The oat harvest should peak this week with excellent yields and quality. Early oats are good and heavy. Most samples are coming in at 45, 46 and 47 pounds per bushel. Quality is phenomenal. AgCanada ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Martin Larsen (left) and Jess Offord (right) stand in an oat field and discuss the harvest on August 3, 2025 in Byron, Minn.

SHELL ROCK -- Combines are rolling in Northeast Iowa as the oat harvest is well under way. Though two weeks later than normal, farmers are generally pleased with the results. Yield and test weights ...

Oats were once a major Minnesota crop, with about 4 million acres planted annually on average until the early 1960s. But in 2025, oats accounted for only 195,000 planted acres in Minnesota, and those ...

Oat acres in Canada are likely to recede this spring with cash prices to remain low, said Scott Shiels, grain procurement ...

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 ...