Farmers in Minnesota and Iowa are banding together to add oats to their usual soybean and corn crop rotations. And they are working to open an oat processing plant in Albert Lea in 2026.

Their movement is rooted in responding to climate change and unpredictable markets.

But the farmers need to bring on board big food companies, who usually source most of their oats from Canada. Journalist Erin Jordan reported on the push for oats in the area for Investigate Midwest and she joins MPR News host Nina Moini to explain.