Brooks Oats Variety Description
Brooks is a medium early Oat variety released by the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service. It has medium height, excellent yield, and fair lodging resistance. It has good winter hardiness. Brooks has tolerance to barley yellow dwarf virus and good resistance to soil borne Mosaic. It has poor resistance to Crown rust. This variety offers a new level of overall protein production; data indicates at least 25% advantage in pounds of protein per acre over most other varieties. Good smut resistance.
County Name,
City Telephone # Class
Amelia Featherstone
Farm Seed, Amelia 804-561-3754 QA
Charles City Renwood
Farms, Inc., Charles
City 804-829-2450 R C
Mecklenburg Sandy
Fork Fertilizer, LLC, Buffalo
Junction 434-265-6581 R C
Pittsylvania Hill
View Farms, Inc., Danville 434-770-9311 R C