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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
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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 8: |
White Clover Variety Trial |
Ohio, South Charleston, Sown 4/9/2013 |
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Total |
Variety |
Marketers |
28-May |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
2013-14 |
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Tons Dry Matter/A ----------------------------------------- |
Cashmere |
Saddle Butte Ag |
0.81 |
0.81 |
2.32 |
1.89 |
5.02 |
Patriot |
Pennington Seed |
0.90 |
0.90 |
2.50 |
1.47 |
4.86 |
Ladino VNS |
Public |
0.52 |
0.52 |
1.97 |
2.12 |
4.61 |
Kentucky
Select |
Saddle Butte Ag |
0.54 |
0.54 |
1.95 |
1.81 |
4.29 |
Durana |
Pennington Seed |
0.53 |
0.53 |
1.76 |
1.60 |
3.88 |
Crusade II |
Allied Seed |
0.66 |
0.66 |
0.71 |
1.94 |
3.32 |
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Mean |
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0.67 |
0.67 |
1.86 |
1.79 |
4.32 |
LSD |
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0.32 |
0.32 |
0.83 |
0.36 |
1.11 |
Prob > F |
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.14 ns |
.14 ns |
0.02 |
0.01 |
0.08 |
CV |
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26.92 |
26.92 |
24.69 |
11.18 |
14.38 |
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Note: Stand for all
varieties is 100% on 9/18/15 but there was only enough growth for the
first harvest. |
The 2014-15 winter was very hard on the trial and looked dead most of
spring. After the first harvest |
there was no measureable yield for any variety. |
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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 4 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=7.0, P=48 lbs/a, K=216 lbs/a, CEC=12.7, O.M.=1.8,(10/13). |
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