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FREEDGUY 
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Posted: 21 Feb 2020 at 6:41pm |
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We(I) have never been around raising wheat. Just curious as to what seeding wheat costs/acre compared to soybeans. Not looking for the grain aspect (not a huge market "here"),but a green plow-down/cover crop after beans this season. Thanks.
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DiyDave
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Posted: 21 Feb 2020 at 7:50pm |
If you're just gonna plow it down, go to your local feed store, and get a price on recleaned wheat... 
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Posted: 21 Feb 2020 at 9:48pm |
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I haven't done wheat, but I have planted rye in the fall as a plow down. I just get bin run cleaned seed. I broadcast at about 3 bu/acre.
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Posted: 22 Feb 2020 at 5:51am |
 truckerfarmer wrote:
I haven't done wheat, but I have planted rye in the fall as a plow down. I just get bin run cleaned seed. I broadcast at about 3 bu/acre. |
X 2 Not under 3 bu. per acre.
Edited by nella(Pa) - 22 Feb 2020 at 9:18am
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tomNE
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Posted: 22 Feb 2020 at 9:04am |
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cereal rye but don't plow it down, cut it for hay. the roots are much better on cereal rye then wheat and leaving the roots untouched will grow your organic matter and brings earthworms back into the soil! may 20th is our time for chopping or baling. I actually perfer chopping because waiting for hay to dry in may in Nebraska can be nerve racking!
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desertjoe
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Posted: 22 Feb 2020 at 3:37pm |
Whatever you do,,,,,,,,,,,,don't just throw the seed in the ground, cover it with dirt,,,throw a little water on it ,,,,and,,,,and,,,PRESTO,,,!! You gots some corn,,,,,ERrrrr I meant wheat,,,, 
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Posted: 22 Feb 2020 at 4:19pm |
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If you broadcast it , always had good luck running a disc thru , seed it and drag it down with a cedar tree,, then the birds have a tougher time finding the seeds
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FREEDGUY
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Posted: 22 Feb 2020 at 4:43pm |
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The method of application would be with an IH 510 drill. Was thinking the plowing down "might" be cheaper than burning down?? Thanks for the replies :)
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CTuckerNWIL
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Posted: 22 Feb 2020 at 5:21pm |
I used some cereal rye right out of the neighbors wagon 3 years ago to seed down an old food plot. I disced the patch, sowed with my Grandpas Cyclone seeder and ran a spike tooth harrow over it. The following summer I mowed it off late August, waited 2 weeks and sprayed 24D on the weeds, and it came back as good as when I first seeded it. Deer spend a lot of time rimming tops off the early growth clear into late November, but it still came back strong. This summer will be the 4th year since I seeded it and I still haven't killed off the Canada Thistle yet  and that's why I plowed that patch up to begin with. Had it in corn , bean rotation for 4 years with roundup before going to the rye.
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Posted: 23 Feb 2020 at 10:04am |
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I grew wheat for many years here---It was the most profitable crop I ever grew. Beans made a little money, but corn was always a loss. (inputs are too expensive for corn)
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Posted: 23 Feb 2020 at 1:56pm |
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Seems when wheats ready to run , a storm comes thru and wrecks it all
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HD6GTOM
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Posted: 23 Feb 2020 at 5:50pm |
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I raised wheat one year. Sold the seed for hog feed sold the square baled straw. Made money twice that year. If you got's a regular ol combine you need the take the filler bars out of the cylinder.
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Posted: 23 Feb 2020 at 6:22pm |
desertjoe wrote:
Whatever you do,,,,,,,,,,,,don't just throw the seed in the ground, cover it with dirt,,,throw a little water on it ,,,,and,,,,and,,,PRESTO,,,!! You gots some corn,,,,,ERrrrr I meant wheat,,,,
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I have some wheat i planted 2 weeks ago with oats for hay. An it ant growing  an I done it every year since 78. So I must be the dumbest . I don't even want to know how many years that is, non tecky I am. But I know whats wrong that DA^^ machine in Blair sucking all the water out of all the clouds that head my way.  Oh maybe if I would said  PRESTO when planting too.
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Posted: 25 Feb 2020 at 8:18pm |
FREEDGUY wrote:
The method of application would be with an IH 510 drill. Was thinking the plowing down "might" be cheaper than burning down?? Thanks for the replies :) |
Freed, if your going to use it for a cover crop and run it through a drill a bushel an acre would be good, just plant it plenty early(if in the fall) to get cover and foliage, or couple bushel an acre would get more cover quicker if you get it in later. If you own a Gleaner combine just save a little for seed and cut it, it'll be clean enough to go through a drill. Doesn't get much cheaper than good old bin run.
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tadams(OH)
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Posted: 26 Feb 2020 at 2:50pm |
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Guys around here that dairy have Rye flown on the corn before it's chopped and then cut the rye and chop it in the spring
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FREEDGUY
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Posted: 26 Feb 2020 at 5:20pm |
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Not many dairy farms around here(some horse people),wondering if there's any value to the rye if it's cut ,raked and baled ?? Perhaps rye straw would be a better $$ maker? Rye is pretty new in this area so I am pretty much clueless. Thanks
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