PASTURES & SOILS

Forage oat with enhanced yield developed in Queensland

A NEW forage oat variety released in Queensland this week has been promoted as having the highest total forage yield on the market.

Staff writer
 Queensland producer Don Sharp, ‘Jaydon Pastoral Company’, Mount Walker, inspecting a demonstration crop of the new Warlock forage oat variety.

Queensland producer Don Sharp, ‘Jaydon Pastoral Company’, Mount Walker, inspecting a demonstration crop of the new Warlock forage oat variety.

While the variety, Warlock, is susceptible to one race of leaf rust in southern Queensland, it will significantly lift the forage yield of oats in growing regions where leaf rust is less prevalent and...

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