Product Used: Outback Forage Oats
Mr Hann planted Outback forage oats, it was pre-watered and then was able to be grazed three times over the winter period with agistment dairy cows and some beef cattle. Mr Hann then locked the area up for silage and produced a mountain of forage from the crop. The Outback oats yielded just below 44 rolls of silage per hectare with each roll estimated at 650 kilograms in weight. “There were massive windrows. The bales were basically sitting on top of each other.” After the silage was taken from the area the oats produced a further three grazings into the late spring and summer period. “It is tough stuff,” Mr Hann said. “It only received one water.”
Ron Hann, Lockington, Victoria
