Small grains (wheat and barley) are grown predominately as a grain crop in Kentucky. They are the fourth
most valuable cash crop in Kentucky and exceeded in importance only by corn as a feed grain. Managed properly, these small grains and others (oat, rye, and triticale) are a multi-purpose crop that can also be used for grazing, silage, and hay production while serving as winter cover crops for soil erosion control, nurse crops, and as scavengers of residual fertilizer heavily fertilized summer annuals.
Managing Small Grains for Livestock Forage
