[Last gen farmer]

Due to getting rained out on numerous occasions and a handful of breakdown I’m left with some acres left to seed. What are my best options for them. Don’t really want to be combining a pile of acres in october but rather seed the ground growing something.

 

[MF cowboy]

You aren't the only one.
I gave up.
Turn the tractor off.
Lots of others did as well.
Came to the conclusion I don't want to combine frozen turds in Nov/Dec or next spring for that matter.
Millet for feed was mentioned.
Winter wheat/fall rye maybe.
Right now it looks like smf.

 

[Twix]

If you have cattle, green feed or silage or swath grazing.

Maybe seed a cover crop, spray out the broad leaves and then desicate in the fall before the seeds in the cover crop/weeds become a problem. Might be easier than keeping summerfallow clean.

 

[lanwickum]

The feed/hay market has been good. Grow some hay and try to lower the market value. Haha, that is how it usually works out for me. Can have it custom hayed if you don't have the equipment. Sell it in the field.

 

[Slashnburn2]

We re gonna be combining everything in October November this year anyways so we re going till July. Last year our frost was oct 18 so everything would have made it.

Just got 4 inches of rain yesterday so don't think we'll get much more done but the floater is ready to roll if it does manage to dry up some. 1800 acres left I'd like to get something on and about 1200 I've written off for the year.

 

[greengrass]

Winter wheat might be a good idea. Always wanted to try but tough to get the scheduling right. It'd be early start to harvest next year if things worked out.

Oats can be ok to if wanted to get growing sooner than later.

 

[SouthernSK]

How late can you seed barley and oats and be able to harvest mature grain on a normal year?

 

[jvw]

Mastin Seeds has Early One Polish Canola. Supposed to be 87 day maturity. And less than half the price of anything else.

Dad once seeded barley at the very end of June and it made grain, and we enjoy the lowest heat units of anywhere.

Have seeded swath grazing up to the end of July, later always seems to grow the most tons.

 

[Don Boles]

Mastin Seeds has Early One Polish Canola.

Does Bob have actual product though?

 

[keldifornia]

I planted barley July 5 a few years back

I cut it green when first frost was due that night knocked it all down that day .. heads where filled out …but green as grass … took a month and it came off tough as nails but made grain …. Was yielding low 40’s not much straw , weight was respectable all things considered

 

[tkfarms]

Does Bob have actual product though?

He does Don.... phoned him up over a weeks ago...he still had some as of then.

 

[jvw]

Does Bob have actual product though?

Still had quite a bit a few days ago.

 

[brazil08]

Guess I did not grow the stuff for that reason, but if I had acres that could just get seeded now I would strongly look at maybe getting a hemp contract and some seed.