Posted 1/1/2026 14:19 (#11492612 - in reply to #11492415) Subject: RE: Growing oats, good oats
NW IA
140 BPA is good here.
I should be more diligent as a record keeper, I can't offer much more than the pictures as an idea of yield. One cutting before freeze-up, terminate in the spring with the hope of no-tiling corn with little to no N.
Can only that the straw yield was just ok, I think a conventional combine would preserve more straw.. I round baled it for my own use this year since rain was looming and my small square storage is very limited. I have enough on hand to bed calf huts, but I took this summer off and bought a few feeders instead.
There is virtually no clover in the straw. If I had better storage options I am sure small squares would be worth the effort if selling the straw.
Sorry to be so vague in my response. Maybe I should take better notes next summer.
Growing oats, good oats
