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Forage Oats (Avena sativa )

Crop Information

Description:

Forage oat varieties are those varieties which produce high total biomass (whole plant harvest) but likely have insufficient seed yield to compete with regular varieties when only grain production is desired.

Forage Oats Distributor(s):

FP-Genetics, SeCan

Characteristics

Performance:

Variety	Data by Geographical Region					Comp Mat days	Test Yield Category
Variety	1	2	3	4	5&6	Comp Mat days	Low	Med	High	Very High
	Yield as % of Cascade						Yield as % of test mean
CDC Baler	XX	87*	103	101	97	4	92	109	101	94
Murphy❀	XX	90	90	97	96	4	92	95	97	92

Remarks:

Yield for hulless varieties are expressed on “as harvested” basis. Hull removal reduces weight of hulless oats by 5-10% and of completely hulled oats by 20-25%. Use higher seeding rate for large seeded varieties. AC Assiniboia and AC Rebel have tan hulls. OT576 insufficient data to describe.

Where test yield categories based on small plot data for hulled oats would be as follows: Low<90 bu/ac; Medium=90 to 135 bu/ac; High=135 to 180 bu/ac; and Very High>180 bu/ac. Yield % are based on test means for all varieties in the trial.

Ratings: EX = Excellent, VG = Very Good, G = Good, F = Fair, P = Poor, VP = Very Poor.

Agronomic Data:

Variety	Kn. Wt.	Te. Wt.
	(g/1000)	(lb/bu)

CDC Baler	43	40
Murphy	36	39

Abbreviations Used:
Kn. Wt. = Kernel Weight (g/1000) ; Te. Wt. = Test Weight (lb/bu)

Disease Data:

Variety	Smuts, covered, oats

CDC Baler	VP
Murphy	VP

Abbreviations Used:


Environment Data:

Variety	Ldg.

CDC Baler	---
Murphy	---

Abbreviations Used:
Ldg. = Lodging Resistance: VP = Very poor, P = Poor, F = Fair, G = Good, VG = Very good, EX = Excellent