Double Crop Plots

Blair planted three different types of oats and forage sorghum after taking hybrid rye plots at milk stage timing, this was to mimic what a producer would do in his field. He planted CDC Byer, our new milling and double crop oat for 2026 against AAC Wesley and CDC Haymaker. Both CDC Byer and AAC Wesley have resistance against barley yellow dwarf virus, a disease that really took hold of double crop oats in 2024, some in 2025. CDC Haymaker is a traditional forage oat, is long season so not typically used for double cropping but can be used in a pinch. CDC Byer has a higher grain yield over AAC Wesley, this is why we switched to it.

CDC Byer is a day behind AAC Wesley for heading timing, but with its higher grain yield, will see higher forage yields.

Forage Sorghum continues to win the double cropping plots, but is behind oats for maturity which could prove to be a issue if there is an early frost in the fall

Each plot was planted plant on June 27th,2025 and taken off on September 16th,2025