What indicator do you use to know when to swath oats? Straw color?
R redrobin Well-known member Jun 18, 2013 #1 What indicator do you use to know when to swath oats? Straw color?
T Triangle Bar Well-known member Jun 19, 2013 #2 For Hay - I cut oats when the grain is in the milk to soft dough stage.
C cowman52 Well-known member Jun 19, 2013 #4 Really need hard dough, and then a little, have seen it suck the dough out of the grain. Before it starts leaning makes me feel a little better
Really need hard dough, and then a little, have seen it suck the dough out of the grain. Before it starts leaning makes me feel a little better
J jigs Well-known member Jun 19, 2013 #5 when you need to be irrigating corn, swathing alfalfa, and moving cows, THAT seems to be the best indicator for oat harvest around here....
when you need to be irrigating corn, swathing alfalfa, and moving cows, THAT seems to be the best indicator for oat harvest around here....
D Denny Well-known member Jun 21, 2013 #7 jigs said: when you need to be irrigating corn, swathing alfalfa, and moving cows, THAT seems to be the best indicator for oat harvest around here.... Click to expand... That's the biggest reason I don't plant oats not enough of me to go around.
jigs said: when you need to be irrigating corn, swathing alfalfa, and moving cows, THAT seems to be the best indicator for oat harvest around here.... Click to expand... That's the biggest reason I don't plant oats not enough of me to go around.