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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 4:
Alfalfa Variety Trial
Ohio, North Baltimore, Sown 4-13-2012
Total
Variety 5-Jun 6-Jul 2015** 2014 2013 2012 2012-15
Released Cultivars:  ----------------------------------- Tons Dry Matter/Acre ------------------------------------------------
Mariner IV 3.07 1.54 4.65 7.02 7.00 1.62 20.06
Pluss II 2.72 1.54 4.21 7.71 6.39 1.64 19.87
Persist II 2.81 1.41 4.17 7.89 6.25 1.47 19.73
Magnitude 2.82 1.50 4.44 7.10 6.50 1.50 19.67
DKA 3417 RR 2.97 1.43 4.48 7.14 6.34 1.49 19.59
Caliber 2.80 1.53 4.34 7.20 6.22 1.60 19.27
L 449 Aph2 2.92 1.37 4.15 7.00 6.31 1.52 19.23
Vernal 2.90 1.29 4.22 7.01 6.56 1.58 19.23
DKA 4118 RR 2.58 1.44 3.99 7.42 5.89 1.47 18.94
Contender 2.69 1.50 4.09 7.59 6.11 1.40 18.88
Mean 2.81 1.47 4.28 7.30 6.32 1.55 19.44
LSD 0.05 0.32 0.23 0.42 0.91 0.44 0.24 1.16
Prob > F 0.16 ns .31 ns .43 ns .34 ns 0.01 .52 ns .38 ns 
CV% 8.0 10.9 6.8 8.7 4.9 10.8 4.1
* Variety tested using experimental seed that may not give performance identical to that of commercially available seed. 
** Note:  Only two harvests were collected in 2015.  After the second harvest the farm received 2.4 inch of rain
on July 9th and 1.26 inch on July 12th.  This amount of rainfall following harvest resulted in stand failure for 
all varieties.  The field is tiled but the soils were already saturated.  The same results happened for many
producers in the NW part of Ohio this year.
Data subjected to Nearest Neighbor AOV, adjusted means reported.
ns = no significant differences among varieties.
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: Holtville silt loam, pH=6.0, P=37 lbs/a, K=253 lbs/a, CEC=17.1, O.M.=2.9, (10/12).
2015 Pest control: Insecticide was applied on 17-June for potato leafhopper control.