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Descriptions of U.S. Recommended Varieties
Early Season

Badger — Badger is an early season, yellow hulled oat developed at the University of Wisconsin. It has the same
heading date as Dane and is two days earlier than Kame. Badger has had consistently high grain yields and excellent
test weight compared to other early season oat. Lodging percentage is fair to good and about equal to Vista. Badger
is one inch shorter than Kame. Badger has some barley yellow dwarf virus tolerance and is susceptible to crown rust.
Colt — A white hulled oat developed at South Dakota State University and when compared to the older University
of Illinois variety ‘Don,’ has superior grain yield, test weight, protein percentage, and groat percentage. The disease
ratings include: resistance to smut, susceptible to crown
rust, and moderately susceptible to BYDV. Colt also has a
short-to-medium plant height and a very early maturity. It is a
multi-purpose variety that may be used for companion crop,
multi-cropping, and/or harvesting for grain.
Excel — Medium early maturity, high yielding, medium height
and strong straw strength. Ivory yellow seed, with good test
weight and groat percentage. Excel is moderately susceptible
to crown rust and loose smut. It has good tolerance to yellow
dwarf viruses and is susceptible to stem rust. Selected at Purdue Agricultural Experiment Station and released in 2007.
Saber — The pedigree of Saber is ‘Tack’/’Spurs’. Tack and
Spurs are both spring oat cultivars developed and released by the University of Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station. Saber is a yellow hulled oat selected and released based on its combination of excellent yield, high test weight,
and tolerance to Barley yellow dwarf virus when compared to other early oats.
Spurs — An oat variety released by the Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station. This variety has high yield potential
combined with good test weight and tan to white kernel color. Spurs is moderately early and has moderately short
plant type. The barley yellow dwarf virus tolerance and crown rust resistance of Spurs is similar to Blaze.
Tack — A spring oat variety adapted to the Midwestern U.S. and released by the Ill. Ag. Exp. Station. It is a tan-seeded variety very good yield potential with exceptionally high test weight for an early season oat. It exhibits good barley
yellow dwarf virus tolerance and has reduced crown rust resistance. Lodging resistance is similar to Ogle.

Medium Season

Beta Gene — Beta-Gene is a high yielding oat developed by the University of Wisconsin. It has good straw strength
and a stature that is similar to t