Where to get oats?

[lonelyfarmgirl]

Is there any place to buy rolled oats, like oat meal that is cheaper than $2 or $3 in the cardboard cylinder at the grocery?

[geo in mi]

TSC?? Rolled Oats at Tractor Supply

geo

[arcticow]

Do some shopping online, the feed store I worked for in AK sold oatmeal and dry beans for human s in 50 lb. bags. Came from somewhere in WA state IF I remember right...

[chester5731]

Check with your local feed mill. I never checked on oats but ours will steam and roll corn and roast soy beans.

[Plowpoint]

You can buy oats at any feed store, they are known as Race Horse Oats, and while not intended to be used for human consumption, they can be! Around here it is $18 for a 50 pound bag.

Alternatively, if you have a little land, you can take that same bag of oats and sow it at your farm/homestead. There is no germination issues like corn seed so within a few days you can be growing your own oats. Obviously you cannot do this with rolled oats though.

[rambler]

In case you need a lot of oats, it's only worth $2-4 a bushel (32 lbs) when a farmer sells it in bulk.

Cleaning and rolling it costs a feed store some money, but - you shouldn't have to pay too much for a whole lot of it....

-->Paul

I used animal feed rolled oats all the time. For my animals.

If I had to I could eat them myself, but I'd be spitting hulls out with every mouthful because feed oats are not dehulled before rolling. At least not any of the several brands I've bought over the years.

If you want rolled oats with a bit less indigestible fiber (as in no hulls) for less than grocery store prices then let your fingers do the walking in your local Yellow Pages. Look up your area restaurant and/or institutional foods suppliers. Not all of them will do business with you, but some will. You'll probably have to buy by the twenty five to fifty pound bag but it'll be a lot cheaper than the cardboard boxes from the supermarket.

[earthkitty]

Honeyville Grain will send 50 pound bags right to your doorstep. Shipping can't be beat at 4.49 per order.

This is how I buy mine, and then I store in plastic tubs in the basement after I divide it all into gallon sized ziploc bags.

Honeyville is awesome for buying most things in bulk; grains, flour, beans, corn meal, brown sugar, LOTS of stuff.

honeyvillegrain.com | Freeze Dried Food | Grains | Baking Ingredients | Emergency Food Storage | Backpacking Food

[frankva]

Decent health food store is far better than any tubed oats. 1/4 the cost last time I compared.

[lonelyfarmgirl]

Cool! thanks for the link!

[mekasmom]

You can get 50lb bags of steel cut or rolled oats at almost any feed store. The Amish grocery here sells the big bags for about twenty dollars.

[luvrulz]

I can buy a 50 lb bag at the Amish store....can't remember how much....

[lonelyfarmgirl]

There is no Amish grocery around here as far as I am aware, which is stupid, since we have a fairly substantial Amish community, and none of the feed stores carry rolled oats that I have ever seen.

[PaulNKS]

Just keep one thing in mind. ALL oats you buy from a feed mill or feed store will have chemicals on them.... They are treated with pesticides when they go into storage. If you don't want the chemicals, you have to buy oats that are labeled food grade or for human consumption.

[earthkitty]

I don't have an Amish store anywhere close, or a Sam's club, so pushing a few buttons to have oats and other bulk ingredients delivered to me is extremely attractive. No gas or time spent on my part at all, although I'm sure my UPS guy is never happy to deliver multiple 50 pound bags.

farmgirl, you are welcome!! I LOVE Honeyville.

I am paranoid; don't think I would want to eat feed store oats.

[stamphappy]

We get them at the restaurant supply store here called Cash and Carry.

[Ohio dreamer]

We have a place called Spindlers that sells food to restaurants and institutions (I'm guessing). Anyways they will sell to people off the street, too. They don't advertise, aren't on the internet....you just have to "know" what they are (sign doesn't even say). My guess is you have something similar in your region. Call some of the mom and pop restaurants and ask where they get their supplies. Let them know you are looking for a large sack of oats, maybe you'll get a lead.