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Ohio Crop Performance Trials
Weather data summary for the 2017-growing season
Alfalfa Trials
Performance summary - Standard trials (insecticide
applied)
Alfalfa Variety Trial - South Charleston, Ohio - 2014 Seeding
Alfalfa Variety Trial - North Baltimore, Ohio - 2014 Seeding
Alfalfa Variety Trial - Wooster, Ohio - 2016 Seeding
Alfalfa Variety Trial - South Charleston, Ohio - 2017 Seeding
Annual 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 - 2016 Fall Seeding
Cover Crop Evaluation Trial - South Charleston, OH - 2016
Address of Marketers
Download files of
yield data for 2017:
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 |
2017 Ohio Forage Performance Trials
Table 2: |
Summary of Alfalfa Variety Performance in Ohio |
Standard Trials - Insecticide applied (values are yield as a percent of
the trial average) |
|
|
South Charleston |
North Baltimore |
Wooster |
Total |
Avg all |
Variety |
Marketers |
2014-17 |
2017 |
2015-17 |
2016-17 |
site-yrs |
site yrs |
54QR04 |
Pioneer |
|
109 |
|
|
1 |
109 |
55Q27 |
Pioneer |
106 |
|
106 |
100 |
8 |
104 |
55VR06 |
Pioneer |
107 |
|
96 |
|
6 |
103 |
55VR08 |
Pioneer |
|
|
|
100 |
2 |
100 |
BlueJay HR |
Blue River Hybrids |
|
|
93 |
|
2 |
93 |
Caliber |
Beck's Hybrids |
97 |
|
94 |
|
6 |
96 |
Contender |
Beck's Hybrids |
97 |
|
95 |
|
6 |
96 |
Enduro Elite |
The Cisco Companies |
96 |
|
|
|
4 |
96 |
Fierce |
Beck's Hybrids |
91 |
|
102 |
|
6 |
95 |
FSG 403 LR |
Farm Science Genetics |
108 |
|
|
|
4 |
108 |
FSG 415 BR |
Farm Science Genetics |
|
|
|
|
1 |
112 |
FSG 424 |
Farm Science Genetics |
105 |
112 |
|
|
4 |
105 |
FSG 426 |
Farm Science Genetics |
|
|
101 |
|
2 |
101 |
FSG 524 |
Farm Science Genetics |
95 |
|
|
|
4 |
95 |
GA-497-HD |
Preferred Alfalfa Genetics |
|
|
|
99 |
2 |
99 |
Kingbird |
Blue River Hybrids |
|
|
|
|
1 |
78 |
KF 406 A2 |
Byron Seeds |
|
78 |
|
97 |
2 |
97 |
KF 425 HD |
Byron Seeds |
|
|
|
101 |
2 |
101 |
L-455 HD |
Legacy Seeds |
96 |
|
|
|
4 |
96 |
Lightning
Bolt |
Preferred Seed Company |
|
|
|
100 |
2 |
100 |
Mallard 5 |
Blue River Hybrids |
|
|
103 |
|
2 |
103 |
Mariner IV |
Allied Seed |
107 |
|
|
|
4 |
107 |
Persist III |
Doeblers PA Hybrids |
104 |
|
111 |
100 |
8 |
105 |
Pluss III |
Doeblers PA Hybrids |
|
|
99 |
101 |
4 |
100 |
Quail |
Blue River Hybrids |
|
|
|
|
1 |
104 |
Red Falcon |
Blue River Hybrids |
|
104 |
97 |
|
2 |
97 |
Rebound 6XT |
Croplan Genetics |
|
|
|
98 |
2 |
98 |
Roadrunner |
Blue River Hybrids |
|
|
99 |
|
2 |
99 |
Robin |
Blue River Hybrids |
|
|
|
|
1 |
93 |
SW 5113 |
S & W Seed Co. |
|
93 |
101 |
|
2 |
101 |
SW 5213 |
S & W Seed Co. |
|
|
110 |
|
2 |
110 |
SW5512 Y |
S & W Seed Co. |
|
|
105 |
|
2 |
105 |
SW 5909 |
S & W Seed Co. |
|
|
88 |
|
2 |
88 |
VERNAL |
Public |
91 |
|
100 |
100 |
8 |
95 |
WL356 HQ.RR |
W-L Research |
|
|
|
|
1 |
99 |
WL 365 HQ |
W-L Research |
|
99 |
|
104 |
2 |
104 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trial Mean |
|
3.49 |
2.97 |
5.08 |
7.92 |
-- |
-- |
No. site
years |
|
4 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
-- |
-- |
|
|