This is an improved forage oat which is an oat that is bred for palatability, sweet flavor, high protein and increased dry matter yield. All of these characteristics are valuable to wildlife as well as livestock. These oats have proven to be disease resistant. Foraging or harvesting MCD oats before it enters the “boot” stage where the plant begins to develop its seed head, provides wildlife/livestock a very, high protein feed with a sweet flavor that foraging animals are attracted to.