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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 9:
Tall Fescue Variety Trial
Ohio, South Charleston, Sown 4-23-2008
  Total   Relative
Variety Marketer 31-May 29-Jun 14-Sep 11-Nov 2011 2010 2009 2009-11 Yield
 --------------------- 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
Mean 2.26 0.62 1.22 0.61 4.71 4.95 4.24 13.89 --
LSD 0.05 ns 0.15 ns ns ns 0.47 ns ns --
CV %   13.9 16.7 13.8 26.4 10.2 6.4 13.86 6.48 --
* 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 16 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: Applied 200 lb/a of 34-0-0 25-March, 150 lb/a on 1-June, 2-July and 17-September.