Farmer’s Weekly – 23 August 2019

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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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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.

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