Avena sativa OatStout, erect annual cereal up to 1 m high, widely distributed in temperate and subtropical climates. Used for grazing, hay and silage. Two cuttings possible from a well-grown field of oats. The first cutting often used for fodder and the crop then left for seed, resulting in delayed maturity and a lower grain yield. Can be grown with berseem or peas.
| | | | | | | As % of dry matter | | | | | | | | DM | CP | CF | Ash | EE | NFE | Ref | | | Fresh, 2 months, Israel | | 11.0 | 18.2 | 28.2 | 14.5 | 3.6 | 35.5 | 365 | | | Fresh, 3-4 months, Israel | 14.1 | 12.8 | 27.0 | 12.1 | 4.3 | 43.8 | " | | | Fresh, early bloom, Israel | 22.8 | 7.9 | 35.1 | 10.1 | 1.8 | 45.1 | " | | | Fresh, regrowth, 10 cm, Kenya | | 34.1 | 21.4 | 10.0 | 6.5 | 28.0 | 128 | | | Fresh, regrowth, 25 cm, Kenya | | 30.2 | 17.2 | 9.1 | 5.8 | 37.7 | " | | | Fresh, var. orientalis, Chile | 16.9 | 22.6 | 23.8 | 16.3 | 4.7 | 32.6 | 315 | | | Hay, milk stage, Zimbabwe | 82.6 | 10.8 | 30.6 | 6.4 | 3.9 | 48.3 | 499 | | | Hay, Chile | | | | 87.1 | 7.1 | 30.9 | 4.9 | 1.9 | 55.2 | 315 | | | Silage, United Kingdom | | 23.7 | 8.0 | 35.9 | 7.6 | 3.4 | 45.1 | 512 | | | Straw, Kenya | | | | | 5.3 | 38.0 | 10.2 | 1.4 | 45.1 | 416 | | | | | | | | | | Digestibility (%) | | | | | | | Animal | CP | CF | EE | NFE | ME | Ref | | | Fresh, 2 months | | Sheep | 74.0 | 58.0 | 70.0 | 63.0 | 2.18 | 365 | | | Fresh, 3-4 months | | Sheep | 73.0 | 55.0 | 67.0 | 63.0 | 2.16 | " | | | Fresh, early bloom | | Sheep | 67.0 | 58.0 | 67.0 | 63.0 | 2.08 | " | | | Hay | | | | | Cattle | 51.5 | 49.0 | 64.0 | 59.3 | 2.01 | 499 | | | Silage | | | | Sheep | 57.9 | 60.0 | 50.0 | 55.1 | 2.01 | 512 | | | Straw | | | | Sheep | 23.8 | 43.5 | 54.1 | 41.9 | 1.39 | 46 | | | | | |
References 46, 128, 315, 365, 416, 499, 512 Abstracts Cattle(334), Composition(15), Sheep(272) |  |
