mixed grains

[masseyowner]

anyone still do a spring seeding of oats, peas and barley, gristed for livestock feed

 

[rockcreek4630]

anyone still do a spring seeding of oats, peas and barley, gristed for livestock feed

It's been a few years since I've done barley I've just been doing oats and peas.

 

[masseyowner]

barley will add feed value to the mix and the agronomical affect on soil, weed control, etc, plus supports the oats from blowing over

 

[ss55]

anyone still do a spring seeding of oats, peas and barley, gristed for livestock feed

Do the grains and peas mature at the same time or is the mix green chopped before any mature?

 

[jwal10]

Dad planted oats and peas one year. Barley and vetch the next. Grain field was always the same field. As much for the straw as the feed. Neighbor cut the grain and baled the straw. Farmall M with Case pull type combine, M and big New Holland baler twine baler. Both had their own Wisconsin engine. Dad ground the feed with a Bear Cat hammer mill with a hay conveyor, ran it with a Farmall H on the belt....James

 

[masseyowner]

yeah that grain mix with ear corn and flax, low cost feed

 

[masseyowner]

Do the grains and peas mature at the same time or is the mix green chopped before any mature?

yes all matration must be similar oats, peas and barley, entirely possible, also makes good balage

 

[rockcreek4630]

barley will add feed value to the mix and the agronomical affect on soil, weed control, etc, plus supports the oats from blowing over

When I first started planting oats barley and peas it worked good and I really liked it. The last two times I planted it about 4-5 years ago the barley was a good 2-3 weeks behind the oats and peas that is why I quit the barley.

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

IIRC we planted peas with triticale a couple times. Never had much of a stand of peas, maybe a plant every 8-10' or so in any direction. We might have planted peas with oats once or twice too. Same result, not many peas.

 

[masseyowner]

gotta try the mix i talked about