Got my oats planted today, along with alfalfa. Letsee, today is April what?? This is the absolutely earliest I"ve gotten oats planted - and this is CENTRAL Michigan! Usually just in the thinking stage this time of year... Probably the fastest we"ve ever got the job done too... Son and I tag-team plowed Sunday. Both tractors were giving heating problems, mine (wife"s MF 180 was engine heating... Son"s JD B was so hot the fuel was boiling in the sediment bowl leading to vapor lock.. Never had that happen either, especially at this time of year. Marathon disking and dragging to prep the fields followed Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Heat a problem all three days. Little cooler today, and temperatures were under control. Pedal to the metal farming - but it"s done. Still have to spread fertilizer, but that"s a little less frantic, I can do that over the next few days, if it doesn"t rain. My old drill is so tired that the fertilizer section is inoperable, so will have to go in with a broadcaster to fertilize. Tractor I use for that has so light a footprint that I can float right over the field. But it"s done on March 22nd, WOW!
- Thread starter RayP(MI)
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You beat me this year. Just finished hauling manure yesterday. We'll see what the weather is next week. One side of the field I want to plant is low and wet,so I don't want to work it then take the chance on it getting rained on.
Did you get any rain up there late afternoon or tonight? We had some thunder and lightening and a few showers.
Did you get any rain up there late afternoon or tonight? We had some thunder and lightening and a few showers.
Randy, Got dampened by a short shower, but kept right on drilling. Called my wife to grab my cellphone, and take it inside, though. Daughter reported a pretty good shower in Edmore, son reported a frog strangler in Big Rapids. Must be the guy upstairs smiled on me. Actually, the soil is pretty dry in the top layers, and a good rain would be a blessing. I finished up in time to go to a Honor's band concert at Montabella tonite. Grandson was one of the musicians. Best HS concert i've heard in quite a while!
Anonymous-0
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Only a W.A.Q. but I wonder if the heating problem was from the winter blend of fuel, noticed some of mine were running warmer than usual for the job.
South East Minnesota here.
I got my oats/alfalfa in the ground Sunday (March 18). Then we got an inch of rain soon after I was done. Couldn't have gone more perfectly. The earliest I've ever seeded was March 31 (2010) and that was VERY early by all accounts. Normal target is to have them in by May 15 here. Last year I didn't get them in until almost June and still ended up mudding them in.
However I drove across the county the other day and noticed that I'm probably the only person around who put them in already. I might end up feeling pretty dumb if the temperature heads down below freezing for a while after their up
When I seeded on March 31, it was the best looking stand I've ever grown though, so it's worth the risk.
I got my oats/alfalfa in the ground Sunday (March 18). Then we got an inch of rain soon after I was done. Couldn't have gone more perfectly. The earliest I've ever seeded was March 31 (2010) and that was VERY early by all accounts. Normal target is to have them in by May 15 here. Last year I didn't get them in until almost June and still ended up mudding them in.
However I drove across the county the other day and noticed that I'm probably the only person around who put them in already. I might end up feeling pretty dumb if the temperature heads down below freezing for a while after their up
When I seeded on March 31, it was the best looking stand I've ever grown though, so it's worth the risk.
Fergienewbee
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Ray (P)
What is a "frog strangler?" Never heard that one before.
Larry
What is a "frog strangler?" Never heard that one before.
Larry
> what are oats worth per bu.??
Not much! $3.33/bushel on CME right now.
Most people in my area just make hay or oatlage out of it instead of letting them reach maturity and combining. It seems like those who combine it around here don't sell it either, they just grind it with shell corn for cattle feed.
Not much! $3.33/bushel on CME right now.
Most people in my area just make hay or oatlage out of it instead of letting them reach maturity and combining. It seems like those who combine it around here don't sell it either, they just grind it with shell corn for cattle feed.
We add ours to ground feed as well, and some years Dad will sell year of certified seed oats if we have enough. He'll set up the old clipper cleaner and clean enough for us and if he gets an order, he'll clean that too. The straw is chopped for bedding.
Donovan from Wisconsin
Donovan from Wisconsin
teddy52food
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Heavy rain.
Anonymous-0
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Cant put 'em in too early if soil conditions are good, slap 'em in. The earlier they're in the better they'll be.
The growing point is below ground for a long time- study your plant physiology!
Put 'em in if conditions are good!
The growing point is below ground for a long time- study your plant physiology!
Put 'em in if conditions are good!
You may be at the point "there" that they won"t get hurt. Here... they"re going to be frozen solid yet... then go through a cold wet spell that will rot the seed in the ground. The last week of april would normally be the earliest we would plant here and that"s on a very good year. Not uncommon to see snow on the ground here until the first week of may.
Rod
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