Lentil variety sowing guide 2012 - Seed Distributors

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OUTBACK FORAGE OATS (Avena sativa)
Outback oats (right) showing superior
leaf width over Wintaroo oats (left).
MATURITY MID-LATE
MINIMUM RAINFALL 400
SEEDING RATE KG/HA
DRYLAND 60-80
HIGH RAINFALL/IRRIGATION 80-120
WINTAROO 0.84
OUTBACK 1.02 22% INCREASE
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2
Early vigour. Measurements taken around August 7th
(around 64 days post sowing), depending on when plants
reached at GS31, expressed in DM t/ha
Yield Data, Pasture Genetics Naracoorte Trial Site, 2009
Sown 4th June, 100kg/ha fertiliser at sowing, blend (N = 9.1, P = 13.2,
K = 10, S = 8.9), 100kg/ha Urea late season.
WINTAROO 9.8
OUTBACK 12.7 30% INCREASE
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
Total yield. Cuts taken at flowering in October (different
dates due to different maturities, Wintaroo cut 15 days
earlier), expressed in DM t/ha
Forage Quality Data, Pasture Genetics Penfield Research Station, 2010
Sown 30th July, 100kg/ha fertiliser at sowing, blend (N = 9.1, P = 13.2, K = 10, S = 8.9).
Variety DM (%)
Outback oats are derived from South African, Australian
and North American hay and grazing oat germplasm.
Outback is selected for adaptation to the Australian agricultural
environment.
Outback is primarily a forage oat, developed to produce a large
bulk of quality forage in autumn and again in spring.
Outback can be grown in all areas suitable for growing oats and
provides consistent grazing, for all classes of livestock, over an
extended period. Outback is a mid to late maturing oat with
distinctive dark green and broad leaves.
Outback oats provide higher yields of quality grazing throughout
the critical autumn, winter and early spring grazing periods.
Feed quality tests, samples taken around 30th July, when plants were at GS31
Crude Protein
(% of DM)
NDF (% of DM) DMD (% 0f DM) ME (MJ/kg DM)
Outback 12.7 30.1 38.4 88.7 13.6
Wintaroo 12.8 31.7 39.1 87.1 13.4