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Weather data summary for the 2009-growing season

Alfalfa Trials

Performance summary – Standard trials (insecticide applied)

Wooster, Ohio – 2006 Seeding

Wooster, Ohio – 2007 Seeding

South Charleston, Ohio – 2008 Seeding

North Baltimore, Ohio – 2009 Seeding

Potato Leafhopper Resistant Trials

South Charleston, Ohio – 2008 Seeding

Perennial Grass Trials

Orchardgrass Variety Trial – South Charleston, Ohio – 2006 Seeding

Tall Fescue Variety Trial – South Charleston, Ohio – 2008 Seeding

Annual Grass Trials

Annual Ryegrass Variety Trial – South Charleston, Ohio – 2008 Fall Seeding

Teff Variety Trial – South Charleston, Ohio – 2009 Seeding

Address of Marketers

Download files of yield data for 2009:

All Yield Trials - PDF for Printing

Alfalfa Yield Trials - Excel

Perennial Grass Yield Trial - Excel

Annual Grass Yield Trial - Excel

Forage Variety Trials in Other States

Forage Quality and Disease Information from Wisconsin and Minnesota

 

2009 Ohio Forage Performance Trials

Table 1:
Weather 2009
                 
      Wooster             S. Charleston          N. Baltimore     Jackson
Month Total DFA* Total DFA* Total DFA* Total DFA*
--------------------------------------Precipitation (inches of rainfall)--------------------------------------------
total DFA total DFA total DFA total DFA
Apr 3.36 0.06 2.24 -1.76 3.55 0.25 3.98 0.18
May 3.19 -0.71 2.10 -2.50 1.50 -1.90 4.99 0.79
June 3.74 -0.16 4.74 0.54 3.38 -0.22 2.30 -1.40
July 2.90 -1.20 5.50 1.40 2.37 -1.43 6.32 1.92
Aug 5.87 2.27 2.38 -1.12 1.58 -1.22 2.18 -1.42
Sept 2.61 -0.49 3.60 0.60 2.05 -0.65 2.34 -0.76
Oct 3.36 1.06 5.07 2.77 4.23 1.93 3.43 1.03
Total 25.03 0.83 23.39 1.69 18.66 -3.24 25.54 0.34
            --------------------------------------Average Daily Temperature (°F)-------------------------------------------
Apr 50.4 -2.3 51.9 0.9 51.4 2.5 53.4 1.0
May 60.3 1.8 62.9 1.5 62.8 3.0 62.5 0.8
June 67.2 -0.4 70.5 0.2 71.3 1.8 40.1 0.2
July 67.5 -4.0 68.7 -5.1 70.9 -1.9 68.9 -4.6
Aug 69.6 -0.3 69.7 -2.3 73.6 3.0 71.0 -1.2
Sept 62.6 -0.8 64.4 -0.8 66.9 2.9 64.8 -0.4
Oct 49.1 -3.0 50.4 -3.5 52.5 0.0 50.4 -3.2
                 
*DFA = departure from long-term average