Posted by K Effective on July 16, 2017 at 18:56:53 from (162.235.236.141):
In Reply to: combined some oats posted by DLMKA on July 16, 2017 at 08:14:11:
Ross- down here in the SW corner of MI, we use a lot of rye for cover and between vegetable rows- tomatoes, pickles, etc. Those guys all seem to have blow sand for fields.
We always used to grow oats as well, and had an overhead bin in the old "granary" to store oats in- Grandpa put two sacks full in with a pickup load of ear corn for the mill to grind into cattle feed, and we spread oat seed in the grapes after working in the manure in the Spring. Now I use rye in the grapes, easier to get than field run oats- I think the last rye I bought in one of those bulk bags was 30 bushels for $16/bu.
Last year a buddy was hired to farm some land by the local Native tribe, they want to get it certified organic to raise food and feed for organic animals to serve to people at the restaurants inside the casinos. He got field run rye and broadcast it/disked it in, had about 50 bushels left over and gave it to me. I hope to get some more from him when the crop is ready, soon. He'll have a couple more crops of rye as the fields transition to organic, but we are not sure how clean the seed may be.
I bought a mower designed to pick up leaves on a golf course or estate- been mowing the rye between the grape rows and feeding it to the cows as green chop, makes neat little round bales that they really go after!
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