Our seed oat varieties for the 2026 growing season include the following:

  • Reins ~ Early; High yield; Moderate height; Tan

Released in 2015, Reins is an early maturing oat developed by the University of Illinois AES.  Reins is resistant to loose smut, tolerant to barley yellow dwarf virus, moderately resistant to moderately susceptible to crown rust.  As long as it has been tested in the University of Illinois Oat Drill Plots, Reins has ranked at or near the top for yield, test weight and lodging [resistance], and was the among the shortest and earliest heading varieties.  Reins is a U.S. Protected Variety (PVPA 94).

  • Saddle ~ Early; White Hull; High Yield; Strong Straw

Released by SDSU in 2017, Saddle is an early maturing, high yielding, short, white-hulled oat with good lodging resistance.  It is stated to have resistance to smut and crown rust and tolerance to Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus.  Saddle oats are protected under the Plant Variety Protection Act (PVPA 94) – Title V.  Seed of this variety can only be sold by variety name as a class of certified seed – No saleable Registered Class.

  • Rushmore ~ Med-Late maturity; Tall; High yield

Rushmore oat is a white-hulled, spring oat developed by the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (SDAES) and released in 2019. The line was tested as SD140515 with the pedigree of SD80015/SD0070110/SD060130. Rushmore is a medium-late maturing line, heading about 1 day earlier than Hayden. Rushmore is similar in height to Hayden with better lodging resistance. Rushmore has high yield potential and good test weight.  Rushmore is resistant to moderately resistant to crown rust. The variety is moderately resistant to BYDV and smut.  Rushmore is a U.S. Protected Variety (PVPA 94).

  • Mink ~ High Yield & Test Weight; Medium Maturity

Mink is a high yielding oat line with above average performance for yield in the Midwest.  It has a medium to high test weight, being in the top 25% with a three-year average above 38 lbs/bu in most locations evaluated in the WI State Trials. Mink has an intermediate flowering time with an
average plant height. It is in the top of lines with lodging less than average. It is resistant to crown rust and showed medium to low crown rust infection levels in most trials. Mink is most similar to the previously existing cultivar Esker with similar heading date and plant characteristics such as de-hulling efficiency. However, Mink is superior to Esker in grain yield, test weight, lodging, and disease resistance. Mink is a U.S. Protected Variety (PVPA 94).

  • SD Momentum ~ Dual Purpose Late Maturity; Tall; High yield

Released in 2023 by the South Dakota State University as an alternative to Goliath, Momentum is a higher-yielding, late maturing variety with good straw strength.  It has good crown rust resistance and excellent smut resistance.  While similar to Goliath in maturity, it has out-performed it in yield & lodging resistant.  Because of its late maturity and tall stature, Momentum produces high dry matter yield when harvested as forage.  Momentum is considered as an acceptable milling variety. Momentum is a U.S. Protected Variety (PVPA 94).

  • M-120 Forage Oat ~ Very Late maturity; Very Tall; Forage production

It is a late maturing forage oat that has good leaf rust resistance. M-120 oats is a high tonnage forage oat that has out yielded Jerry and Loyal on tons per acre. It is a tall variety with a wide leaf for those extra tons per acre.  This variety is best suited for forage production.