O.T. Crop Question

big_red_man · May 6, 2019

I have 8-10acres beardless wheat. I used it for winter pasture. Animals off it bout a month now.
I?m thinking of cutting and baling for cattle feed.
I?m thinking it should be good for the cows. Last year I baked some oats for hay and the cows were wild about it
If so, do I try to cut at green stem or soft dough or hard dough stage or other ideas???
Thanks, Kelly

big_red_man · May 6, 2019

OOPS, ?Baled?, not baked. I blame autocorrect! LOL!

Philip d · May 6, 2019

Rule of thumb here is soft dough stage for higher feed quality hard dough stage for something you might feed to stock cows.

Bruce from Can. · May 6, 2019

You really don?t want the grain heads to show. Once the plants start to head, the feed value goes from the plant to the head. Typically you have 4-6 days of optional conditions, to baling straw. Makes great feed, but very difficult to save as dry hay, because the plants are so very succulent and full of moisture. Most around my neighbourhood will chop this crop as haylage or make wet wrapped bales.

Leroy · May 7, 2019

I would say before heading, harder to cure but better feed ans at that stage it might come back for to get an extra cut. Oats and wheat straw way different for feeding. The oats straw in stack from treasher the cows would pull it out and eat it, part of stack from the wheat they would only use it for laying on.

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