Farmer’s Weekly – 23 August 2019

Mostofthefarmcomprises

mountainousveld,andonly

a smallsectionis suitable

forcropproduction.

Theoatsaregrownondryland,

buttheannualrainfallonthefarm

is inexcessof 1 000mm.Thearea

is alsoknownforitscoldwinters.

Robberssaysthatleafrust

canbea problemforcrops

grownina high-rainfall

area,buttheMajoriscultivar

demonstratesextraordinary

tolerancetothediseaseaswell

astoaluminiumtoxicity.

earlyplanting

HeusuallyplantsinJanuary

andFebruary,whichis earlier

thantherecommended

plantingdateduetothecolder

climate,andharvestsinMay.

“Thisis alsothetimeofyear

whenwereceivethebulkof

ourrain,whichencourages

highplantvolume,”hesays.

OfPannar’sthreesmall-

grain,cereal-foddervarieties

(stoolingrye,triticale,and

whiteoats),oatsis themost

sensitivetocold,butit is alsothe

mostpalatableforlivestock.

Robbersusesminimum

tillage,andplantstheMajoris

usinga Piketplanterata

rateof75kgofseed/ha.

HeappliesKynoch’s1:1:1(39)

at250kg/haforfertilisation

andKynoch’s1:0:0(40)+ S at

75kg/haasa topdressing.

Duetoitshighvolume,oats

takeslongertodryandthus

requiresmoreeffort.Moreover,

it hastobeprocessedbefore

it canbebaledorground.

Toenableit todrymorerapidly,

thehayis cut,roll-conditioned

andspreadoutinoneprocess,

andlateraeratedwitha tedder

toenableit todryrapidly.

fastproductionand

HigHseedyield

Pannar’sMajoriscultivaris

oneofseveralspringvarieties

developedbythecompany.Its

idealplantingseasonis from

midtolateMarch,butit can

beplantedaslateasApril.

Unlikeotheroats,it doesnot

growwellif thesoiltemperature

dropsregularlybelow-5°C.

Oneofitsoutstandingfeatures

is itsfastproduction:it can

begrazedwithinsixweeks

andis quicktoharvest.

Inaddition,it produces

a highseedyield.

Majorisperformswellunder

irrigationorsupplementalirrigation.

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ABOVE:

Eugene Marais, a

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Pannar, walking

among the Majoris

oats planted by

Willem de Klerk

of the farm Ben

Derag on the

outskirts of Ugie in

the Eastern Cape.

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T

he robust growth potential

of Pannar’s Majoris white

oats cultivar ensures that it

delivers a large volume, making

it ideal for rounding off livestock.

According to Delwyn Robbers

of the farm Fairbridge in the

Maclear district in the southern

Drakensberg, the significant yield

delivered by the Majoris cultivar

is the reason this cultivar remains

hisfirstchoiceforbaledoats.

The plants, which grow between

1,5m and 1,8m in height, deliver

“a massive yield”, he says.

Robbers has been planting

the cultivar for the past

four years and uses it as

roughage in his feed mix.

He farms Dohne Merino

sheep, and also runs a Brangus

and Charolais stud along

with his commercial herds.

His grain component comprises

maize and soya bean, as well

as Japanese radish, ryegrass (on

which the sheep graze in winter)

and oats that he grows in rotation.

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Oats can be used in feed mixes to round off cattle on the veld or in the feedlot. Pannar’s Majoris

white oats cultivar produces substantial volume and can be ground or baled.

Produce more oats with Pannar

the Majoris

c u lt i var h a s

exceptional

rust resistance