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TexasTowelie

(116,975 posts) Sun Oct 22, 2017, 02:07 AM Oct 2017

Iowa farmers lack market for oats despite large cereal plant

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

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Iowa farmers lack market for oats despite large cereal plant (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2017 OP

let em grow cannabis. drought tolerant, disease and pest resistant. oh, jeff sessions says not nt msongs Oct 2017 #1

Geez, such a difficult dilemma first thing in the morning-- TexasTowelie Oct 2017 #2

With TPP they'd've had a market tirebiter Oct 2017 #3

Oats and wheat are rotation crops, for the most part. safeinOhio Oct 2017 #4

msongs

(70,198 posts)

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

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Oct 22, 2017, 02:28 AM

Oct 2017

TexasTowelie

(116,975 posts)

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

Reply to msongs (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 22, 2017, 02:41 AM

Oct 2017

oatmeal or a bong hit?

tirebiter

(2,588 posts)

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

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Oct 22, 2017, 03:47 AM

Oct 2017

SURPRISE!

safeinOhio

(34,113 posts)

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

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Oct 22, 2017, 08:12 AM

Oct 2017

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.

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