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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
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		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
 
 
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    | 2009 Ohio Forage Performance Trials
	
		
		
		
	
	
		| Table 6: |  
		| Alfalfa Variety Trial |  
		| Ohio, 
		North Baltimore, Sown 4-27-2009 |  
		|  |  |  | Total | Relative |  
		| Variety | 7-Jul | 21-Aug | 2009 | Yield |  
		| Released Cultivars: | --------------- Tons Dry 
		Matter/Acre -------------------- | % mean |  
		| Radiance HD | 1.11 | 1.93 | 3.04 | 109 |  
		| 4S417 | 1.31 | 1.67 | 2.98 | 107 |  
		| Everlast II | 1.39 | 1.58 | 2.97 | 106 |  
		| A 4330 | 1.29 | 1.57 | 2.86 | 102 |  
		| WL 363 HQ | 1.29 | 1.56 | 2.85 | 102 |  
		| 55V12 | 1.33 | 1.51 | 2.85 | 102 |  
		| 54Q32 | 1.35 | 1.48 | 2.83 | 101 |  
		| 55V48 | 1.27 | 1.55 | 2.82 | 101 |  
		| AmeriStand 407TQ | 1.22 | 1.55 | 2.77 | 99 |  
		| KingFisher 243 | 1.12 | 1.60 | 2.72 | 97 |  
		| Vernal | 1.12 | 1.55 | 2.67 | 96 |  
		| AmeriStand 403T | 1.28 | 1.38 | 2.66 | 95 |  
		| FSG 329 | 1.09 | 1.55 | 2.64 | 95 |  
		| WL 343 HQ | 1.14 | 1.50 | 2.64 | 95 |  
		| FSG 420 LH | 1.28 | 1.32 | 2.59 | 93 |  
		| 64Q22 | 1.04 | 1.49 | 2.52 | 90 |  
		|  |  |  |  |  |  
		| Mean | 1.24 | 1.56 | 2.79 | -- |  
		| LSD 0.05 | ns | 0.20 | ns | -- |  
		| CV % | 14.84 | 9.21 | 9.73 | -- |  
		|  |  |  |  |  |  
		| NOTE: Stand was 95% for all varieties |  |  |  |  
		|  |  |  |  |  |  
		| ns = no significant difference among varieties |  |  |  
		|  |  |  |  |  |  
		| Establishment: | Seeded with a Hege 3-point hitch drill with presswheels at 16 lb/a. |  
		| Plot size: | 4' x 20' , 
		15'alleys and borders, RCBD with four reps. |  |  
		| Soil type / 
		analysis: | Holtville 
		silt loam, pH=6.5, P=84 lbs/a, K=358lbs/a, CEC=15.8, O.M.=3.1, (10/07). |  
		| 2009 
		Fertilization: | 1 ton of 
		lime in July 2008 and 300# of 0-0-60 was applied in October 2009. |  
		| 2009 Pest 
		control: | Insecticide was applied on 25-June, 8-July, 21-August for potato 
		leafhopper control. |  
		|  | Herbicide was applied on 6-25-09 for weed control. |  |  |  |