aug. 3 in Byron, Minn. (Steven Garcia/Investigate Midwest) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of ...

Midwest farmers are conducting trials to grow food-grade oats, traditionally sourced from Canada. Growing oats offers environmental benefits, such as improved soil health and water quality, compared ...