Posted by fixerupper on March 25, 2014 at 20:46:02 from (100.42.82.100):
In Reply to: Seeding oats today posted by fixerupper on March 25, 2014 at 18:52:25:
I'm in Northwest Iowa. March seeding of oats works OK and is preferred but we don't often have the chance to March seed because of the weather, and yes, we are dry, too dry. Canadian weather is ideal for oats because summers are cooler. We Iowans can only dream about the oat yields and test weights you get 'north of the border'. Here in Iowa we need to get them in super early so we can hopefully get them headed out and mature before hot weather comes. The oats I'm seeding are just a nurse crop for the brome grass and they won't be harvested for grain.
If we seed oats in late April or even May there's a fairly good chance we'll have light oats. When I harvested in Saskatchewan we cut oats in September or later, hoping to get done before snow came into the picture. If it snowed the swaths laid under the snow and were harvested in the spring. Here in NWIA oats are harvested in mid to late July. We NEVER have to worry about getting snowed out combing oats. LOL One Sask farmer told me he seeds his oats last, after everything else is seeded. I guess there's a good reason why Iowa grows better corn and Canada grows better oats. Jim
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