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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
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Download files of
yield data for 2015:
All Yield Trials - PDF
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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 |
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Variety |
5-Jun |
6-Jul |
2015** |
2014 |
2013 |
2012 |
2012-15 |
Released Cultivars: |
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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 |
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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 |
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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:
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. |
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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. |
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Plot size: |
4' x
20' , 15' alleys and borders, RCBD with four reps. |
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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. |
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