Avena strigosa

• Annual cereal

• Suppress weeds - quick to grow out-competes weeds

• Nurse crop or companion crop with legumes

• Prevents erosion

• Scavenges excess nutrients - excess N, P and K

• Thinner Husk than White Oat

Oat grain

• Black oats share the same attributes as white oats

• The husk of the black oat is thinner than white and more easily digested by a horse 

• Low digestible energy value and higher fibre content than other cereal grains