What month is oats ready for harvest?

Answer 1

Oats are harvested when they have turned a golden-brown colour and the seeds are hard when a farmer tries to squeeze the seed in between their fingers. This is when this crop can be harvested for grain (which is collecting the seeds). In North America, oats are usually harvested in the autumn, which is around September into October.

Oats harvested as green-feed or silage (chopped and fermented animal feed, stalks, leaves and seeds) are done so around four to six weeks before the crop would usually be harvested for grain. It is stored and fed later to livestock.