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Ohio Crop Performance Trials

Weather data summary for the 2015-growing season

Alfalfa Trials

Performance summary - Standard trials (insecticide applied)

Wooster, Ohio - 2013 Seeding

South Charleston, Ohio - 2014 Seeding

North Baltimore, Ohio - 2014 Seeding

Wooster, Ohio - 2016 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 - 2015 Fall Seeding

Cover Crop Evaluation Trial - South Charleston, OH - 2015

Address of Marketers

Download files of yield data for 2016:

All Yield Trials - PDF for Printing

Alfalfa Yield Trials - Excel

Grass Yield Trials - Excel

Forage Variety Trials in Other States

Forage Quality and Disease Information from Wisconsin and Minnesota

2016 Ohio Forage Performance Trials

Table 1: 
Weather 2016
      Wooster             S. Charleston          N. Baltimore
Month Total DFA* Total DFA* Total DFA*
--------------------------------------Precipitation (inches of rainfall)-----------------------------------
total DFA total DFA total DFA
Apr 2.67 -0.63 2.63 -1.37 3.33 0.03
May 2.52 -1.38 2.87 -1.73 2.17 -1.23
June 1.33 -2.57 1.60 -2.60 2.94 -0.66
July 2.87 -1.23 4.06 -0.04 1.58 -2.22
Aug 3.93 0.33 5.45 1.95 3.05 0.05
Sept 2.37 -0.73 4.84 1.84 4.04 1.34
Oct 3.80 1.50 1.78 -0.52 2.09 -0.21
Total 19.49 -4.71 23.22 -2.47 19.20 -2.90
 --------------------------------------Average Daily Temperature (°F)---------------------------------
Apr 47.7 -0.4 50.9 -0.1 47.4 -1.5
May 59.1 0.6 60.6 -0.7 60.5 0.7
June 70.2 2.6 72.7 2.4 72.1 2.6
July 74.0 2.5 74.7 0.9 75.2 2.4
Aug 74.5 4.6 75.1 3.1 75.0 4.4
Sept 67.1 3.7 68.7 3.5 68.4 4.4
Oct 55.9 3.8 58.1 4.2 57.4 4.9
*DFA = departure from long-term average