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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
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2012 Ohio Forage Performance Trials
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Table 9: |
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Fescue Variety Trial |
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Ohio, South Charleston, Sown 4-23-2008 |
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| Variety |
Marketer |
24-May |
5-Jul |
12-Sep |
5-Nov |
2012 |
2011 |
2010 |
2009 |
2009-12 |
Yield |
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Tons Dry Matter/Acre ----------------------- |
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% mean |
| Brutus |
Saddle Butte Ag. |
2.41 |
0.89 |
2.13 |
0.56 |
6.01 |
4.94 |
5.30 |
4.75 |
20.60 |
105 |
| IS-79/9901 |
DLF International |
2.41 |
0.94 |
1.95 |
0.48 |
5.81 |
4.75 |
4.73 |
4.17 |
19.68 |
101 |
| KY31 E- |
Public |
2.50 |
0.86 |
1.76 |
0.41 |
5.49 |
4.67 |
5.12 |
4.54 |
19.58 |
100 |
| Bronson |
Ampac Seed |
2.59 |
1.01 |
1.74 |
0.46 |
5.74 |
5.22 |
5.18 |
3.44 |
19.58 |
100 |
| KY31 E+ |
Public |
2.47 |
0.97 |
1.64 |
0.41 |
5.49 |
4.61 |
4.67 |
4.12 |
19.24 |
98 |
| TF 0201* |
Winfield Solutions |
2.11 |
0.86 |
1.91 |
0.45 |
5.37 |
4.30 |
4.93 |
4.39 |
19.12 |
98 |
| IS-FTF-31* |
DLF International |
2.31 |
1.05 |
1.88 |
0.51 |
5.72 |
4.46 |
4.71 |
4.24 |
19.04 |
97 |
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| Mean |
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2.40 |
0.94 |
1.86 |
0.47 |
5.66 |
4.71 |
4.95 |
4.24 |
19.55 |
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| LSD 0.05 |
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ns |
ns |
0.30 |
ns |
ns |
ns |
0.47 |
ns |
ns |
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| CV % |
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15.02 |
11.17 |
10.68 |
29.54 |
9.48 |
10.22 |
6.35 |
13.86 |
6.19 |
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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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Note: Maturity stage for all varieties was R1 (Inflorescence emergence). |
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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=7.1, P=74 lbs/a, K=316lbs/a, CEC=21.2, O.M.=3.2,(10/12). |
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2012 Fertilization: |
Applied 150
lb/a of 34-0-0 2-March, 100 lb/a of 34-0-0 on 31-May and 13-July. |
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