Characteristics:
- Forage cereal usually give good green bite in early winter and spring. Very palatable.
- They react well to irrigation or supplementary irrigation.
- Use rotational grazing with a rest period for re-growth.
- Cereals are suited to grazing, hay production and silage.
- Marketing/end product use: Human consumption, Animal feed/forage, Grain, Hay/fodder & Cover crop.
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PALLINUP OATS
- Grain suited for milling/export
- Early maturing cultivar
- Moderately resistant to stem and leaf rust.
- Widely adapted to all types of soil
- A tall oat with excellent grain quality, material for grazing, silage and hay
- May have straw strength problems with early sowings and in high yielding situations
- Planting months April- May
- Sowing rate- winter rainfall region 80-100kg/ha
- Suited regions: Eastern Cape, Western Cape & Southern Cape
OVERBERG OATS
- Growing length: Intermediate type (medium maturity)
- High yield potential
- Medium cold demand (Vernalization period).
- Can produce palatable grazing from May to end of August
- Can be utilized for purposes of grazing, silage and hay
- Sowing density dryland: 25 to 50kg/ha
- Sowing density irrigation: 75 to 125kg/ha
DUNNART OATS
- A dwarf milling variety
- Mid maturity
- 10-15cm taller than Mitika
- Improved plant colour
- Cereal cyst nematode resistant
- Planting months April- May
- Sowing rate- winter rainfall region 80-100kg/ha
- Widely adapted to all types of soil
- Suited regions: Eastern Cape, Western Cape & Southern Cape
MAGNIFICO OATS
- Growing length: Winter type (full maturity)
- High yield potential
- High cold demand (Vernalization period) and produces palatable grazing from May to end of September
- Can be utilized for purposes of grazing, silage and hay
- Sowing density dryland: 25 to 50kg/ha
- Sowing density irrigation: 75 to 125kg/ha
Disease rating of oat varieties:
| Oat |
End use |
Height |
Maturity |
Hectoliter weight |
Stem Rust |
Leaf Rust |
CCN Res |
Disease Tolerance |
BYDV |
Septoria |
Bacterial blight |
Red Leather Leaf
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| Milling Oats |
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| Dunnart |
M |
TD |
M |
H |
S |
MR |
R |
MT |
MR |
MR
MS |
– |
MS |
| Overberg |
M |
D |
E |
H |
S |
MSS |
VS |
I |
MSS |
S |
– |
S |
| Possum |
M |
D |
EM |
H |
MSS |
S |
VS |
I |
S |
MS |
S |
MSS |
| Williams |
M |
MT |
E |
H |
S |
R |
S |
I |
MRMS |
MRMS |
– |
MS |
| Wombat |
M |
D |
EM |
H |
MSS |
MS |
R |
T |
MR |
MS |
– |
MS |
| Yallara |
M |
MT |
EM |
H |
S |
MS |
R |
I |
MS |
MS |
– |
MS |
End use: M = milling, F = feed grain, G = grazing, H = hay
Plant height: D = dwarf, TD = tall dwarf, T = tall, ST = short tall, MT = moderate tall
Maturity: E = early, EM = early mid, M = mid-season, ML = mid late season, LM = late mid-season, L = late, VL=very late
Hectoliter weight: H = heavy, M = medium, L = light
R = Resistant RMR = Resistant to moderately resistant MR = Moderately resistant MRMS = Moderately resistant to moderately susceptible MS = Moderately susceptible MSS = Moderately susceptible to susceptible S = Susceptible SVS = Susceptible to very susceptible VS = Very susceptible
Disease tolerance: T = tolerant, MT = moderately tolerant, MI = moderately intolerant, I = intolerant
Ratings conducted: P ZWER GRDC
Cultivars: Pallinup, Overberg, Magnifico, Dunnart
Seeding: Winter rainfall 80-100kg/ha, Summer rainfall dryland winter production 50-75kg/ha
Rainfall (mm/year): Good moisture conservation or 300mm water over growing period
Suited Regions: The whole of South Africa
Planting Months: Winter rainfall areas Apr - May, Summer rainfall areas Feb - Apr
Soil: Widely adapted to most soil conditions
