1. Summer planted oats... these can’t be the ones Grandpa grew! Stan Smith OSU Extension-Fairfield County Tri-County Cattlemen’s Meeting July 10, 2007

2. 1 st... forget everything you thought you knew about oats!!!

3. Repeat after me...

4. These are NOT a grain crop...

5. What you thought you knew... isn’t!

6. Could oats be our most productive FORAGE?

7. Late planted oats = forage If they can’t make seed, they remain vegetative Plant after the equinox, up til early September Plant after the equinox, up til early September Plant 64 to 120 pounds Plant 64 to 120 pounds Plant the cheapest oats you can find Plant the cheapest oats you can find No-til, lightly til, broadcast No-til, lightly til, broadcast Mix in turnips, ryegrass, cereal rye? Mix in turnips, ryegrass, cereal rye? Fertilize? Fertilize? Multiple grazings and/or harvests? Multiple grazings and/or harvests?

8. Let’s look at the costs 100 pounds of oats @.15 = $15 100 pounds of oats @.15 = $15 Planting Planting No-til, $15 / acre No-til, $15 / acre Aerial seeding, $10 - $12 Aerial seeding, $10 - $12 Fertilizer, ~ 18-50 units of N @ 50 cents Fertilizer, ~ 18-50 units of N @ 50 cents P & K removal = 14 lbs P, 50 lbs K P & K removal = 14 lbs P, 50 lbs K Total costs = < $45/acre + $15/T (P&K) Total costs = < $45/acre + $15/T (P&K) Yield = 0.5 to 7 ton/ac of HIGH QUALITY feed! Yield = 0.5 to 7 ton/ac of HIGH QUALITY feed!

9. Let’s look at the quality % crude protein Sample Date OatsFescue 11/19/0218.138.65 12/31/0214.7311.40 1/23/0313.359.22 3/11/0311.128.19

10. Flown 8/26/03, photo 9/23/03 80 pounds of Armour seed oats

11. Flown 8/26/03, photo 11/10/03 80 pounds of Armour oats into standing corn, total cost $21.98, corn harvested 10/25.03, 660 lbs to 1604 lbs of oat tonnage

12. Flown 8/23/05, photo 9/4/05 100 pounds oats flown onto standing corn, Katrina, cost $23

13. Flown 8/23/05, photo 9/23/05 100 pounds oats onto standing corn, Katrina, 0.3 T @ $23

14. Flown 8/23/05, photo 9/23/05 100 pounds oats onto standing corn, Katrina, silage harvested, 0.7 T @ $23

15. Flown 8/23/05, photo 10/24/05 100 pounds oats onto standing corn, Katrina, silage harvested, 1.6 T @ $23

16. Let’s look at the data Specielbs/ac Seeding method DateFertilizerCostYield Bin run oats, 80 lb No-til after wheat 8/5/02 90 lbs urea $41.55 4.5 – 5.5 ton Bin run oats, 80 lb No-til after wheat 8/14/03 6000 gal. hog manure $23.40 3800-4200 lbs Bin run oats, 80 lb No-til after wheat 8/15/03 70 lbs urea $38.20 1 – 1.5 ton Cert oats, treated, 80 Cons. Til after wheat 8/20/03 90 lbs urea $46.90 1.5 – 2 ton Cert oats, treated, 80 No-til after wheat 8/20/03 90 lbs urea $40.90.5 – 1 ton Cert oats, treated, 80 Aerial into corn 9/5/030$21.98 600-1600 lbs, plus fodder Rye, 100 lbs Aerial into corn 9/5/030$26.55 500-1000 lbs, plus fodder

17. Grazed all winter...

18. 11.18 % protein

19. Grazed all winter, calving late March

20. No-tilled into wheat stubble 7/10/06 Photo 9/23/06, seeded with 2 bu. of feed oats, 27 lbs N, baled ~ 7 tons of 15+ % protein forage dry matter 10/1/06

21. Just do it! Basic concepts... Made successful thru aggressive management!