seed oats needed!

springvalley · #1 02/03/10, 10:09 PM

anyone out here know where I can find some Eli seed oats or naked oat seed. I had some Eli seed years ago and they were super oats. Thanks Marc

lilray · #2 02/03/10, 11:34 PM

Have you checked with any seed companies? There are many and online also

bill83 · #3 02/04/10, 04:47 AM

Check out http://www.woodprairie.com.

Fae · #4 02/04/10, 07:08 AM

If you were near me I would send you to my DD's feed and seed store. They sell naked oats but don't know about Eli oats.

geo in mi · #5 02/04/10, 07:41 AM

http://www.johnnyseedsonlinecatalog....ode=jmc&from=2

Hulless oats from Johnny'seeds

springvalley · #6 02/04/10, 07:53 AM

Johnny`s seed is cost prohibited for me, 95.00 dollars for 50 lb bag, and I would need 20 to 30 bags. And thats not including shipping. But thanks Marc

ronbre · #7 02/04/10, 08:07 AM

i'm going to need a small amount of spring red hard wheat seed too, i'm planning on looking at local feed and seed stores as buying it by mail would be really expensive...hope you find a good purchase..i'd like to try a small amount of oats as well here..basically the wheat and oats would be a new try for me to get a start on growing bread ingredients other than the wildlings

Allen W · #8 02/04/10, 08:35 AM

I don't see what you want listed but you might check here at Albert Lea Seed.http://www.alseed.com/
Here is another place to check Welter Seed and Honey Co.http://www.welterseed.com/productItems.aspx?id=19&org=0

mullberry · #9 02/04/10, 09:22 AM

I plant CLEANED oats. I guess its feed oats? I get close to 100% germination & the crop is GREAT!!! It is caller faithway farms in alabama where they cone from I have used these oats for 10 years

artificer · #10 02/04/10, 03:53 PM

3 weeks ago we bought some "bin run" oats. Feed oats that came from the field. You can feed them, or replant them. $10.84/hundred weight. Comes in a 75lb sack. Certified seed oats was a bit more. The Wesley Winter Wheat certified seed we ordered was $11.50/50lb bag.

This is in souther Wisconsin, so regional prices should be similar at your local feed mill.

What part of Illinois are you from? It's a VERY long state.

Michael

rambler · #11 02/04/10, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by springvalley

Eli seed oats or naked oat seed.

I haven't heard of that brand, can't find it referenced.

You are looking for a naked, or hull-less oats? That is a bit rare and will likely be spendy.

Do you need anything special - organic, certified, or just any old hull-less oats?

I was going to suggest Albert Lea Seed House as well (call them if you don't see what you want on-line - their web site doesn't always keep up....) but shipping on that many bags is going to be something! you'll need to find a local seed dealer. What part of the state are you in, there is typically 'someone' every 50-75 miles that deals in seed, and can get it in for you as part of a bigger seed drop off.

Don't delay, the sooner you can get that ordered, the more likely you will get it on the next truck going by. These special type of seeds will run out & then you have to go farther, spend more to get what you want. The amount you want and the special, more rare type you want is going to be a challenge.

30 bu is about 10 acres of hull-less oats, that's quite a bit! Could get 1000 bu of crop from that - you making flour for a whole county?

Typically one buys 3-4 bags one year, and saves enough seed from that for the following planting. There is nothing special about small grains, your own seed will be as good as what you could buy every year.

Not really helping, but hope can help folks get there from here with a few random thoughts.

--->Paul

oneokie · #12 02/04/10, 05:37 PM

Is there a farmers Co-op in your area?

springvalley · #13 02/04/10, 11:59 PM

Yes we have farmers coop in our area, no such thing there. No I don`t make bread for the whole county, feed my livestock. Yes I have thought about getting a few bags and replanting more next year, and maybe thats what I will end up doing. We had such a bad , wet year last year my oats aren`t very good to keep for seed. I am a dying breed around here guys, I live in big corn and bean country, not much livestock anymore, not much small grains anymore, not much small equipment anymore. NO SMALL farmers anymore. And I am not new to all this , been farming for thirty years. Thank you all for your help though. Marc P.S. may have found some.

rambler · #14 02/05/10, 12:43 AM

I hear you - I grow oats too, one of the few left, all corn & beans around me. I got a new to me tractor a year ago, for planting with. A Ford 5000.

We must be related.

I started putting some field peas in with my oats a couple years ago. Really seems to help the yield, the peas mature & put nitrogen in the soil right about the time the oats fills out seed. I swath here, tend to get a lot of peas in the oats - but my livestock like them, the extra protien is a bonus to me. Kinda stumbled on that, but going to keep trying it, seemed to do well the last 2 years.

Is it really a hull-less oats you are using, and what is the pros of using that type of oats? Or did I just misunderstand what you were saying - that's never happened to me before eh?

--->Paul

Katey · #15 02/05/10, 09:20 AM

Fedco used to (and may still) sell Penuda hull-less oats. They will ship by common carrier, so you pay a lot less for a pallet than you would with standard shipping.