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Ohio Crop Performance Trials
Weather data summary for the 2014-growing season
Alfalfa Trials
Performance summary - Standard trials (insecticide
applied)
South Charleston, Ohio - 2011 Seeding
North Baltimore, Ohio - 2012 Seeding
Wooster, Ohio - 2013 Seeding
South Charleston, Ohio - 2014 Seeding
Clover Trials
Red Clover - South Charleston, Ohio - 2013 Seeding
White Clover - South Charleston, Ohio - 2013 Seeding
Grass Trials
Orchardgrass Variety Trial - South Charleston, OH - 2014 Spring Seeding
Tall Fescue Variety Trial - South Charleston, OH - 2014 Spring Seeding
Annual Ryegrass Variety Trial - South Charleston, OH - 2013 Fall Seeding
Address of Marketers
Download files of
yield data for 2014:
All Yield Trials - PDF
for Printing
Alfalfa Yield
Trials - Excel
Clover Yield
Trials - Excel
Grass Yield Trials - Excel
Forage Variety Trials in Other States
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2014 Ohio Forage Performance Trials
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Table 6: |
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Alfalfa Variety Trial |
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Ohio, South Charleston, Sown 5/20/14 |
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Total |
| Variety |
15-Jul |
4-Sep |
2014 |
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Released Cultivars: |
--------------------Tons
Dry Matter/Acre --------------------------------- |
| Mariner IV |
0.61 |
1.08 |
1.68 |
| FSG 403 LR |
0.47 |
1.15 |
1.63 |
| 55VR06 |
0.51 |
1.08 |
1.57 |
| Persist III |
0.51 |
1.11 |
1.55 |
| L-455 HD |
0.39 |
1.07 |
1.49 |
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| Contender |
0.35 |
1.12 |
1.48 |
| Vernal |
0.40 |
1.06 |
1.48 |
| 55Q27 |
0.52 |
0.96 |
1.47 |
| FSG 524 |
0.42 |
0.98 |
1.39 |
| Enduro
Elite |
0.42 |
0.97 |
1.38 |
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| FSG 424 |
0.33 |
1.05 |
1.37 |
| Caliber |
0.25 |
1.00 |
1.28 |
| Fierce |
0.24 |
1.01 |
1.26 |
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| Mean |
0.43 |
1.05 |
1.48 |
| LSD 0.05 |
0.17 |
0.14 |
0.24 |
| Prob > F |
0.01 |
0.3 ns |
0.03 |
| CV % |
28.3 |
9.6 |
11.4 |
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Data subjected to Nearest Neighbor AOV, adjusted means reported. |
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ns = no significant differences among varieties. |
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Establishment: |
Seeded
with a Hege 3-point hitch drill with presswheels at 16 lb/a. |
| Plot size: |
4' x 20'
, 15'alleys and borders, RCBD with four reps. |
| Soil type /
analysis: |
Crosby
silt loam, pH=6.8, P=126 lbs/a, K= 338 lbs/a, CEC=19.2, O.M.=3.4,
(10/13). |
| 2014 Pest
control: |
Insecticide was applied on 16-June, 28-July, 13-August for potato
leafhopper control. |
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