Posted by paul on June 19, 2012 at 06:00:41 from (76.77.197.57):
In Reply to: baling oats posted by TAZDOG101 on June 19, 2012 at 05:25:58:
Hard to dry, but never heard of any special problems with it for nitrates etc - would have to be very young to worry about?
Assuming dry hay? Best to get it now or a little sooner for you, as you are guessing. Once the seed comes out & the stems go woody, has less feed value/ lower protien & palitability and doesn't store well (rodents mess it up badly going after the seeds).
Mine is 90% headed, I'm going to cut a little bit & bale green, feed it day by day. Only a path to get to a back field, I'd not try to store the oats with that much seed or try to dry it down with the stems so woody.
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