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Swan<br />
Swan is a tall mid season variety, released in 1967<br />
by Department of Agriculture, Western Australia.<br />
Swan has excellent early vigour and high hay<br />
yield. It produces coarse stems and often lodges<br />
in high rainfall regions. Swan is very susceptible<br />
to stem rust.<br />
Targa A<br />
Targa was released by the Tasmanian Department<br />
of Agriculture in 1999 as a grazing variety. It has<br />
been used for hay production in high rainfall<br />
regions, but has a tendency to lodge. Targa is a<br />
very late maturing variety with poor early vigour.<br />
It was released as a replacement<br />
for Esk.<br />
PRODUCING QUALITY OAT HAY<br />
Vasse A<br />
Vasse was released by Department of Agriculture<br />
Western Australia in 1997 as a hay variety. It is a<br />
‘tall dwarf ’, late maturing variety adapted to high<br />
rainfall, long season areas of WA. Because its<br />
stem diameter tends to be coarse, it is not sought<br />
after for the export market.<br />
Wallaroo<br />
Wallaroo was released by the Department of<br />
Agriculture, South Australia in 1987 as a CCN<br />
resistant and tolerant hay variety. It is an early<br />
variety suited to the low to medium rainfall areas.<br />
Wallaroo is a tall variety with good early vigour.<br />
Wandering A<br />
Wandering was released by Department of<br />
Agriculture Western Australia in 1999 as a feed<br />
variety. It is a mid season, dwarf variety adapted<br />
to medium and high rainfall regions of WA.<br />
It has been used to produce hay, but often<br />
produces thick stems.<br />
Winjardie<br />
Winjardie was released by Department of<br />
Agriculture Western Australia in 1985 as a hay<br />
and feed grain variety. It is a tall, early to mid<br />
season variety adapted to low, medium, and<br />
high rainfall regions of WA. It was commonly<br />
grown in northern WA, but susceptibility to<br />
septoria has reduced the use of this variety for<br />
hay production.<br />
Wintaroo A<br />
Wintaroo is a hay variety developed by SARDI<br />
and commercialised by AEXCO in 2002. It was<br />
released as a replacement for Marloo. Wintaroo<br />
is a tall, mid season oat with good early vigour. It<br />
resists brown leaf tipping by hot northerly winds<br />
better than other varieties and is adapted to low,<br />
medium, and high rainfall locations. Wintaroo<br />
also has low grain hull lignin making it an option<br />
for feed grain. Wintaroo maintains good colour<br />
longer than most varieties, so care is needed to<br />
assess the crop for optimum cutting time to<br />
ensure good quality.<br />
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