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Weather data summary for the 2008-growing season
Alfalfa Trials
Performance summary – Standard trials (insecticide
applied)
South Charleston, Ohio – 2005 Seeding
Wooster, Ohio – 2006 Seeding
Wooster, Ohio –
2007 Seeding
South Charleston, Ohio – 2008 Seeding
Jackson, Ohio – 2004 Seeding
Potato Leafhopper Resistant Trials
South Charleston,
Ohio – 2008 Seeding
Red Clover Trial
S. Charleston, Ohio
- 2006 Seeding.
Perennial
Grass Trials
Orchardgrass Variety Trial – South Charleston,
Ohio – 2006 Seeding
Tall Fescue Variety Trial – Jackson, Ohio – 2004
Seeding
Perennial Ryegrass Variety Trial – South
Charleston, Ohio –2005 Seeding
Annual
Grass Trials
Annual Ryegrass Variety Trial – South Charleston,
Ohio – 2007 Fall Seeding
Teff Variety Trial – South Charleston,
Ohio – 2008 Seeding
Sorghum - Sudan Variety Trial – South Charleston,
Ohio – 2008 Seeding
Forage Sorghum Variety Trial – South Charleston,
Ohio – 2008 Seeding
Address of Marketers
Download files of yield data for 2008:
All Yield Trials - PDF
for Printing
Alfalfa Yield
Trials - Excel
Perennial Grass Yield Trial -
Excel
Annual Grass Yield Trial -
Excel
Red Clover Yield
Trial - Excel
Forage Variety Trials in Other States
Forage Quality and Disease Information from
Wisconsin and Minnesota
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2008 Ohio Forage Performance Trials
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Table 12: |
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Perennial Ryegrass Variety Trial |
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South Charleston, Sown 4-14-2005 |
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Total |
Relative |
| Variety |
Marketer |
2008 |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
2005-08 |
Yield |
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% mean |
| Peruna |
Byron Seeds |
2.95 |
2.83 |
8.67 |
1.84 |
16.47 |
138 |
| Aubisque |
Seed Solutions |
2.43 |
2.32 |
6.26 |
1.01 |
11.98 |
101 |
| Mathilde |
DLF International |
2.54 |
1.87 |
6.06 |
1.22 |
11.64 |
98 |
| Respect |
Doeblers P.A. Hybrids |
2.28 |
1.94 |
5.47 |
0.87 |
10.50 |
88 |
| Portia |
DLF International |
2.40 |
1.75 |
4.87 |
1.00 |
9.87 |
83 |
| CSBF 124a |
Saddle Butte Ag |
0.02 |
0.00 |
3.70 |
1.26 |
4.60 |
39 |
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| Mean |
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2.39 |
2.00 |
6.30 |
1.23 |
11.92 |
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| LSD 0.05 |
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0.47 |
0.72 |
0.85 |
0.36 |
1.52 |
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| CV % |
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13 |
24 |
9 |
20 |
9 |
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a Varieties are festuloliums
-- variety CSBF 124 did not survive the 2006 winter. |
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** Note** Maturity on 20-May was vegetative ( 1 ). |
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** Note** there were only 3 harvest this year due to
the drought. |
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| Establishment: |
Seeded with a Hege 3-point hitch drill with presswheels at 20 lb/a. |
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| Plot size: |
4' x 20' , 7'
alleys and borders, RCBD with four reps. |
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Soil type / analysis: |
Crosby silt
loam, pH=6.1, P=98 lbs/a, K=394lbs/a, CEC=19.4, O.M.=3.1,(10/07). |
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2008 Fertilization: |
Applied 200
lb/a of 34-0-0 4-April, 150 lb/a was applied on 24-May and 26-June |
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