Too late to plant oats

rrlund · Apr 11, 2009

"Too late to plant oats". That's what Dad used to say when he was done. I'm done. The drill is back in the tool shed until next year,so it must be too late. I need about a half a bottle of Tylanol PM and a weeks sleep. Sure feels good to be done though.

IaGary · Apr 11, 2009

Most guys finished here in southeastern Iowa the last day or two also.

I don't have any oats this year but I did seed some reworked waterways today. Last years rain torn them up pretty bad.

Did you put out a lot of acres? Your in Michigan aren't you?

Gary

phillip d · Apr 11, 2009

Lol,must be nice lol.Will still be atleast a month before we can get started here in eastern Canada.Nother snow storm blowing in this weekend,just started to get the mud dried up in the yard here too.pd.

rrlund · Apr 11, 2009

Ya,Mid Michigan. Put in 24 acres. Seeded it to alfalfa and brome. About had to wait for the crust to thaw this morning before I could get started. Had 24 degrees when I got up. I don't remember the last time I had them in this soon. Must be 15 years or more. That snow missed us Monday or I'd still be sitting on my hands.

Don-Wi · Apr 11, 2009

I got into our feild we're gonna seed down this year last night. I worked it over once, going areound the wet spot at the North end by the woods.

Gotta clean our oats yet, and out alfalfa seed should be here on Monday or Tuesday. Hope to plant next weekend. I need to replace one winch that lifts one of the wings on our cultivator, the bushing went out and the gear on the handle is junk so I can't crank it up anymore. Might consider adding hydraulics to the wings, but for now the winch works fine.

Donovan from Wisconsin

Nebraska Cowman · Apr 11, 2009

Dad always said, "April for oats, May for straw"

billonthefarm · Apr 11, 2009

You lucky son of a gun! No chance to get the oats in yet. It would be nice to have had them in 10 days ago. Have to grind feed and going to try to spread some manure on sod tomorrow, I said try! Have to do something, its going to rain again sunday night.
bill

paul · Apr 11, 2009

I got 1/2 of mine in today.

Have to be happy with that.

--->Paul

RayP(MI) · Apr 11, 2009

rr - Finally finished tearing the 4 bottom plow apart - figure I can get it back together tomorrow. Had to replace all the wear surfaces - shares, moldboards, shins, landsides. Many bolts frozen rusted. some wouldn"t yield to a rwench, some almost impossible to get to with wrench, much less impact. Spent the afternoon drilling out two blots that were frozen fast. If I"m lucky I can get it back together tomorrow. If I don"t spend the afternoon fighting with my income tax. Plowing Monday? Maybe oats in by end of week?????? Beat me on this one Randy!

PS, I had to run down some unusual plow bolts at Olger"s Farm service - had exactly what I needed.
Don"t think they stock large bunches of parts, tho.

rrlund · Apr 11, 2009

I haven't had real good experiences with working on those old worn plow parts. 30 years ago the 23rd of this month I was working on one. A bar slipped and I ran my hand down between the moldboard and a razor sharp cover board. Cut all the tendons to my thumb on my right hand. Never did get them fixed,just had it stiched up. One of those things I was gonna do when I had time. Yea,right.

NEIADan · Apr 11, 2009

I too was lucky enough to finish the oats, but still have 2 acres of alfalfa to seed. Old JD on the brillion drill destroyed a clutch disc and locked up the clutch. I'll need to load up another horse and go back up to finish Monday. It feels real good to be done with these before corn once. Now if I could just find someone to haul 100 loads of bio waste from the feedlot.

glennster · Apr 11, 2009

wow you used a drill!!!! we used to use two drop seeders, front one had oats,back one fertilizer. i got to follow behind with the disk,drag and roller!!!!

David from Kansas · Apr 11, 2009

Planted mine on Feb 20th. Up and looking good. Neighbor planted his about a week before. Central Kansas.

MN Scott · Apr 11, 2009

Got my oats finished today. Planted about 60 acres. Unless we get some rain its not going to be coming up tho. There is about 4 inches of dust before you hit any moisture. I've never seen it this dry this early, streams are lower than 88, 89. If I don't see rain in the next two weeks I'am considering not even bothering to plant much corn or beans but some kind of forage or cane for feed. Dry weather is good for calving tho. Five sets of twins so far, anyone want two nice bottle calves?

buickanddeere · Apr 11, 2009

Haven't started yet. Still six inches of snow down one side of the field.In by the end of April is doing good.

Don-Wi · Apr 12, 2009

Got a torch? Whenever I replace wear parts on the plow, unless the bolt is only 2 years old I just torch it. Not worth trying to fight rusty bolts.

Donovan from Wisconsin

IA Leo · Apr 12, 2009

In the spring of 1948 or 49, dad and I planted oats near the end of March and it came up fine-about 3 inches tall when an April snowstorm completely buried them. Had a good yield, though.This was in NE Iowa, near the MN border. Leonard

Ben Grimes · Apr 12, 2009

what breed are they? maybe my inlaws might? Could trade some bottle lambs for them

paul · Apr 12, 2009

What part of the state are you in? River has been high down here, ground was pretty wet, happy for this dry spell to get things dried out. need to drive pretty careful to avoid the wet spots. If you are doing that much oats, you must be in a northern drier part of the state?

--->Paul

MN Scott · Apr 12, 2009

SE MN about 40 miles south of Rochester. Last summer was very dry and we had no fall rains and little snow. The last one inch plus rain was June 08. NWS has us under moderate drought soon to be down graded to severe. Fire departments are busy with grass fires. When checking the cows with my atv I'am followed by a cloud of dust. We seem to be stuck in this pattern for the last several years, rains go to the south in IA or stop to the west at I-35.

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