An evaluation of triticale, wheat, barley, and annual ryegrass in the intermountain area of California by University of California Cooperative Extension suggests that the use of fall-planted small grains for grazing and hay merits more widespread adoption in that area.
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Small grain forages generate hundreds of millions of dollars of farm income in other parts of the U.S. in ways that are not fully exploited in the West. Adapting these uses from other areas offers important opportunities for western forage producers. Fall-planted wheat has been by far the most widely used small grain for forage in the Southern Plains, but acreage of other small grains is increasing. They evaluated two triticale, one wheat, one barley, and one ryegrass for grazing and hay production. Forage clipping yield from winter wheat and winter triticale, New Mexico State University, Agricultural Science Center, Clovis.