One variety of winter oats I planted must not have been very winter hardy as they froze out. I'm now in the position to need to replant these fields as soon as it is dry enough. I have not had good previous experiences planting oats in the spring here but am considering trying it again because I don't seem to have very many other suitable options for a spring planted annual that will give me a good quality hay.
In the past when I tried spring planted oats they didn't seem to have time to really tiller well compared to winter oats and were much shorter in height and thinner which contributed to a lower hay yield.....60-70 bales an acre compared to 100-120 bales an acre for winter oats. In the past when I tried spring planted oats I just used a regular certified oat variety. I was wondering if it would be worth using a dedicated forage variety of oat hoping that it may give me a higher hay yield with spring planting. The biggest downside is it looks like forage oat seed might be a good bit more expensive. Do you think that a forage oat variety would give me enough additional yield to make the higher seed cost worth it?
Hayden
Is a forage variety of oats worth it?
In the past when I tried spring planted oats they didn't seem to have time to really tiller well compared to winter oats and were much shorter in height and thinner which contributed to a lower hay yield.....60-70 bales an acre compared to 100-120 bales an acre for winter oats. In the past when I tried spring planted oats I just used a regular certified oat variety. I was wondering if it would be worth using a dedicated forage variety of oat hoping that it may give me a higher hay yield with spring planting. The biggest downside is it looks like forage oat seed might be a good bit more expensive. Do you think that a forage oat variety would give me enough additional yield to make the higher seed cost worth it?
Hayden
Is a forage variety of oats worth it?
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