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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deer Slayer" data-source="post: 4307991" data-attributes="member: 8855">There is only 1 Buck Forage Oats. These are developed to survive South Dakota winters and won't freeze out. I have personally talked to the Phd that developed them and have used them for years and have never had them turn yellow in the winter. I have had hunters plant them in northern Kansas and the oats didn't yellow and same with hunters in Nebraska. I will say it again these need to be planted in mid September to virtually guarantee that you will get good germination because the soil moisture is much higher because of the Fall rains. I have had people plant them around the first of September after the first rain and then it turned hot again and they  withered because the soil moisture was not high enough yet.  These oats will provide, approximately 40% more forage than winter wheat. I sold 2,000 pounds of BFO's to a rancher who planted them and put a hot wire around them to keep the cattle out. He was able to increase the carrying capacity of his winter wheat because all the deer left the wheat for the oats.  I want you to be successful with your planting and NOT set you up for a failure. These are cool season seeds.</blockquote>