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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
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Table 5: |
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Alfalfa Variety Trial |
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Ohio, Wooster, Sown 4-25-2016 |
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Total |
| Variety |
24-May |
26-Jun |
31-Jul |
6-Sep |
2017 |
2016 |
2016-17 |
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Released Cultivars: |
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Tons Dry Matter/Acre -------------------- |
| 55Q27 |
3.06 |
1.66 |
1.97 |
1.16 |
7.85 |
1.98 |
9.82 |
| 55VR08 |
3.05 |
1.71 |
2.11 |
1.08 |
7.95 |
1.89 |
9.84 |
| GA-497 HD |
3.11 |
1.78 |
1.99 |
1.10 |
7.97 |
1.74 |
9.71 |
| KF 406 A2 |
2.90 |
1.64 |
2.01 |
1.11 |
7.65 |
1.84 |
9.48 |
| KF 425 HD |
2.95 |
1.73 |
2.06 |
1.04 |
7.79 |
2.08 |
9.87 |
| Lightning
Bolt |
3.15 |
1.71 |
2.11 |
1.12 |
8.07 |
1.76 |
9.83 |
| Persist III |
3.11 |
1.62 |
2.04 |
1.13 |
7.89 |
1.89 |
9.78 |
| Pluss III |
3.03 |
1.83 |
2.09 |
1.14 |
8.09 |
1.86 |
9.94 |
| Rebound 6XT |
3.06 |
1.67 |
2.02 |
1.06 |
7.81 |
1.81 |
9.62 |
| SW4107 |
2.93 |
1.76 |
1.96 |
1.06 |
7.70 |
1.72 |
9.42 |
| SW4113 |
3.08 |
1.61 |
1.88 |
1.01 |
7.57 |
1.88 |
9.45 |
| SW5210 |
2.98 |
1.80 |
2.15 |
1.16 |
8.08 |
1.93 |
10.01 |
| SW5213 |
3.18 |
1.82 |
2.15 |
1.20 |
8.35 |
2.03 |
10.38 |
| Vernal |
3.08 |
1.68 |
1.93 |
1.10 |
7.79 |
1.99 |
9.78 |
| WL 365 HQ |
3.16 |
1.80 |
2.10 |
1.22 |
8.26 |
1.94 |
10.20 |
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| Mean |
3.06 |
1.71 |
2.04 |
1.11 |
7.92 |
1.89 |
9.81 |
| LSD P=.05 |
0.41 |
0.20 |
0.19 |
0.13 |
0.59 |
0.30 |
0.75 |
| Prob(F) |
0.95 ns |
0.42 ns |
0.29 ns |
0.26 ns |
0.45 ns |
0.61 ns |
0.58 ns |
| CV % |
9.4 |
8.3 |
6.8 |
8.4 |
5.2 |
11.3 |
5.4 |
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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: |
Riddles
silt loam, pH = 6.6, P = 90 lb/a, K = 200 lb/a, CEC = 7.2 (11/16). |
| 2017
Fertility: |
Applied
200 #/A of 0-46-0 and 500#/A of 0-0-60 on 7/3/2017 |
| 2017 Pest
control: |
Insecticide was applied 12- May for weevil control, 6-June, 18-July and |
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21-August for potato leafhopper
control. |
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