I dont know about federal crop. Would have to check with the insurance man.
When it comes to wheat hay, I do everything wrong....according to the experts.
I like my wheat hay to be ripe.....I want the grain. We feed a lot of whole wheat.
Always figured that I could buy green stuff if I needed to.
Being a grass, I would assume that green wheat with no kernels would be similar to semi mature crested wheat grass hay as far as feed value.
I would be interesting to go cut a head apart and see whats in it. Probably find some kernels in the dough stage.
I know its an option, as several people have sold standing fields of winter wheat on dry years. Make better money than combining it.
A wheat bale that was put up with full heads and fully ripe with weigh in the neighborhood of 1700 to 1850 pounds. We figure that two thirds of that is grain.
Green wheat with empty-ish heads would should weigh similar to a grass bale, well maybe depending on the variety of wheat. Solid stem or hollow. I would guess 1100 pounds.
