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Ohio Crop Performance Trials

Weather data summary for the 2015-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 2015:

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

2015 Ohio Forage Performance Trials

Table 1: 
Weather 2015
        Wooster           S. Charleston          N. Baltimore      
Month Total DFA* Total DFA* Total DFA*
      -----------Precipitation (inches of rainfall)---------------
Apr 2.80 -0.60 4.71 0.61 3.35 0.05
May 4.33 0.43 2.38 -2.22 4.18 0.78
June 5.43 1.33 6.96 2.66 7.71 4.01
July 3.33 -0.77 5.32 1.22 6.16 2.36
Aug 0.78 -2.82 1.87 -1.63 3.51 0.51
Sept 3.57 0.37 1.90 -1.20 1.44 -1.36
Oct 2.30 -0.10 2.75 0.55 1.82 -0.38
Total 22.54 -2.16 25.89 -0.01 28.17 5.97
     -----------Average Daily Temperature (°F)---------------
Apr 50.6 2.3 52.4 1.2 50.0 0.9
May 63.9 5.4 66.2 2.8 64.6 4.8
June 68.7 1.0 69.9 0.5 68.9 -0.7
July 70.5 1.0 71.6 -2.2 70.6 -4.6
Aug 69.4 -0.5 69.3 -1.7 69.9 -0.7
Sept 66.0 2.8 67.3 2.3 67.4 3.5
Oct 53.3 0.9 55.1 1.0 55.0 2.2
*DFA = departure from long-term average