Iowa farmers lack market for oats despite large cereal plant

[TexasTowelie]

DES MOINES (AP) — Once the nation’s leading oats producer, Iowa growers now struggle to find markets for the crop.

That’s the dilemma Earl Canfield of Dunkerton faced three years ago: He had about 3,000 bushels of oats, but no place to sell them profitably.

Quaker Oats in Cedar Rapids, the world’s largest cereal production plant, does not take in oats from Iowa growers.

And most Iowa livestock operations don’t include oats in the feed supply of their cattle, pigs and chickens.

Read more: http://wcfcourier.com/business/local/iowa-farmers-lack-market-for-oats-despite-large-cereal-plant/article_c876ea36-a51d-556b-9a6a-f7c8263f229a.html

[msongs]

1. let em grow cannabis. drought tolerant, disease and pest resistant. oh, jeff sessions says not nt

[TexasTowelie]

2. Geez, such a difficult dilemma first thing in the morning--

oatmeal or a bong hit?

[tirebiter]

3. With TPP they'd've had a market

SURPRISE!

[safeinOhio]

4. Oats and wheat are rotation crops, for the most part.

I don't think there are "oat farmers", there are corn and bean farmers that use other crops in rotation.These other crops suppress weeds, prevent erosion, scavenge excess nutrients. They can increase production of corn by 15 to 20 percent and reduce the need for added chemicals on crops.