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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 2:
Summary of Alfalfa Variety Performance in Ohio
Standard Trials - Insecticide Applied (values are yield as a percentage of the trial average)
Wooster South Charleston North Baltimore total avg all
Variety Marketer 06-09 07-09   2008-09   2009 site-yrs site yrs
4A421 Mycogen Seeds 100 12 101
4S417 Mycogen Seeds 107 1 107
53Q30 Pioneer Hi-Bred Int'l. 97           8 99
54Q32 Pioneer Hi-Bred Int'l.           101 1 101
54V46 Pioneer Hi-Bred Int'l. 99 100 23 101
55V12 Pioneer Hi-Bred Int'l. 102 1 102
55V48 Pioneer Hi-Bred Int'l.   104   111   101 6 106
6400HT Garst Seed Co. 97 102         27 101
6415 Garst Seed Co. 100 3 100
6417 Garst Seed Co. 105 2 105
64Q22 Garst Seed Co.           90 1 90
6552 Garst Seed Co.       97     2 97
A 4330 Producer's Choice 101 102 3 102
A 5225 Producer's Choice 99 3 99
Ameristand 403T America's Alfalfa           95 9 99
Ameristand 407TQ America's Alfalfa       101   99 3 101
Anchormate Central Farm & Garden 101 3 101
DKA 41-18 RR Monsanto 97 4 97
Everlast II Crop Protection Service         106 1 106
FSG 329 Farm Science Genetics           95 1 95
FSG 420 LH Farm Science Genetics 93 1 93
Genoa NK Brand Seeds 100 97 18 102
King Fisher 243 Byron Seeds           97 1 97
L-447-HD Legacy Seeds 101           4 101
PGI 459 Producer's Choice 99 2 99
Radiant HD Ampac Seed 109 1 109
Radiant-AM Ampac Seed 100           4 100
VERNAL Public 95 98   91   96 91 92
WL 335 RR Crop Protection Service 98 4 98
WL 343 HQ Crop Protection Service 98 97 97 95 10 97
WL 363 HQ Crop Protection Service     101   102 3 101
Trial Average Yield (annual tons/acre) 6.4 6.5 3.22a 2.8 -- --
Number of site years 4 3 2 1 -- --
a Total yield represents three harvest dates in 2009 at South Charleston