Bronco Forage Oats

Product Description

• Seed Agronomy Table

  Seeding Rate - Dryland (kg/ha)

  30 - 50

  Seeding Rate - High Rainfall/Irrigation (kg/ha)

  50 - 80

  Maturity

  Mid-Late

• Seed Treatment

  Contact your local S&W Territory Manager for treatment options

• Enterprises For This Seed

  Beef and Sheep

  Dairy

  Silage and Hay

• Strengths

  Fast establishing autumn-spring growing fodder crop with high feeding value High leaf to stem ratio Opportunities for grazing/silage/hay production

• Limitations

  Susceptible to pugging; avoid grazing if waterlogged - regrowth will be compromised

• Plant Description
  Plant

  Tufted annual grows to nearly 2 metres tall.

  Stems

  Stout hollow culm with conspicuous nodes.

  Leaves

  Flat and wide and veined; taper to a fine point. Rolled in bud.

  Seedhead

  Large pendulous spikelet, 15 to 30 millimetres long; 2 to 3 florets.

  Seeds

  Approximately equal to 50,000 per kilogram.

• Pasture Type And Use

  Sown in autumn for winter bulk. Some varieties suited to multi-uses - e.g. high quality hay export/grain production. Often used to provide weed control and soil preparation prior to renovating with perennial pasture. Robust so often used as a pioneer crop on new land.

• Soils

  Well drained. Tolerates a broad pH range.

• Temperature

  Avoid sowing when soil temperature less than 22°C.

• Establishment
  Grasses

  Annual ryegrass.

  Legumes

  Clovers, peas, vetch, medics.

  Sowing/Planting Rates In Mixtures

  13 to 20 kilograms per hectare.

  Sowing/Planting Rates as Single Species

  Sow into a cultivated seedbed to a depth of 35 to 70 millimetres at 60 to 120 kilograms per hectare depending on soil type/region and expected rainfall.

  Sowing Time

  Sow late summer/early Autumn. Can be sown dry (sow less than 50 millimetres).

  Fertiliser

  Sow with 10 kilograms P per hectare. If using MAP/DAP sow separately from the seed.

• Management
  Maintenance Fertiliser

  35 to 70 kilograms N per hectare, ensure P, K, S, Zn are adequate.

  Grazing/Cutting

  Graze prior to stem elongation. Leave 12 centimetre residues/ lowest stem node. Repeat grazings after a month\'s recovery. Where yield is high it is usually strip grazed by dairy cattle along a long front to minimize trampling losses. A back fence may maximise regrowth.

  Ability to Spread

  Regenerates from self-sown seed.

  Weed Potential

  Dropped seed may see plants regenerate for a season or two.

  Major Pests

  Cereal cyst nematode, stem nematode, red legged earth mite, snails, cereal aphis (re BYDV transmission), cutworms, webworm, lucerne flea, army worm, Bruobia mite, wingless grasshoppers and Australian plague locust.

  Major Diseases

  Leaf rust, stem rust, Septoria blotch, bacterial blight, barley yellow dwarf virus, halo blight, stripe blight, powdery mildew.

• Animal Production
  Feeding Value

  Winter feed typically 70 per cent digestibility, 7 to 8 per cent crude protein.

  Palatability

  Readily acceptable.

  Production Potential

  Up to 7 tonne dry matter per hectare by spring where moisture is available and soil fertility is good.

  Livestock Disorders/Toxicity

  Young plants can accumulate a high level of nitrates and lead to nitrite poisoning, especially in cattle. Slow growth, hot, dry conditions or frost/hail damage can elevate nitrate level.

• Establishment Guarantee

  At S&W Seed Company Australia we're so confident about our seed genetics and seed quality, we will replace seed at half the original purchase price if it fails to establish satisfactorily in the first thirty days* Read more