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Western Australia - New oat opportunities on show at spring field days


Western Australia
September 7, 2015

Trials of oat variety Bannister will be on show at the upcoming Spring field days.
Trials of oat variety Bannister will be on show at the upcoming Spring field days.

WA grain growers will have the opportunity to find out how new oat varieties are performing under different growing conditions by attending some of the upcoming spring field days.

Oat plantings increased by 30 per cent for the 2014 season, as a result of strengthening oat grain prices, and the yield opportunities offered by recently released varieties.

In 2015, 236,000 hectares has been sown to oats, according to the Grains Industry Association of WA crop report.

Department of Agriculture and Food oat research officer Georgie Troup will be on hand at the West Midlands Group Spring Field Day on 8 September (Dandaragan), WANTFA Spring Field Day 9 September (Cunderdin), Liebe Group Spring Field Day 10 September (Ballidu), Far Eastern Ag Research Group Spring Field Day 15 September (Moorine Rock), Facey Group Spring Field Day 16 September (Cuballing) and the Merredin Research Station Spring Field Day on 23 September.

Ms Troup will discuss the performance of current oat varieties and the results of recent oat agronomy trials, funded by the Grains Research and Development Corporation.

The trials identified the need for variety-specific agronomy packages covering seeding rates, nitrogen requirements and time of sowing for recently released varieties Williams and Bannister.

Ms Troup said before deciding on a variety, growers needed to decide where oats fitted in their cropping program.

“If weed control is the aim then oaten hay is the opportunity, while in clean paddocks with the right herbicide history milling oats could be a better choice,” Ms Troup said.

Varieties Williams and Bannister produce significantly higher grain yields, but when grown in lower rainfall areas their quality can be limited by low hectolitre weights and high screenings.

“Other varieties like Yallara are performing consistently in lower rainfall areas as a dual purpose variety.

“A new variety planned for release in 2017 is producing high quality milling potential oats in lower rainfall areas, and has generated interest from growers at our field walks.”

Ms Troup said once growers had settled on a variety it was important to source their seed early for the 2016 season, as Williams, Bannister and Yallara varieties are not available as grower-to-grower traded seed.

Growers attending the field days at Cunderdin and Merredin will have the opportunity to inspect trial sites of six oat varieties which have been sown on two dates, with differing seed rates and nitrogen packages.

Other trials presented will include the effect of time of sowing on hay cutting of 15 hay varieties, and managing grain staining in Bannister oats.

Further oat trials, managed by ConsultAg in partnership with the department, are also underway at Kellerberrin, Wagin, Newdegate, Cuballing and Narrogin.

More information on where to source seed, EPR and trading restrictions can be found on the Variety Central website varietycentral.com.au

Yield performance on all milling oat varieties is available from the NVT online database nvtonline.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Oat-1997-2014-WA-2014.pdf



More news from: Western Australia, Department of Primary Industries


Website: http://www.agric.wa.gov.au

Published: September 7, 2015

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