Fordfarmer
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North-west WI, heavy clay/loam soils. Have a small, low field on rented land that was planted to oats and underseeded with a clover/alfalfa mix last spring. Lots of it drowned out, and then foxtail choked out most of what was left. A big mess. Plan was to start over this spring, rotate back to RR corn. Very wet here again this year, didn't happen. So... thinking about plowing it this fall (not right now... it's raining AGAIN!) and planting winter wheat or winter barley. Would be ground and mixed with corn for dairy cow feed. Don't know how well wheat works for that... have used barley with good results before. Questions are 1) Is winter wheat suitable for dairy feed? Seed is readily available. Winter barley is harder to find, but I think I know where I can get some. 2) Can I seed clover or a clover mix at the same time? Or would that be wasting seed, too late in the year?