Wisconsin Certified Seed

In the production of Wisconsin Certified seed, care is taken to protect varietal purity and to provide seed of sound mechanical quality. This is done through the following procedures:

Wisconsin Certified seed is produced directly from certified Foundation seed stocks supplied to the seed producers each year by the University of Wisconsin College of Agricultural and Life Sciences or other certified Foundation seed stock sources.

Seed production fields are inspected for varietal purity, isolation and freedom from severe weed problems. The seed, after conditioning, is sampled and laboratory tested for varietal and mechanical purity and germination.

Each bag of seed, which meets certification standards, is tagged with an official Certified seed label.

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Antigo

Wisconsin Certified Oat
Excellent test weight, being the single best variety in most trials with 40 and 42 lbs/bushel in the 2016 and 2017 Wisconsin State Trials and 39, 37, and 38 lbs/bushel in the regional Midwestern UEOPN trials during 2016, 2015, and 2014, respectively.
High yielding oats variety with 106 bushels/acre in the 3 year multi-location Wisconsin State Trials (2014, 2016, 2017). Average yield in the regional Midwestern UEOPN trials was 102, 127, 139 bushels/acre during 2016, 2015, 2014 respectively.
Early maturing variety with heading date 1 day later than Badger and 2 days earlier than Esker.
Average plant height of 35-38 inches in 2014-2017 Wisconsin State Trials
Moderately resistant to crown rust and showed low crown rust infection levels in most trials.
Good grain quality properties such as high dehulling efficiency (higher than 96%), an average groat percentage but high groat protein percent, groat protein yield, and groat oil percent
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Badger

Wisconsin Certified Oat
Badger Oats is a Wisconsin Certified Oat released from the University of Wisconsin in 2010.
Badger Oats is an early season oat with an average height of 37 inches in the Wisconsin State Trials.
Badger Oats has had consistently high grain yields and excellent test weight
Badger Oats has good barley yellow dwarf virus tolerance and very good crown rust resistance.
U.S. Plant Protected Variety (PVPA 1994)

Esker 2020

Esker 2020 was released by the University of Wisconsin Madison in 2019.
Improved version of Esker oats with superior yield potential, test weight and disease resistance
It is a high yielding oat line with performance in the top 10% for yield in the Midwest.
Medium maturity, medium tall plant
Very good crown rust resistance

Grain Yield (bu/A) Chart for the varieties listed below

Forage Plus

Forage Plus Oats is a high yielding forage oat developed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Forage Plus Oats has very high dry matter yield, acceptable forage quality and relatively low crude protein percentage.
During the early stages of development, Forage Plus grows slowly, which allows the alfalfa to get a good start before Forage Plus begins competing with the alfalfa.
Forage Plus Oats are a late-maturing oat.
Forage Plus Oats also has excellent crown rust resistance. Recommended cutting time is at early heading when the first spikelets are just beginning to emerge from the boot. Cutting can be made up to a week prior to heading, with a reduced, but still competitive dry matter yield. It is the ideal heifer and dry cow feed.
Forage Plus Oats should be harvested for maximum yield and quality at boot stage development. Harvesting to early will decrease yield but improves feed quality.

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