What crop is this?

[Bob Peters]

?

 

[WDH]

Without a close-up picture of the crop, possibly winter wheat, forage wheat, or winter triticale.

 

[remy3424]

Brome grass in the foreground, in the background...rye? Could that be establishing grassland for grazing? Where were you?

 

[Bob Peters]

Brome grass in the foreground, in the background...rye? Could that be establishing grassland for grazing? Where were you?

This was in central south dakota. I was hunting a wpa. The green stuff was on the neighboring field. I was guessing winter wheat but I don't know much about these crops.

 

[redcows]

Winter wheat or a cover crop. Too many cover crops to venture a guess.

 

[remy3424]

It looks to be thick. Is ww that leafy? A great stand whatever it is...bet the deer like it.

 

[M. R. Byrd]

I would say winter wheat that has tillered.

 

[Golden Hour]

Winter wheat

 

[LC Smith]

I also think it is winter wheat.

 

[Bob Peters]

So is winter wheat's only purpose to prevent soil erosion and moisture loss, or do they actually harvest it in the spring?

 

[Golden Hour]

So is winter wheat's only purpose to prevent soil erosion and moisture loss, or do they actually harvest it in the spring?

It's harvested in July usually, a couple weeks before the spring wheat harvest. It's a great cover crop, keeps the weeds out and, for my personal pleasure, is usually good nesting/brood rearing habitat.

 

[Matt D]

It's harvested in July usually, a couple weeks before the spring wheat harvest. It's a great cover crop, keeps the weeds out and, for my personal pleasure, is usually good nesting/brood rearing habitat.

Agree with all that. Also with using stripper heads instead of the traditional head at harvesting it becomes an awesome cover all through fall. With the warmer temps has been holding birds nicely. Tough to get close to them but it can be done.

 

[KEOutdoors]

So is winter wheat's only purpose to prevent soil erosion and moisture loss, or do they actually harvest it in the spring?

Both. Around here its either double planted with late season soybeans (winter wheat/rye harvested in june and then beans planted and harvested in late October), or its used as a cover crop and then sprayed off and corn/beans are no tilled in it in may.