What are you being quoted? I’m getting abruzzi rye for $21/bag.
Rye or wheat???
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What are you being quoted? I’m getting abruzzi rye for $21/bag.
BenAllgood
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Close to Baton Rouge, I'm getting prices of 23.95/50 for Elbon Rye and 12.99/50 for Awnless Forage Wheat.
$20/50 is what I’m seeing in LA and MS. We couldn’t find any elbon rye at all last year. Our plots (T and M’d) were near complete failures. I blamed it on the lack of elbon, but who knows.
Triple C
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You just had to jinx us by bringing up 2016... Nothing grew that year until mid December.
Drycreek
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I was quoted $12 or $13 for wheat and close to $30 for triticale this morning. At twice the price is triticale twice as good ? If so, is it for the weed suppression ? I’ve always been 80% wheat some years 100% wheat most years, but I’m gonna try some triticale this year on some plots to see if there is any difference in weed suppression. Opinions ?
THE LLC
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Here ya go. This is one of my favorite plots. This picture was made Nov. 25, 2016. This plot was plowed and planted on Sept. 3, 2016. Three years ago today actually. LOL
catscratch
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I've heard there is a shortage of winter rye seed this year, and awnless wheat is always cheaper than what the farmers grow for production.
g squared 23
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Winter wheat is a flat out better attractant than rye, in my area, so I plant wheat for food plots and rye for soil building.
The biggest deer I’ve ever seen in person (190”? nontypical, extra beam) came out to a huge winter wheat field. 2 weeks earlier, the 2nd biggest buck I’ve ever seen (165” typical) came out to that same field, almost passed within range. Followed by a 140” 10 point. I’ll never have another season like that again (it was the golden years before EHD), and I’ll never plant rye as an attractant instead of wheat.
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The biggest deer I’ve ever seen in person (190”? nontypical, extra beam) came out to a huge winter wheat field. 2 weeks earlier, the 2nd biggest buck I’ve ever seen (165” typical) came out to that same field, almost passed within range. Followed by a 140” 10 point. I’ll never have another season like that again (it was the golden years before EHD), and I’ll never plant rye as an attractant instead of wheat.
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I’m planting 12 acres of rye, peas, crimson clover, and radishes then following it with corn next year. If I wasn’t planting corn I would plant wheat instead of rye.
Rye is better at suppressing weeds and forming a thick mat. Deer may prefer wheat, but rye still has a role to play.
Rye is better at suppressing weeds and forming a thick mat. Deer may prefer wheat, but rye still has a role to play.
catscratch
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I prefer wheat hands down for attraction, but why not plant a mix of both? I do this every fall and have had great results. They coexist very well together.
MarkDarvin
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I hadn't planned this, but I've got a test planting underway where I'll be able to compare awnless winter wheat against awnless spring barley next year. I'm excited to see this stuff growing side by side to see what does what.
I bought more Elbon Rye yesterday for $13.50 a 50...
Flo1919
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I've been planting (Yankee) Rye in plots ever since I learned of its attributes on the old site, with a big tip of the cap to Paul Knox (what a blessing). I came across a local farmer for a seed source. I'm paying $5 a 50 so I use a bunch of it. My deer hammer it. At that price I throw & grow in spots I can't get my equipment in. Good germination and its pretty clean. I love the green glow it seems to have in late October, early November. It shines when all the crops are out and the leaves have fallen. Hope you guys get the rain you want but not too much of it.
BenAllgood
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Looks like I'll be buying in Kentucky instead of Louisiana this year. Rye @ 13.75 and Wheat @ 10.79
