BFO question

[BoonerBucks]

Where are you guys buying your bfo from? I use to get a catalog that had it in there, but it's not anymore.

 

[PickettSFHunter]

Cookeville Co-Op has it. cooperseeds.com haas it.

 

[tnhntr]

$25.00 Dollars a 50lb bag at Turner Seed Company in LaVergne

 

[CWT]

Have mercy y'all are paying way too much for a bag of oats. I just bought 20, 2 bushel bags for $12 a piece. Oats be Oats IMO.

when you say "oats are oats" do you refer to 'feed' oats???

what is a good rate for say 1/2 acre plot???

what would you say the germination rate is on feed oats. If that is what you are speaking of.

thanks

Not to highjack captian hooks response but feed oats & wheat are seeds that have not been run though a cleaner. They will have pieces of straw and grit in them. They will be cheaper than cleaned wheat usually by about $2.50 - $3.00. You can't run feed oats and wheat very well though a grain drill but for broadcasting they are fine. I bought feed wheat the other day for $7.50 for 50# bag. I did pay more... $15.00 for regular cleaned seed oats @ 50# as compared to captain hooks $12.00 for 60# bags or bushell.

Seed rate for 1/2 acre = 50# on cerial grains.

I have always used plain ol winter oats from the co-op with good success and no complaints. I never tried bfo and I am sure they would be a good product as the high mark everyone on tndeer gives them but they considerably higher in price.

 

[CWT]

I bought seed oats, not feed oats. Like CWT said, you can't run the feed oats very well through a drill.

Regular seed oats will work just as well as BFO's the only difference is the bag doesn't have a deer on the front. Save your money, and invest it in fertilizer, lime, and a good stool to kneel on to pray for rain.

Even at $22 a bag it is still super high. I seed at 2 bushels per acre.

good info..

The seed oats I planted last year were pretty cold hardy from the co-op. They lasted up threw several hard freezes. to my suprize the deer really started using them like mad again in april.
I always through in a little red & crimson clover for good measure.

 

[CWT]

I bought seed oats, not feed oats. Like CWT said, you can't run the feed oats very well through a drill.

Regular seed oats will work just as well as BFO's the only difference is the bag doesn't have a deer on the front. Save your money, and invest it in fertilizer, lime, and a good stool to kneel on to pray for rain.

Even at $22 a bag it is still super high. I seed at 2 bushels per acre.

Question .. Where did you get your oats? Good price.. I'll make note of that for the future.

 

[CWT]

Thanks.. Ya know blount farmers co-op does not carry arrowleaf. Wish they did. I guess they could order it but usually it comes in large quantities.

 

[AlabamaSwamper]

Regular seed oats will work just as well as BFO's the only difference is the bag doesn't have a deer on the front. Save your money, and invest it in fertilizer, lime, and a good stool to kneel on to pray for rain.

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Not on our place or the other dozen or so clubs I've hunted on. No comparison. Been tried side by side. Deer not only walk through the other 1/2 dozen varities to get to the BFO but they tolerate grazing pressure as well as the cold.

Tested, tried with cages in the same 1 acre fields. Well worth the money. Germination is probably near double what other oats are.

In the end, I spend the same amount and plant a varity of oats that deer live in all winter.

 

[Red Rider 450]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

That worked well for us.

 

[BoonerBucks]

I'm sticking with the bfo. I've had excellent results in the past. I've also used the seed oats and they work well, but IMO the bfo stays tender longer and is even more cold tolerant. Thanks for the info guys, don't know why the stuff got harder to find here in east tn.

 

[CWT]

Very good point to make captain.
I plant all my oats in southwest tn. The thing is if you find a product that works for you personally... and you believe in that product... by all means use it! You have to know that it works under your conditions and have confidense in it. Especially after all the hard work that is put into doing food sources. Thats what is great about this site. Even if we have differnt opinions about products. It sure is good to find out the pros and cons no matter what we all use.

 

[db]

BFO is supposed to be more cold hardy but I have planted plain forage oats and BFO and at this latitude in TN, you generally won't know the difference. I buy strictly forage oats at the co-op.