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Weather data summary for the 2006-growing season

Alfalfa Trials

Performance summary – Standard trials (insecticide applied)

South Charleston, Ohio – 2003 Seeding

Wooster, Ohio – 2003 Seeding

North Baltimore, Ohio – 2004 Seeding

Jackson, Ohio –2004 Seeding

South Charleston, Ohio – 2005 Seeding

Wooster, Ohio – 2006 Seeding

Potato Leafhopper Resistant Trials

South Charleston, Ohio and Ames, Iowa – 2006 Seeding

South Charleston, Ohio and Ames, Iowa – 2005 Seeding

Red Clover Trial

S. Charleston, Ohio - 2006 Seeding.

Perennial Grass Trials

Orchardgrass Variety Trial – South Charleston, Ohio – 2003 Seeding

Orchardgrass Variety Trial – South Charleston, Ohio – 2006 Seeding

Annual Ryegrass Variety Trial – South Charleston, Ohio – 2005 Seeding

Annual Ryegrass Variety Trial – South Charleston, Ohio – 2006 Fall Seeding

Tall Fescue Variety Trial – Jackson, Ohio – 2004 Seeding

Perennial Ryegrass Variety Trial – South Charleston, Ohio –2005 Seeding

Address of Marketers

Download files of yield data for 2006:

All Yield Trials - PDF for Printing

Alfalfa Yield Trials - Excel

Grass Yield Trial - Excel

Red Clover Yield Trial - Excel

Forage Variety Trials in Other States

Forage Quality and Disease Information from Wisconsin and Minnesota

2006 Ohio Forage Performance Trials

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Alfalfa Variety Trial - Ohio, Wooster, Sown 4-24-2003.

Variety	2006	2005	2004	2003	2003-06	2003-06	% Stand
Variety	---- Tons Dry Matter/Acre ----					% Mean	10/18/05
FSG 505	7.19	7.80	7.01	2.98	24.98	102	82
Hybri Force 420/wet	7.25	7.60	7.02	3.10	24.96	101	81
Alfa Star II	7.15	7.82	6.83	3.11	24.91	101	80
Reward II	7.04	7.89	6.86	3.09	24.87	101	77
Evermore	7.13	7.74	6.91	3.08	24.86	101	82
6420	7.11	7.57	6.90	3.25	24.83	101	80
FSG 351	7.17	7.51	6.92	3.09	24.70	100	84
54V46	7.20	7.39	6.97	3.12	24.69	100	87
WL 357 HQ	6.94	7.56	7.22	2.97	24.69	100	83
L-311	6.89	7.89	6.83	3.07	24.68	100	81
4A421	7.00	7.56	7.14	2.93	24.63	100	81
6400 HT	6.97	7.66	6.88	3.11	24.62	100	78
Power 4.2	7.09	7.75	6.83	2.94	24.61	100	81
54Q25	6.93	7.80	6.83	2.94	24.51	100	80
WL 348 AP	6.91	7.77	6.72	3.08	24.48	100	76
54H91	6.88	7.66	6.92	2.96	24.42	99	70
Feast + EV	7.12	7.62	6.72	2.94	24.40	99	72
Winter Gold	6.84	7.72	6.75	3.08	24.39	99	79
GH 744	6.87	7.48	6.88	3.15	24.38	99	83
54V54	6.81	7.58	6.93	2.96	24.28	99	79
FSG 406	6.83	7.44	6.82	3.02	24.11	98	80
Regal	6.91	7.34	6.72	3.06	24.03	98	80
Vernal	6.89	7.76	6.31	2.78	23.74	97	53
Mean	7.02	7.65	6.89	3.04	24.60	--	79
LSD (0.05)	ns	ns	0.33	0.21	0.80	--	5.76
CV %	4.30	3.50	3.40	4.80	2.40	--	2.60
Establishment:	Seeded with a Hege 3-point hitch drill with presswheels at 16 lb/a. Eptam applied PPI at 2qt/a.
Soil type and analysis:	Riddles silt loam, pH = 6.5, P = 74 lb/a, K = 246 lb/a, CEC = 9.3, O.M. = 9.3 (10/05).
2006 Fertilization:	Applied 160 lb/a. of 0-0-60 on 1-June-2006.
2006 Pest control:	Insecticide was applied 8-June, 14-July, and 18-August for potato leafhopper control.

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