{"id":2871,"date":"2013-06-07T18:52:40","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T10:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/?p=2871"},"modified":"2013-06-10T18:55:38","modified_gmt":"2013-06-10T10:55:38","slug":"sowing-our-oats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/07\/sowing-our-oats\/","title":{"rendered":"Sowing our Oats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/2013-06-07-16.10.42.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2822\" alt=\"2013-06-07 16.10.42\" src=\"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/2013-06-07-16.10.42-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/2013-06-07-16.10.42-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/2013-06-07-16.10.42.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>We have sown Swan oats for hay over the last couple of years and this year we decided to try a different variety. \u00a0We were going to sow <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agric.wa.gov.au\/PC_92043.html?s=0\" target=\"_blank\">Carrolup<\/a>,\u00a0the most popular dual purpose oats in WA (milling or hay), but our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crt.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">local blokes at CRT\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0couldn&#8217;t get any in. \u00a0We ended up with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agric.wa.gov.au\/objtwr\/imported_assets\/content\/fcp\/cer\/oat\/v\/oat_variety_guide_wa2008.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">winjardie oats<\/a>\u00a0a\u00a0late maturing, high yielding variety which is often grown for the export hay market (unlike Swan). \u00a0It is shorter than Swan, but is\u00a0usually sown in lower rainfall areas, so it will be interesting to see how it develops.\u00a0It is also susceptible to rust which we were hoping to avoid this year.<\/p>\n<p>It is sown at 100-110 kg\/ha, so we squeezed 150kg<a href=\"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/2013-06-07-16.16.32.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2821\" alt=\"oats\" src=\"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/2013-06-07-16.16.32-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/2013-06-07-16.16.32-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/2013-06-07-16.16.32.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> into the super spreader and I trundled off. \u00a0I am always cautious with opening the feed gate to the spreader as I can go round twice to get the right coverage, but if I drop the whole batch on the first circuit, it is an expensive mistake. \u00a0 I opened the gate a bit more on the second loop and got a good even coverage across the whole paddock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We 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