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Revolutionizing Forage Production with Late-Summer Planted Oats

Uncover the potential of late-planted oats as high-quality forage in this eye-opening study from Stan Smith at OSU Extension-Fairfield County. Contrary to common belief, these oats aren't your regular grain crop - they can provide a productive and cost-effective forage solution. Learn about the ideal planting techniques, potential mix-ins, and yields that can transform your forage production. Explore real-world data showing how these oats can support winter grazing, calving, and boost protein levels. Discover a new approach to forage production and take your agricultural management to the next level!

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Revolutionizing Forage Production with Late-Summer Planted Oats

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  1. Summer planted oats . . . these can’t be the ones Grandpa grew! Stan Smith OSU Extension-Fairfield County Tri-County Cattlemen’s Meeting July 10, 2007

  2. 1st . . . forget everything you thought you knew about oats!!!

  3. Repeat after me . . .

  4. These are NOT a grain crop . . .

  5. What you thought you knew . . . isn’t!

  6. Could oats be our most productive FORAGE?

  7. Late planted oats = forage If they can’t make seed, they remain vegetative • 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 • Mix in turnips, ryegrass, cereal rye? • Fertilize? • Multiple grazings and/or harvests?

  8. Let’s look at the costs • 100 pounds of oats @ .15 = $15 • Planting • No-til, $15 / acre • Aerial seeding, $10 - $12 • Fertilizer, ~ 18-50 units of N @ 50 cents • P & K removal = 14 lbs P, 50 lbs K • Total costs = < $45/acre + $15/T (P&K) • Yield = 0.5 to 7 ton/ac of HIGH QUALITY feed!

  9. Let’s look at the quality

  10. Flown 8/26/03, photo 9/23/03 80 pounds of Armour seed oats

  11. Flown 8/26/03, photo 11/10/03 80 pounds of Armour oats into standing corn, total cost $21.98, corn harvested 10/25.03, 660 lbs to 1604 lbs of oat tonnage

  12. Flown 8/23/05, photo 9/4/05 100 pounds oats flown onto standing corn, Katrina, cost $23

  13. Flown 8/23/05, photo 9/23/05 100 pounds oats onto standing corn, Katrina, 0.3 T @ $23

  14. Flown 8/23/05, photo 9/23/05 100 pounds oats onto standing corn, Katrina, silage harvested, 0.7 T @ $23

  15. Flown 8/23/05, photo 10/24/05 100 pounds oats onto standing corn, Katrina, silage harvested, 1.6 T @ $23

  16. Let’s look at the data

  17. Grazed all winter . . .

  18. Grazed all winter . . . 11.18 % protein

  19. Grazed all winter, calving late March

  20. No-tilled into wheat stubble 7/10/06 Photo 9/23/06, seeded with 2 bu. of feed oats, 27 lbs N, baled ~ 7 tons of 15+ % protein forage dry matter 10/1/06

  21. Just do it! Basic concepts . . . Made successful thru aggressive management!

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