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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
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2011 Ohio Forage Performance Trials
Table 9: |
Tall
Fescue Variety Trial |
Ohio,
South Charleston, Sown 4-23-2008 |
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Total |
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Relative |
Variety |
Marketer |
31-May |
29-Jun |
14-Sep |
11-Nov |
2011 |
2010 |
2009 |
2009-11 |
Yield |
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Tons Dry Matter/Acre ----------------------- |
% mean |
Brutus |
Saddle Butte Ag. |
2.36 |
0.63 |
1.24 |
0.64 |
4.94 |
5.30 |
4.75 |
14.59 |
105 |
KY31 E- |
Public |
2.18 |
0.61 |
1.17 |
0.58 |
4.67 |
5.12 |
4.54 |
14.09 |
101 |
IS-79/9901 |
DLF International |
2.22 |
0.55 |
1.26 |
0.80 |
4.75 |
4.73 |
4.17 |
13.88 |
100 |
Bronson |
Ampac Seed |
2.56 |
0.68 |
1.26 |
0.74 |
5.22 |
5.18 |
3.44 |
13.84 |
100 |
TF 0201* |
Winfield Solutions |
2.11 |
0.64 |
1.23 |
0.43 |
4.30 |
4.93 |
4.39 |
13.75 |
99 |
KY31 E+ |
Public |
2.24 |
0.60 |
1.20 |
0.53 |
4.61 |
4.67 |
4.12 |
13.75 |
99 |
IS-FTF-31* |
DLF International |
2.17 |
0.60 |
1.17 |
0.58 |
4.46 |
4.71 |
4.24 |
13.32 |
96 |
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Mean |
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2.26 |
0.62 |
1.22 |
0.61 |
4.71 |
4.95 |
4.24 |
13.89 |
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LSD 0.05 |
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ns |
0.15 |
ns |
ns |
ns |
0.47 |
ns |
ns |
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CV % |
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13.9 |
16.7 |
13.8 |
26.4 |
10.2 |
6.4 |
13.86 |
6.48 |
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* Variety tested using experimental seed that may not give performance
identical to that of commercially available seed. |
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Establishment: |
Seeded with
a Hege 3-point hitch drill with presswheels at 16 lb/a. |
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Plot size: |
4' x 20' ,
7' alleys and borders, RCBD with four reps. |
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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). |
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2011 Fertilization: |
Applied 200
lb/a of 34-0-0 25-March, 150 lb/a on 1-June, 2-July and 17-September. |
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