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Ohio Crop Performance Trials

Weather data summary for the 2012-growing season

Alfalfa Trials

Performance summary – Standard trials (insecticide applied)

North Baltimore, Ohio – 2009 Seeding

Wooster, Ohio – 2010 Seeding

South Charleston, Ohio – 2011 Seeding

North Baltimore, Ohio – 2012 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 – 2011 Fall Seeding

Address of Marketers

Download files of yield data for 2012:

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

 

2012 Ohio Forage Performance Trials

Table 2:
Summary of Alfalfa Variety Performance in Ohio
Standard Trials - Insecticide applied (values are yield as a percent of the trial average)
South Charleston North Baltimore North Baltimore Wooster Total Avg all
Variety Marketers 2012 2009-12 2012 2010-12 site-yrs site yrs
4S417 Mycogen 109 4 109
54Q32 Pioneer 100 4 100
55H94 Pioneer 95       1 95
55V12 Pioneer   97     4 97
55V48 Pioneer 101 11 105
55V50 Pioneer 107 1 107
6422Q NEXGRO   98   96 7 97
A 4330 Producers Choice   103     8 102
Ameristand 403T Americas Alfalfa 98 12 99
Ameristand 407TQ Americas Alfalfa 100 103 9 102
Archer III Americas Alfalfa 96       1 96
Caliber Beck's Hybrids 98   103   2 101
Charger Beck's Hybrids 95 1 95
Contender Beck's Hybrids 90 1 90
DG 4210 Crop Protection Service 95     99 4 98
DKA 3417 RR Dekalb     96   1 96
DKA 4118 RR Dekalb 95 5 97
Everlast II Crop Protection Service 103 4 103
FSG 329 Farm Science Genetics   100     4 100
FSG 420 LH Farm Science Genetics   95     4 95
Gunner Croplan Genetics 98 1 98
Hybri+Jade Channel Bio 103 3 103
HybriForce-2400 Dairyland Seed       102 3 102
King Fisher 243 Byron Seeds   99     4 99
King Fisher 4020 Byron Seeds 107 3 107
Legacy 449 Aph 2 Legacy Seed 98 1 98
Magnitude Farm Science Genetics     97   1 97
Mariner IV Allied Seed     105   1 105
Persist II Doeblers PA Hybrids 95 1 95
PGI 459 Producers Choice 102 7 100
PGI 557 Producers Choice 104     96 4 98
Pluss II Doeblers PA Hybrids     106   1 106
Radiance HD Legacy Seeds 103 4 103
Rebound 6.0 Croplan Genetics 99 1 99
TS 4007 Producers Choice       99 3 99
VERNAL Public 103 90 102 89 101 92
WL 343 HQ Crop Protection Service 97 99 18 98
WL 353 LH Crop Protection Service 107 1 107
WL 354 HQ Crop Protection Service 99       1 99
WL 363 HQ Crop Protection Service   99   100 11 101
Trial Averaged Yield 6.15 6.56 1.55 4.75 -- --
Number of site years 1 4 1 3 -- --