David from Kansas
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First field work of the spring. Field cultivated old alfalfa field and planted to oats.
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WantACaseLASomeday
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NIce pics - where in Kansas? I grew up in Pawnee county.
David from Kansas
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Southeastern Ellsworth Co., just below Kanopolis Dam is where this field is.
larry@stinescorner
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nice pictures thanks for sending them.
Dave from MN
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Is that seriously a one pass tillage?
Anonymous-0
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Dave What is the matiurty of spring planted Oats there. Will they come off before wheat that was seeded last fall, Will they come off early enough to allow a second crop of say soy beans. No open market (elavator) for oats here if we grow them just have to depend on seling them out of the combine or bin to local hose people and you know how that goes..We have a unusually harsh winter here with more snow than anytime in the last 28 years but the wheat seeded last year still looks great. Should be abel to get started on corn in about 3 weeks..Looks Good Jerry
David from Kansas
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Jerry,
We bale most of our oats for feed, but last year my son cut some with the combine, and it was about a week after wheat harvest ended, if I remember correctly. Usually cut them for hay when they are pretty green, just after heading. Last year I raked oats on June 21st (see pic) and baled them the next day. In that case, yes, double cropping would be an option, but by the time they are cut for seed it would be too late in most cases, although sorghum for feed can be planted much later as a double crop because it doesn't need to mature to make feed. There were a few who planted soybeans following wheat last year but I don't think it was very successful. We usually try to plant oats in late February, but most years don't work out that way and most are planted in March.
We bale most of our oats for feed, but last year my son cut some with the combine, and it was about a week after wheat harvest ended, if I remember correctly. Usually cut them for hay when they are pretty green, just after heading. Last year I raked oats on June 21st (see pic) and baled them the next day. In that case, yes, double cropping would be an option, but by the time they are cut for seed it would be too late in most cases, although sorghum for feed can be planted much later as a double crop because it doesn't need to mature to make feed. There were a few who planted soybeans following wheat last year but I don't think it was very successful. We usually try to plant oats in late February, but most years don't work out that way and most are planted in March.
Here in Wisconsin, winter wheat comes off about 2 weeks to a month before oats for grain. We ussually have the oats combined in the 1st week of August or so. Works great as a nurse crop for alfalfa, as long as the feilds aren't too soft when the combine rolls. We cut the oats ahead of time with our hydra-swing haybine, and then they combine it with a pickup head. Helps dry out both the ground and the weeds & other green plants in the crop.
Donovan from Wisconsin
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