Cultivating Oat for FoodLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

The purpose of the course
After attending this course, you will know how to grow food oats or, alternatively, another crop as a food raw material. The aim is to try the cultivation of a crop in practice.

Course competencies
agricultural know-how

Course competence
You control the most important things about growing oats in Finland. You know the effect of growth factors on oat growth. You know how to choose the best oat varieties for your own cultivation and you know the importance of seed quality in the production of food oats. You know how to create a working crop cycle for oats. You can make a suitable fertilization and plant protection plan for oats. You understand the role of head blight in the quality risk of food oats and know how to list head blight management tools. You know the growth rates of oats and the associated cultivation procedures. You know the machines and stages of oat cultivation. You know the basics of IPM farming as well as Organic farming. You know the factors that affect the production costs of oat growing. Or when you get acquainted with an alternative plant, the above information about that plant corresponds.

Content

oat for food use - growth factors - drying of fields - liming of fields - basics of fertilization - basics of plant protection - cereal production machinery - crop rotation - oat varieties - head blight - growth rates of oats - production cost - organic farming - IPM cultivation

Qualifications

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Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The course is successfully completed when you have shown that you have mastered the most important things about growing food oats in Finland. In addition, you know the effect of growth factors on oat growth and the importance of seed quality in food oat production. You can choose the best oat varieties for your own cultivation and create a working crop rotation for oats. You can make a suitable fertilization and plant protection plan for oats. You understand the role of red molds in the quality risk of food oats and know how to list red mold management tools. You know the growth rates of oats and the related cultivation procedures, as well as the working machines and stages of oat cultivation. You know the basics of IPM farming as well as Organic farming. You know the factors that affect the production costs of oat growing. Or after choosing an alternative plant, you have similar information about that plant.

Further information

The crops yield produced in this course can be further processed into a product in the course Maataloustuotteiden jatkojalostus (LMSV0200).