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beginning.  \nWith the coming of spring 2024 we had 4 oat lines in the Western Cooperative Oat Registration Trial (OT6039,40,41,42), new Alberta funding from the Results Driven Agricultural Research, and 7 oat research locations across the prairies.  \nThe 4 WCORT entries have among them the grain qualities that meet our goals, and the yield levels that will satisfy oat growers. In our visits to 7 WCORT locations around the prairies and we have seen good plant growth and hope now that, as the growing season performance is evaluated, we find success with at least one of our 4 oat lines.  \nOur work on oat kernel density will continue to be evaluated with a small group of advanced lines where we can directly compare our gravity table oat breeding selection performance. This continues our gravity table work and is helping to validate the effectiveness of gravity table selection. Gravity table pair comparisons are the means by which we are moving forward on the 55lb/bu oat.  \nFrom our New Zealand winter nursery, 240 oat lines came back to us out of the 300 that were sent. Those 300 were chosen from about 1,200 of 15,000 single plants from Manitoba and Alberta combined. The 240 lines are represented in subsets of single plots at 4 prairie locations in 2024. They all have been selected with the gravity table method and we have the opportunity this fall and winter to evaluate high-and lowdensity breeding categories.  \nWe already have the Oat Kernel Uniformity characteristic well in hand (blue curves on chart to the left) . Now we can easily compare and assess high physical grain quality of the “off the combine”experimental oat lines with competitor oat varieties (lower and brown curves on the chart to the left) .  \nIn order to expand our breeding evaluations and our search for higher yield we have selected, in 2023, some single experimental oat plants with awns and also with high levels of tertiary kernel development. This is a big change for us as breeders as we were formerly staying away from these characteristics. Now, these chosen plants with 􀁮 tertiaries + awns, 􀁯 tertiaries + no awns, and 􀁰 no tertiaries + awns, are among the 240 increased oat lines from New Zealand in the 2023/2024 winter that are being grown as full plots for detailed assessment. We have included these new characteristics as it is our intention to not limit any chance for high yield and density combinations or insights.  \nAlong with our work on oat kernels, in 2023 we selected many single oat plants from Manitoba that shattered less. In September 2023 at the Paterson research farm at Winnipeg, a chance opportunity, was created both by leaving hundreds of selected and tagged oat plants in the field, and receiving a strong wind storm there coming through before taking the plants off the field. This meant that we were able todo one final selection of those plants, before cutting stems, that held on to more seed in their panicles.  \nIt is important to note that in the latest Oat Scoop newsletter (June 2024), we have these two recorded statements from Oat Advantage:  \n“We are working to eliminate all the very small kernels in our oat varieties.”  \nWe have already accomplished a significant reduction in very small oat kernels in all of our oat varieties, and continue to press further in this direction. As a result, our oat varieties produce reactions like this from oat millers 􀃆 “We have never seen this before!” … and from seed growers  \n􀃆 “you saved us from purchasing a colour sorter…”.  \n“So, to summarize: one of our top goals is to produce heavier oats, but not by increasing the number of third kernels that fall through the standard industry sieve and we are making progress on that goal.”  \nThis is our goal, to produce heavier oats, and we are seeing progress toward it. At the same time, we have not yet seen a financial incentive from Oat millers for breeding and being ","cbCaibsRzeQ4f7os","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibsRzeQ4f7os","pdf",646574,"English","# August Report Overview\n## Trial Locations and Line Selection\n## Gravity Table Work and Density Evaluation\n## New Zealand Nursery Returns and 2024 Plot Assessments\n## Kernel Uniformity, Milling Outcomes, and Breeding Strategy\n## Low Hull Content, Bushel Weight, and Future Directions","[{\"question\":\"What is the main purpose of this August report?\",\"answer\":\"It summarizes progress in the Oat Advantage project during Year 4, including trial deployments, breeding evaluations, and performance insights toward heavier, higher-quality oats.\"},{\"question\":\"How is gravity table selection used in the breeding work?\",\"answer\":\"Advanced oat lines are compared using gravity-table oat breeding selection performance, and pair comparisons are used to validate effectiveness and support progress toward the 55lb/bu oat target.\"},{\"question\":\"What outcomes are emphasized regarding kernel quality and milling?\",\"answer\":\"The report focuses on producing heavier oats without increasing problematic thin-kernel fractions, improving oat kernel uniformity, and reducing very small kernels, which has prompted positive reactions from oat millers.\"}]","Prairie Oat Growers Association - August Report (Oat Advantage, Year 4) | PDF"]