Originally Posted By: AlabamaSwamper
Originally Posted By: CNC
I’ve got a question…..Why is everyone planting forage oats instead of just plain oats?

I have planted both buck forage oats and just regular coker oats and I’ve not seen a difference. As a matter of fact the oats in the basket from the other thread are just plain oats. Correct me if I’m wrong, but it was my understanding that the forage oat varieties that are commonly sold commercially were more for people in northern climate who’s cold climate would winter kill the regular oats. We don’t really see that happen here in the south so is there really a need for a more costly specialty seed? Do the forage oats do something else besides handle colder temps better?



You can get Forage Oats without the deer on the bag.

And my deer tell me there is a difference.

Grain Rye and Forage oats/ Rape/turnips in most annual plots.


I will have to give them a try then if you guys say you have seen noticeable differences. What specific varieties are you guys using?


We dont rent pigs