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Weather data summary for the 2011-growing season

Alfalfa Trials

Performance summary – Standard trials (insecticide applied)

South Charleston Ohio – 2008 Seeding

North Baltimore, Ohio – 2009 Seeding

Wooster, Ohio – 2010 Seeding

Potato Leafhopper Resistant Trials

South Charleston, Ohio – 2008 Seeding

Clover Trials

Red Clover - South Charleston, Ohio – 2010 Seeding

White Clover - South Charleston, Ohio – 2010 Seeding

Perennial Grass Trials

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

Annual Grass Trials

Annual Ryegrass Variety Trial – South Charleston, Ohio – 2010 Fall Seeding

Annual Ryegrass Variety Trial – South Charleston, Ohio – 2011 Fall Seeding

Address of Marketers

Download files of yield data for 2011:

All Yield Trials - PDF for Printing

Alfalfa Yield Trials - Excel

Clover Yield Trials - Excel

Grass Yield Trials - Excel

Forage Variety Trials in Other States

Forage Quality and Disease Information from Wisconsin and Minnesota

 

2011 Ohio Forage Performance Trials

Table 10:
Annual Ryegrass Variety Trial
Ohio, South Charleston, Sown 9-9-2010
Total Relative
Variety Marketers 10-May 8-Jun 29-Jun 2011 Yield
 ------------- Tons Dry Matter/Acre -------------- % mean
Barmultra II Barenbrug USA 2.56 2.06 1.07 5.74 111
TAMTBO Oregon Seeds Inc. 2.67 2.01 0.71 5.36 104
Barextra Barenbrug USA 2.24 1.94 0.99 5.14 99
Winterhawk Oregon Seeds Inc. 2.61 1.78 0.56 4.93 95
Marshall Wax Seed Co. 2.13 1.92 0.57 4.66 90
Mean 2.44 1.94 0.78 5.17 --
LSD 0.05 ns 0.13 0.20 0.61 --
CV %   11.9 4.3 16.0 7.7 --
Establishment: Seeded with a Hege 3-point hitch drill with presswheels at 20 lb/a. 
Plot size: 4' x 20' , 7' alleys and borders, RCBD with four reps.
Soil type / analysis: Crosby silt loam, pH=6.1, P=98 lbs/a, K=394lbs/a, CEC=19.4, O.M.=3.1,(10/10).
2010 Fertilization: Applied 50 lb/a of 34-0-0 incorporated pior to seeding.
2011 Fertilization: Appplied 100 lb/a of 34-0-0 29-March, 50 lb/a on 12-May and 10-July.