Re: profit growing oats

Posted by tom upton on December 29, 2013 at 18:46:36 from (24.137.37.68):

In Reply to: profit growing oats posted by Brian806 on December 29, 2013 at 15:16:27:

I have managed to get a few regular customers who like to feed oats to there horses, sheep, goats etc. and don"t have storage for bulk, so I sell it to them bagged. I am a very small time operator however , most I have grown was about 40 ton. A bit of work bagging, but if you get set up right for it and have a hard working wife like I do to feed the cleaner while you bag, its not that bad of work. I have found that growing good oats around here anyway (Woodville Ontario Canada) requires the following:
1. get it in early
2. about 250/lb/acre appropriate fertilizer
3. fungicide ( I usually use stratego) at about half rate with first application of herbicide
4. fungicide full rate about two weeks later,depending on weather and growth stage. ( I have applied full rate ,mixed with herbicide as weather/timing didn"t allow me to spray herbicide as early as I should have)
5.Pray the weather doesn"t put it down on you as oats seem to be notorious for going down
Im not sure if it is a coincidence or not but I seem to get the best crop on fresh ground. Last year I had some on a old pasture field that hadn"t been worked for at least 40 yrs that yielded at least 110 bushels/acre that weighed well over 40 lbs/bushel. I guess I still have not answered your question- Yes you can make money if every thing goes as it should and mother nature co-operates. I have not worked it out exactly as I do it more for the enjoyment of doing a bit of farming with my old Oliver stuff. My best guess on a average year, after all expenses would be around $200/acre ( not including my labour , or any depreciation on equipment. ( the two old combines I have where given to me!)
If you are only talking a small acreage, then why not give it a shot, if it doesn't pan out, I have heard people say it makes great green feed baled up?

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