HOOSICK FALLS — A year ago, Eric and Jamie Ziehm had never heard of oatgurt. Now they’re the first farmers in the country growing organic oats for the only yogurt in the world made with oat milk from ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Few people outside Quaker Oats know exactly what the Cedar Rapids factory is making when a sweet, wholesome smell wafts from the plant north of downtown. Locals call it a Crunch Berry ...

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 ...

PECATONICA, Ill. — Heirloom and ancient grains are grown on Hazzard Free Farm without any chemical pesticides. “Corn is my specialty, but I also grow wheat, oats, rye, barley and dry beans,” said ...

ZUMBRO RIVER VALLEY, Minnesota — From his combine on an October afternoon, harvesting dried-out soybeans the color of dust, Martin Larsen points to a hillside where his ancestors from Scandinavia ...

Oats are a type of cereal grain scientifically known as Avena sativa. They are primarily grown for their edible seeds, which are commonly used in various food products. The seeds, or grains, are small ...