Spring-Planted Small Cereals for Harvest or Grazing
We have typically suggested 75 to 100 lbs of oat seed per acre. But our recent data suggests that 50 lbs is enough. Jerry outlined this an more in this BeefWatch article https://beef.unl.edu/beefwatch/2023/s...
Jerry discussed a study where they looked at the effects of adding peas to oats on yield and quality at three locations across the state. If you want to see the results closest to your location they can be found in this report https://beef.unl.edu/documents/2019-b...
Jerry talked about mixing winter and spring annuals, like oats and cereal rye, for late summer planting. This article provides a good overview of the results for those that want to dive a little deeper https://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/bee...