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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 14: |
| Teff
Variety Trial |
| Ohio,
South Charleston, Sown 6-12-2008 |
| Variety |
Marketer |
21-Jul |
18-Aug |
25-Sep |
Total |
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--------------------- Tons Dry
Matter/Acre --------------------- |
| Tiffany |
Gries Seed Farm |
1.33 |
1.20 |
0.79 |
3.33 |
| VA-T1 (Brown) |
Hankins Seed |
1.37 |
1.15 |
0.76 |
3.28 |
| Dessie |
Allied Seed |
1.30 |
1.22 |
0.72 |
3.24 |
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| Mean |
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1.33 |
1.19 |
0.75 |
3.28 |
| LSD 0.05 |
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ns |
ns |
ns |
ns |
| CV % |
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2 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
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ns = no significant difference among varieties |
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| Establishment: |
Seeded with a Hege 3-point hitch drill with presswheels at 5 lb/a. |
| 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=100 lbs/a, K=402 lbs/a, CEC=19.4, O.M.=3.1,(10/07). |
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2008 Fertility: |
200 lb/a of
0-46-0 and 500 lb/a of 0-0-60, 2 ton of lime in March. |
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130 lb/a of
46-0-0 was applied prior to planting. |
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