In that case the oats would come straight from the combine ( or whatever machine separates the oats from the chaff, during this process the oats go directly into a bag of some sort! The chaff turns into straw which can also be used for packing material, sold in pet stores, used in pet stores, baled, so many different uses.
In Johanna's post I said what I said because of where she lives!
Did you know that in the last century ( yes we are THAT old ) most of our food was grown by independent farmers, and now only 3% of it is?
That's because the big corp.'s have bought most of the agri. land, have machines that are HUGE, can cut down 3 football fields in one swoop and work 24/7 because the lights are so bright on the machines it doesn't matter if it's dark!
My ? is, why do we still have daylight savings? Crazy wonderful world!