Dave H (MI)
Well-known Member
Just don't know a blessed thing about how to grow oats. I could use a rundown on the process from tillage to harvest, or a link to a good article would be OK too. All my searches turn up articles about growing them in your garden.
So I have a 7 acre field I use for testing new things and substantially more for later if things work out. Field has corn stubble on it now. Corn came off a few days before Christmas and tillage was not happening due to weather.
Tractors ranging from < 10 HP to 160 HP. I own or can get pretty much any type of tillage equipment for seed bed prep. I have an older IH grain drill, but it works fine. Have field sprayers up to 50' wide coverage. Have a good axial flow combine, needs grain or flex head. And I do believe I have a market but don't know how they need to be handled after harvest in terms of drying, storage, etc.
Earliest I can hit the field is late April due to work constraints. We generally have at least one snowfall of merit after mid April.
Any guidance would help. I can get it in the ground, but that don't mean I know how to grow it.
So I have a 7 acre field I use for testing new things and substantially more for later if things work out. Field has corn stubble on it now. Corn came off a few days before Christmas and tillage was not happening due to weather.
Tractors ranging from < 10 HP to 160 HP. I own or can get pretty much any type of tillage equipment for seed bed prep. I have an older IH grain drill, but it works fine. Have field sprayers up to 50' wide coverage. Have a good axial flow combine, needs grain or flex head. And I do believe I have a market but don't know how they need to be handled after harvest in terms of drying, storage, etc.
Earliest I can hit the field is late April due to work constraints. We generally have at least one snowfall of merit after mid April.
Any guidance would help. I can get it in the ground, but that don't mean I know how to grow it.