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How to increase oat yield

High oat yields come from achieving the correct leaf and shoot numbers, maintaining a green leaf canopy, increasing grain numbers/head and grain size.A balanced crop nutrition program including all macro and micro nutrients is essential to help manage all of these components.

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Winter oats fertiliser programmes

Provides all the essential crop nutrients for a healthy crop of winter oats

Spring oats fertiliser programme

Provides all the essential crop nutrients for a healthy crop of spring oats

Check if your oats have a nutrient deficiency

Identify and diagnose if your oats are suffering from nutrient deficiencies and learn how to control or correct the deficiency. Choose a nutrient below to learn more about the symptoms of its deficiency in cereals and its effect on crop growth and development.

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Improve your farm's nitrogen fertiliser efficiency

Improving nitrogen fertiliser efficiency is one way your farm can become more productive, profitable and sustainable. Try our quiz to find out how you can improve your farm's nitrogen fertiliser efficiency.

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How to maintain oat green leaf canopy

Key to achieving high oat yields is to maintain the green leaf area right through to the final grain filling period, capturing as much of the incident light as possible and converting it to yield.

How to increase oat grain numbers

Grain number is a function of the number of fertile shoots per unit area and the number of grains per head. The main impact of nutrition is on this is on the numbers of grains per head.

How to influence oat quality with nutrition

Achieving the required quality targets for oats can greatly affect the value of the harvested crop.

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Agronomy advice related to oats

Foliar phosphate – energising cereal crops for spring growth

Many cereal crops struggle to get moving in early spring due to low phosphorus levels as a result of low phosphate availability. Giving these crops a quick 'energy boost' from foliar phosphate is the best way to get them started.

Foliar phosphate and zinc – let crops make better use of nitrogen

Let crops make better use of limited nitrogen

A poor or compromised root system, caused by phosphate deficiency will not allow plants to make the best use of limited nitrogen. Giving crops a boost from foliar phosphate together with zinc is the best way to build a big and healthy root system.

Managing crop stress under cold and dry conditions

When frost and dry conditions combine to put abiotic stresses onto crops it is worthwhile considering the use of biostimulants such as YaraVita Biotrac which have been developed to alleviate stress.

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How to make better informed nutrient decisions

Yara has developed various tools and services to help farmers make the correct nutritional decisions and maximise their return on investment in fertiliser. Here is your cereal crop toolbox!

N-Sensor - to variably apply nitrogen

N-Tester - to measure leaf nitrogen

ImageIT - for gai based nitrogen recommendations

Leaf analysis - to identify nutrient deficiencies

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