MINNEAPOLIS — Organic agriculture is the practice of producing food, for human and/or animal consumption where most synthetic pesticides and fertilizers are replaced with inputs that are permissible under the USDA guidelines for organic production and/or independent organic certification agencies. Oat (Avena sativa L.) is a spring-sown cereal that is well adapted to organic production systems. Demand for organic oat from the oat millers in the region is healthy and growing. A new bulletin ‘Organic Oat Production in Minnesota’ has just been published to assist the producers in the state to produce oat in accordance to organic certification standards. Just click here to find it.
— University of Minnesota Extension
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