1) When you first think they might be ready, go fishing for a week.
2) They are close when the stems start to buckle over a bit, and the field goes from a nice yellow to a deep golden/orange yellow
3) If they are spotless and super ripe, you might be able to bale behind the combine. A few day's wait is most likely the better plan.
Windrowing them and combining with a pickup has pitfalls as well. I have seen the oats sprout in the windrow 3 or 4 times in my career, including this year, due to excessive rains after swathed. The few oats still raised in Iowa that are swathed this year won't be worth harvesting once it dries up--if it ever does. Taking them standing is a much better plan if they are clean enough the "green stuff" doesn't need to cure in the windrow.
Nibble in and take a sample to town. That's about all there is to it.
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