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Winter oats


Depends on where you are. In the SE all we do is winter oats. Sometimes it's possible to plan oats in late January, but it is preferable to plant small grain in the fall, September- October, for harvest in May for baled oat hay, June for seed. Depends, of course, on weather. It was so rainy this past summer that some wheat ruined in the field before harvest. Some farmers near me have small grain up after harvesting corn.

KEH
 
Out here in CA we usually plant oats in the fall. Right now in Oct. Dry and it comes up after it rains. Or in Nov Dec between rains. This oats will be cut for hay in the middle of June or for seed, grain late July- Aug, direct cut. Last year I planted oats in early April under dryland conditions. It did well and I cut for hay in July.
 
Animal, In Central Texas, Winter Oats have been a Staple on farms and Ranches for over 100 yrs! Winter pasture for cattle, Food plots for deer, Graze-out or Bale mostly in the spring. Most people don't combine. In the the more sandier areas and a little more North of Me, Wheat comes into play more for the guys who really want to combine. Here at home I use a planting rate of 100/110 lbs/acre since grazing will occur. Usual planting date is mid Sept,or earlier here depending on soil moisture at that time.(too early and you run the risk of Army Worms invading and needing tor spay to control) But the approaching time that grazing will be needed and Deer Season will dictate an ASAP planting date to get it all coordinated! Animal, hope this helps.
Later,
John A.
 
Thanks a million John! I attended a cover crop meeting last week and they had a display of different covers that they had cored about four feet deep. The root system on the winter oats really impressed me, not to mention that I had never heard of winter oats before. How expensive is the seed? I may want to try some next year.
 
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Animal, What we call Bob Oats will run about $23.oo/50lbs! The cost may be a deterrent to growing them to graze out. But to graze and then bale than you have something. Under Irrigation you can make it grow and preform well but, Under Dryland conditions if generous rains come right and a goodly amt of fertilizer has been applied them you a have a recipe for something good to happen! So I hope this helps!
IMO wheat will do the same but it is easier to keep, and use Bin Run Wheat seed as apposed to Oats.
Later,
John A.
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PS...If you decided to bale... I know the general rule is to cit a dough stage of kernel development.
BUT!, STOP!, It is my belief that Oats,...or Wheat cut at that stage or later will have happen.....
the Kernels will dry out nicely But the Heads will shatter something awful, where if the crop is cut in late milk the kernels will not shatter out and you loose the whole reason for cutting it for Hay!!! Hope this helps!
 

Myself if I'm raising oats for hay "weather permitting" I like to cut when one mashes heads a semi-clear liquid(pre-milk) comes out. I agree cutting in dough one might as well wait a little while and combine the crop of oats. The farther along in maturity the lower the protein,RFV,ADF of the HAY
 
I grow oats for hay at this time. Here in CA we plant "California Red Oats" for hay. The oat itself is kind of a reddish brown, much darker than white oats. "Cayuse" is a white oat that has become popular for hay because of high tonnage results from UC Davis. I do not like it because I have found the stems to be washed out and not appearing real palatable. Red oats can be cut and put up to have a lot of red color in the stems along with some green. This country where I am is prime oat growing country. When a lot of oats was grown for grain here it was usually sold for seed.

An old timer here mentioned "Texas Black Oats", I am wondering if any of you guys from Texas have ever heard of it. I got the impression that it was a predecessor of CA red.
 

TomA
I've heard of a lot of Oat varieties but not Tx Black. I googled Tx Black oats and this article came up.
http://www.ksre.ksu.edu/historicpublications/Pubs/SB153.PDF
 
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