SY Monument Hard Red Winter Wheat for Winter Grazing

0:03 The next winter we have here is a sy Monument. It is a hard red winter wheat. It is a on lettuce or a completely are very short.

0:16 Probably a medium, it's not huge like some of the rise and stuff, but it is doesn't have a beard, you know. We don't use wheat a lot as a spring.

0:31 Grade you can see they'll show them the difference there between the triticale and the wheat the amount of forage is there. Yeah, I mean a lot of people say.

0:42 Why should I spend money for rye or triticale? I'll just wheat is cheap, it's available. I'll just plant wheat and plant it thick. I think you can see in the

0:54 The reason that we tried to steer people towards triticale or rye for a winter forage is just the difference in productivity between the two is really.

1:06 Pretty amazing and of course triticale is a hybrid between rye and wheat. It's intermediate in most characteristics, but there is also a definite hybrid.

1:18 Vigor that you get with triticale will we'll talk a little bit about triticale versus rye as we get to some of the other plots but you can see you give up.

1:42 We'll be able to have a good comparison of honey. The other thing is that triticale and rye are going to have a much more.

1:49 Extensive root system in the ground, making it a better cover crop, a better soil builder. Awesome, and that's why we like it, but there's.

1:59 Certain times when winter wheat has a fit, especially that Willow Creek if you're wanting lay grazing you do have the option of a grain harvest here in.

2:08 Case wheat prices ever get up to where they really need to be to make a profit, that's an option. One other drawback though of the wheat compared to the triticale or the rye is disease, and especially if you plant early with especially our hard red winter wheat, it's very important not to plant too early or you just get ate up by disease. The triticale and the rye have much better tolerance of early planting to get that maximum ability for that.