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Rolla, ND | 1. Similar with some differences. Planted late, the winter wheat isn't a disease problem for the area. The rye is more winter hardy, though some of the Canadian varieties approach rye. Norstar was pretty close to rye.
Anyway, the wheat is better at taking flooding. Rye drowns out it seems overnight, wheat can be under water a long time if the ground is cold.
So yes, similar under those circumstances.
2. If the rye is dry enough to go through the drill, I don't believe you need to dry it to plant it.
3. Yes and no. No, if planted in time to get fully established. Yes if it doesn't get far enough along. So there is a date, different from year to year at which that which is planted later matures later. In front of that date, you can't keep moving maturity up by planting earlier. If it gets to say 4 leaf, that's about it for maturity.
4. no idea.
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Let's beat a dead horse-- wheat, rye, cover crops, and growing characteristics........
