I would suppose your geographic location, weather and similar play a role too, and like is always said conditions vary. I've seen some very thick stands of orchard grass grown for hay grasses around here, seemingly it does well. Almost 10 years ago my farmer/friend planted large field in hay grasses adjacent to us, and it was thick with timothy, I don't recall seeing a field planted like that before, usually more of a mixture, but if anyone knew how to plant hay grasses, he certainly did. Orchard would appear to yield more, comparing both stands off memory, will top and mature sooner too. Seems to spread rapidly. The other thing is soil fertility, PH and all that.
I do like a mid-late summer planting for next season, I did that with food plots last year and got some nice early stands of clover and grasses, easy to kill off weeds or so it seemed this spring. Like most would say, check with your local ag cooperative extension or agency in your area too. If you can meet the criteria for the suitable grasses in your area, get the soil right, PH/fertility, any compaction, subsoiling needed, if applicable, with timely rain, around here there does not seem to be a lot to planting and growing hay grasses, it does well here. New plantings usually have a nurse crop, oats per what my friend used to plant, he'd harvest them too if I recall, or has, then the hay grasses would fill in, his stands of hay were always very impressive, lot of years of experience, weather plays a roll, I do recall one planting getting washed out, one he did here when I was really young, heavy rain at the right time.
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