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Oat hay (little long)

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Doug Rogers

03-13-2004 09:34:24




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Last fall I planted 20 acres to brome for horse and cattle hay and that same night got 5 inches of rain and washed away aabout 80% of the seed so now I have 20 acres of 20% brome field. the rest is dirt and I'm sure soon to be weeds. I doubt that I even will have enough to cut and bale. My neighbor suggested that I put in oats now and cut and bale before the plants head out. I cut a little hay for a couple of neighbors (native grass and brome) which will give me enough to feed the horses in the winter. I'm concerned about further erosion and weeds through the summer leaving things as they are. My question is: is oat hay good for stocker cattle. He says so but I don't do anything without asking you guys. I would reseed the 20 acres back to brome through the stubble this fall as that is really what I would prefer.

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Kelly MT

03-14-2004 08:15:43




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 Re: Oat hay (little long) in reply to Doug Rogers, 03-13-2004 09:34:24  
Oats are a great livestock feed as stated. Just be sure to check it for nitrates before feeding it. Your county agent can check it for you. Even with high nitrate levels you can still feed the hay you just have to control the amount. So if you put nitrogen fertilizer on the oats check the hay after you bale it. PK



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Jimmy King

03-13-2004 21:00:45




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 Re: Oat hay (little long) in reply to Doug Rogers, 03-13-2004 09:34:24  
Oats make good hay cut in early milk stage, but here in S W MO they would need to be out real quick some people say feb I have sowed them in Mar. and they did good



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John A

03-13-2004 15:11:05




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 Re: Oat hay (little long) in reply to Doug Rogers, 03-13-2004 09:34:24  
Doug, Oat hay is great stuff, Can be feed to all types of livestock, Horses,cattle, fresh stocker calvies especially.
It is tough to get dry down. Must be mo-coed some way or another. Is tough to keep over the following summer if stacked in old barns or outside..... rats and mice will make their homes in it.
Cut it dough stage for best results.
Go for it.
Later,
John A.



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Kelly C

03-13-2004 15:26:13




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 Re: Re: Oat hay (little long) in reply to John A, 03-13-2004 15:11:05  
Yup dry down is a real big issue here. I cut 8 acres with my sickle mower and 5 days latter it was still wet as the rain came.
That was my prime motivation for my haybine purchase this winter.



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Del

03-13-2004 15:03:27




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 Re: Oat hay (little long) in reply to Doug Rogers, 03-13-2004 09:34:24  
Oats makes a good nurse crop for seeding hay fields. Check with your county agent to see if you can spring seed your brome grass with your oats in your area.



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paul

03-13-2004 13:03:26




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 Re: Oat hay (little long) in reply to Doug Rogers, 03-13-2004 09:34:24  
Cattle love it. Harder to dry down for baling, condition or crimper is real asset. Best protien & feed value if you cut it before you see any heads in boot stage as protien stays in the stem. After heading, stems become woody & less value & the rodents become a problem. If you cut real early it might regrow lightly for 2nd cutting, but don't bank on that.

Great feed for cattle.

--->Paul



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Ralph Ia

03-13-2004 11:26:23




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 Re: Oat hay (little long) in reply to Doug Rogers, 03-13-2004 09:34:24  
I've used oat hay a couple of times. The cattle like it and seemed to do good on it. I let it head out, cut it just before it started to ripen.The down side to that is that the rodents love to live in the bales.



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Kelly C

03-13-2004 09:40:14




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 Re: Oat hay (little long) in reply to Doug Rogers, 03-13-2004 09:34:24  
Horses like oats hay just fine also. They will eat it before the grass hay. Did some last year and the animals would chase me to the feeder to get it.
Some day the horse people will figure out what they are missing.



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