oats
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Aidan Struve, a 23-year-old farmer in Woodward, Iowa, operates his family farm that produces corn, soybeans, alfalfa and oats across roughly 500 acres.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
The cream uses the traditional mix of ricotta, mascarpone and sugar but he blended in porridge, sieved it and added some ground toasted oats.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
So Megan's kitchen is still full of fruit, vegetables, seeds and oats but there are now also breakfast cereals, crisps, biscuits and other processed foods too.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Just heat your oats in the microwave, making sure your choice of container or bowl is microwave-safe.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026
“After we start planting, there’s no time for sugaring. You plant oats early and you get oats; you plant ’em late and you get nothing but chaff.”
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
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