Winter Oat Straw
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Northeastfarmer
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- Cleveland
It’s the proorest relation out of wheat and barley but better than a snowball...it can be very shiny and poor at absorbing
That’s what I thought but would cows eat it?
Northeastfarmer
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They’ll eat owt if there’s nowt else
Very true!!
Northeastfarmer
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Can you not mix it with silage?
Just beat me to it @Northeastfarmer.
Of course they will, but they won’t thank you for it.
Oaten hay however is a different thing and they will love you for it.
Of course they will, but they won’t thank you for it.
Oaten hay however is a different thing and they will love you for it.
I usually pour pot ale on barley straw in feed trailers but am struggling to get enough barley straw from my usual supplier and he has offered me this winter oat straw and I am just not sure about it so thought I would ask if anyone had experience of it.
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- Mid Norfolk
We grow several acres of oats and bale the straw for cattle bedding/feeding. The straw is harder than barley, but softer than wheat and less absorbent than either. If barley is cotton, oat is polyester.
The cattle will happily eat it from the floor after bedding, but we tend to avoid giving it as available feed.
Interestingly a local gamekeeper buys a few small bales of oat straw from us every year to use in his kennels. Apparently oat straw doesn't cause irritation to dogs coats like barley or wheat.
The cattle will happily eat it from the floor after bedding, but we tend to avoid giving it as available feed.
Interestingly a local gamekeeper buys a few small bales of oat straw from us every year to use in his kennels. Apparently oat straw doesn't cause irritation to dogs coats like barley or wheat.
- Location
- Acton Scott, South Shropshire
Why Clive? Just a local demand?
- Location
- Acton Scott, South Shropshire
We took our winter oats off early this year for crimping - took several days to dry straw but, as above, totally different product to straw combined later on.
Was speaking to a farmer about this- apparently when oats were cut green with the binder, oat straw out of the threshing mill was prized for feeding.
Mr always wrong
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- cumbria
Sorry for butting in, I have the chance of either oat or wheat straw at really good price so having never used anything but barely which would be best feeding and bedding sucklers.
Thanks
Thanks
Northeastfarmer
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- Cleveland
Wheat
Mr always wrong
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- cumbria
Thanks
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- Ceredigion
Oats is higher in feed value that wheat or barley and better for feeding
Northeastfarmer
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- Cleveland
You got some to sell like?
The flights can get in their eyes spring oat straw is a alot better
icanshootwell
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- Ross-on-wye
We bed our sucklers on oat straw, if there in a dry shed and feeding on dry silage or haylage, it works ok, but on young stock that are on concentrates we use wheat straw. We have oat straw on the farm, imo leave for at least 24 hours from cutting to baling and dont bale them to tight, nice dry straw makes all the difference.