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Location: Central Texas | Does anyone have a general idea of how long bagged whole oats will store? The building is enclosed but has an open door that remains open. No water gets in. Just wondering how many I can buy and store when I am flush on cash. Thanks! |
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| If they are kept dry I have had mine last several months.. I only feed a little at a time. |
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Location: Central Texas | Awesome that's what I needed to know. Just made the switch to oats and wanted to store up on some since there's a good price on them right now at the feed store. I feed very little as well. Only enough to be basically a carrier for the vit/mineral supplement. |
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| I think, if I was going to store oats, I would put them in plastic barrels. |
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Location: Willows, CA | At this time of year, most oats are new crop (harvested this spring and summer) and pretty easy to store. Bugs will start over time if the temp is over 75 degrees. I most every case, the oats you buy have been fumigated and will remain bug free for a few months. After that, it depends on where and how you store them. Through the winter the temps will be low enough that you can store them for months with no problem. In general they hold their nutritional value well. In the summer it is just a matter of time once they get warm. |
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Location: Kansas | I've been feeding oats, I stick them in a 55 gallon drum with a re-sealable lid. Works for me. You can buy them off craigslist for like $20-$30 a drum. Make sure it's the food quality type. |
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Location: Central Texas | thanks everyone! Great info and ideas. |
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| I store mine in aluminum trash cans from Walmart. All I do is spray fly spray around the OUTSIDE base of the trash can and nothing can get in them. |
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Location: lexington KY | I store mine in an old deep freezer. They are perfect for storing feed. If you feed more than one type, you can make a wood divder for them. Once they no longer work, many people will gladly give you the freezer. |
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Location: West Texas | Whole oat's shelf life is greater than a year, properly kept. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Tdove - 2015-09-09 2:46 PM Whole oat's shelf life is greater than a year, properly kept.
Which makes sense, since they're only harvested once a year.  |
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Location: Central Texas | polorunner - 2015-09-09 1:19 PM
I store mine in an old deep freezer. They are perfect for storing feed. If you feed more than one type, you can make a wood divder for them. Once they no longer work, many people will gladly give you the freezer.
Darn, we just threw one away! Husband asked if I wanted to keep it for storing feed. Should have listened to him just once. |
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Location: KS | I keep mine in a gravity wagon, have it mixed with cracked corn. Get about 150 bushel or so mixed at a time. Store buggy in the Quonset with doors open most of the time. I feed 7 head, so it gets used up before it ever gets bugs. |
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Location: In The Land of Cotton | We store ours in a gravity flow trailer too. We fill it straight from the bin. I do know that some people add DE to their oats to keep out bugs. |
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| I keep mine in a grain bin, and mine are 4 years old now, no bugs, no mould, and when we tested for seed grain 90% fermentable this year. Never done a nutritional analysis, as my horses just get it for a treat, or for supplements. |
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| Stack your bagged oats on wooden pallets and throw you some chunks
of JUST ONE BITE under the pallet in case you have a family of mice
come for a visit ... air flow under the pallets will keep oats fresh and
in good shape ...
For those of you that have no barn ... find the company that does bagged ice for convenience stores and buy one of their bagged ice storage units ... they are weather proof and can be kept outside. Just check for any screw holes in the top and squirt some silicone stuff in the holes where a compressor or sign may have been attached ... $25-50 can usually buy one ... handy in a barn also ..
Edited by BARRELHORSE USA 2015-09-10 12:07 AM
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Location: Central Texas | BARRELHORSE USA - 2015-09-09 11:59 PM
Stack your bagged oats on wooden pallets and throw you some chunks
of JUST ONE BITE under the pallet in case you have a family of mice
come for a visit ... air flow under the pallets will keep oats fresh and
in good shape ...
For those of you that have no barn ... find the company that does bagged ice for convenience stores and buy one of their bagged ice storage units ... they are weather proof and can be kept outside. Just check for any screw holes in the top and squirt some silicone stuff in the holes where a compressor or sign may have been attached ... $25-50 can usually buy one ... handy in a barn also ..
Good to hear. This is actually what we are doing right now. |
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STORING WHOLE OATS