The Oat Varietal Classification Technical Committee (OTC) comprises oat technical experts and is an independent sub-committee of Grains Australia.
Australian oat experts that have been appointed to the OTC are as follows:
Chris Maughan – Manager Agro Sustainability & Oat Strategy APAC, PepsiCo
Sabori Mitra – Senior Research Scientist – Oats, AEGIC
John Pitcher – Senior Research and Development Manager at Uncle Tobys/Nestlé
Michael Vaccari – General Manager Commercial, Essantis
Meeting Calender
| February 2024 |
| June 2024 |
| 7 November 2024 |
This committee meets regularly to consider applications for classification and is tasked with assessing the milling quality of oat varieties against the technical requirements of milling, as outlined in the Oat Varietal Classification Framework.