Wholecrop oats yields

[Brisel]

There might be an AD plant set up locally & I would grow a break crop in an arable rotation for them. I do have a blackgrass problem.

Maize is not an option due to a game shoot on the farm I run. Rye is a delicacy for the French partridge, as we've found out in the past! Rye isn't a take all break either.

Wholecrop winter oats look like the next best option as a 1 year break before looking at a grass & legume ley down for longer.

What kind of yields would you budget for, fresh weight? Thin Cotswold brash soils on long term arable, so not top yielding.

 

[harperfarmer]

There might be an AD plant set up locally & I would grow a break crop in an arable rotation for them. I do have a blackgrass problem.

Maize is not an option due to a game shoot on the farm I run. Rye is a delicacy for the French partridge, as we've found out in the past! Rye isn't a take all break either.

Wholecrop winter oats look like the next best option as a 1 year break before looking at a grass & legume ley down for longer.

What kind of yields would you budget for, fresh weight? Thin Cotswold brash soils on long term arable, so not top yielding.

If you have a black grass problem oats will only exacerbate it. But taking it off as whole crop will help I suppose. We are on medium clay loams, winter sown I'd expect to average 12-15t/acre (biggest crop we've had did 17t @40%DM) and spring more like 7-10t/acre. Freshweight @35%DM. If thinner brasher soils then I guess knock a couple of tonnes off those guidelines.