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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 11:
Annual Ryegrass Variety Trial
Ohio, South Charleston, Sown 9-9-2011
Relative
Variety Marketers 11-Nov Yield
 -- Tons Dry Matter/Acre -- % mean
Verdure Smith Seed Services 0.40 142
ORWH-11* Not marketed as of 1 Nov. 0.36 130
PS-Lm-09-2* Not marketed as of 1 Nov. 0.33 119
TAMTBO Oregon Seeds 0.33 116
ORWHTAR-11* Not marketed as of 1 Nov. 0.32 115
Max Pickseed USA 0.30 107
Maximo Pickseed USA 0.30 107
Winterhawk Oregon Seeds 0.29 102
PS-AR-09-1* Not marketed as of 1 Nov. 0.23 83
B-10.0960 Saddle Butte AG 0.13 46
Ed Smith Seed Services 0.09 32
Mean 0.28 --
LSD 0.05 0.16 --
CV %   38.5 --
* Variety tested using experimental seed that may not give performance identical to that of commercially available seed. 
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).
2011 Fertilization: Appplied 100 lb/a of 46-0-0  4 - October.