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Mb | I have a very low opinion of oats. I can grow as good of wheat, beans, corn and canola as the next guy. Best Ive been able to do is 100, most crops being closer to 70. Your climate is plenty warm for oats, you will struggle to get good test weight consistently. Its a skill to keep them standing for sure. No annual grass control options at all. For milling oats there's no chemical burndown allowed, some dont allow growth regulator, and I dont care what anyone here says; swathing stinks. "Here" right now, weather wasnt right at grain fill and the oats have low test weight. They are paying 2.25 a bushel for feed oats here, IF you can even find anyone to take them. Summer fallow looks cheap compared to growing oats. There are folks who claim yields over 200 bushels and that they always make milling grade. If that is true, oats should be half their rotation.
Edited by sparkiefarmer 1/1/2026 09:46
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Growing oats, good oats
