Oats

The Western Australian oat industry generates about $540 million for the state economy each year through the production of milling oats for human consumption and feed oats and about $225 million per year in oaten hay for livestock production.

The major markets for Australian milling oats are China, Mexico, India and Japan.

Western Australian feed oats are well received by international markets, particularly the growing Middle Eastern and Japanese race horse industries.

WA produces about 40% of Australia's export hay – most of which is sent to Taiwan, Japan and South Korea to support their dairy industry. 

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development is a partner within the National Oat Breeding Program, which is responsible for breeding and developing new oat grain and hay varieties with superior quality. 

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  • Western Australian oat industry

    1 November 2013

    The oat industry delivers nearly $200 million to the state economy each year through oats for human consumption and feed.

  • Rows of windrowed hay in paddocks ready for baling

    Oats: hay quality for export and domestic markets

    29 November 2013

    The oaten hay market in Western Australia has developed significantly in recent years.

  • An eye level picture of a green oat crop with pannicles fully emerged. The foreground is focussed on pannicles.

    Oats: essentials

    1 November 2013

    Oats in Western Australia are grown for grain, hay, grazing or silage. Each year between 250 000 and 350 000 hectares are sown for grain production, and 113 000 hectares for hay production.

  • Patches of pale stunted wilted plants

    Diagnosing manganese deficiency in oats

    19 June 2015

    Oats are very susceptible to manganese (Mn) deficiency, which produces a condition called 'grey speck'.

  • Oat plants showing symptoms of acute phosphorous deficiency including necosis moving down from old leaf tip

    Diagnosing phosphorus deficiency in oats

    19 June 2015

    Nearly all soils in Western Australia are phosphorus deficient in their natural state but the continual use of phosphorus fertiliser means acute deficiency in broadacre crops is rare, with the exce

  • CSBP oat nutrition trial showing oat crop with symptoms of potassium deficiency

    Diagnosing potassium deficiency in oats

    22 June 2015

    Potassium is required for photosynthesis, transport of sugars, enzyme activation and controlling water balance within plant cells.

  • Smaller paler plants with fewer tillers

    Diagnosing nitrogen deficiency in oats

    19 June 2015

    Nitrogen deficiency is the most common nutrient deficiency in oats especially during cold, wet conditions and in well-drained soils in high rainfall areas.

     

  • Young leaves turn pale green and wilted, then die back from the tip

    Diagnosing copper deficiency in oats

    19 June 2015

    Most soils in Western Australia were copper deficient in their natural state.

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