After hearing the advice of everyone on here to buy generic oats from the co-op instead of BFO for a fraction of the price I decided to do that this year. I'll agree that the oats attracted the deer just as well and were just as drought tolerant; however, all of my food plots are now over run with weeds that have choked most of the oats. I have been planting BFO thae last 5 years and have never had a problem with weeds so I don't think I'll be planting the cheap oats anymore.