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Summer planted oats . . . these can’t be the ones Grandpa grew!

Summer planted oats . . . these can’t be the ones Grandpa grew!. Stan Smith OSU Extension-Fairfield County Curt Stivison Fairfield County SWCD. Forget everything you thought you knew about oats!!.

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Summer planted oats . . . these can’t be the ones Grandpa grew!

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  1. Summer planted oats . . . these can’t be the ones Grandpa grew! Stan Smith OSU Extension-Fairfield County Curt Stivison Fairfield County SWCD

  2. Forget everything you thought you knew about oats!!

  3. Oats could be our most productive FORAGE?

  4. This is NOT a grain crop This is a FORAGE crop

  5. Quality of Oats No-tilled into WheatPlanted 8/15/2005 Sampled 2/3/2006 Leaves and Stems Leaves Only Moisture 6.25% 5.56% Crude Protein 11.62% 11.57% ADF 44.21% 43.49% TDN 56.80% 56.80% Net Energy Mcal/100# 41.3 42.0

  6. This is what oats can do for you Planted July 10, 2007 after Wheat 46# Nitrogen Dry Matter 9321# 10% Protein September 19,2007 Planted July 10, 2006 after Wheat 27# Nitrogen Dry Matter 7000# 15% Protein September 27, 2006 Photo 9/23/06, seeded with 2 bu. of feed oats, 27 lbs N, baled ~ 7 tons of 15+ % protein forage dry matter 10/0

  7. 80# Armour Oats Aerial Broadcast onto Corn August 26, 2003Cost $22.00 Dry Matter 1604#Corn Harvested October 25, 2003 October 23, 2003

  8. 110# Oats Aerial Broadcast onto Soybeans September 4, 2007 Dry Matter 1120# December 19, 2007 15.27% Protein/21.23% ADF/33.88 NDF/73.93% TDN Cost $30.00

  9. Late planted oats = forage • Plant after the equinox, up til early September • Plant 64 to 120 pounds • Plant the cheapest oats you can find • No-til, lightly til, broadcast • Fertilize? • Multiple grazings and/or harvests?

  10. Let’s look at the costs • 100 pounds of oats @ .16 = $16 • Planting • No-till, $15 / acre • Aerial seeding, $10 - $13 • Fertilizer, ~ 40 units of N @ 60 cents • P & K removal = 14 lbs P (.55), 50 lbs K(.40) • P & K removal for oats are essentially the same as for any hay crop. • Total costs = < $55/acre + $27.70/T (P&K) • Yield = 0.5 to 5 ton/ac of HIGH QUALITY feed!

  11. No-tilled into Wheat Stubble July 7, 200746# NitrogenDry Matter 4686#10.43% Protein/40.48% ADF/47.92% TDNSeptember 18, 2007

  12. Graz’in September 18, 2007

  13. Graz’in March 17, 2003Crude Protein 11.12%

  14. Baling Oats December 26, 2007

  15. No-tilled into Wheat Stubble August 15, 200745# Nitrogen Applied Dry Matter 6203#11.36% Protein/39.9% ADF/61.47% NDF/48.73% TDNDecember 19, 2007

  16. Things We Know • Oats can supply quality livestock feed at a reasonable cost throughout the fall and winter. • Dry matter amount doubles between 4 weeks and 6 weeks. • Oats can be harvested many ways. • July planted oats have smaller leaves than August planted oats. • Quality does not change much after frosted. • Differences from year to year in yields and quality are mostly weather related. • Despite the drought in 2007, in most cases summer planted oats out yielded perennial hay crops.

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