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S-C Manitoba, Canada | Green Acres Guy - 1/1/2026 16:43
The spots that lodge from high fertility do very well. Some of the best areas of the field as long, as its not way to thick of manure, that the stand was affected. Getting the fertility/manure evenly spread is key. Guys used to take bedpack manure and unload it a couple inches deep as wide as the spreader and then they really have issues.
Spots that lodge from double planting at 180 lbs per acre or so don't seem to be any better or worse than the rest of the field.
I think pushing the population and fertility is a good way to get higher yields. I am doing some experimenting with 130 lbs per acre seeding rate and 150 units of N as manure. Last year this field was flat/lodged though, we had terrible weather for harvest as mentioned... Modern heads do make it easier but we still ended up cutting one way. The Macdon FD 250 worked better in down oats then the Shelbourne 42' stripper. I really like getting out there before they are dead ripe and then finishing them in the dryer. They seem to be more likely to blow down if dead ripe.
Short varieties help too. Our lodging seems as much by variety as anything else. I posted some pics of the trial field earlier last year but would have to search for them.
I don't know the O.P. or what equipment he has but for a first time guy pushing the limits might give him a sour taste.
What are you seeing on your trials? I am sure different varieties too. What varieties are working up there? It would be fun to plant a quarter of something from up there and see what happens. How are you putting down fertility? Before I had enough manure we would sometimes run DAP in one compartment of the 1910 air cart and seed in the other.
Cdc Anson is our newest variety, the one that did 230. Camden has been our long term go to, but I think it's highest field average was 180 and last year was probably it's last year. Fert lately has been urea floated on infront of drill with dry starter fertilizer through a 7.5 spacing drill with 3/4" atom jet boots. Then top dress dry with floater at about 6" height. We used to do alot of fert banded with deep tiller in fall but wet falls and sort of moving to no till has led us to this. The bit of manure we get is liquid hog manure put on with dragline which is quite accurately placed, but that usually goes on ground going into canola.
We also have found that oats after corn is a 7 bushel drag compared to after beans. | |
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Growing oats, good oats
