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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 8: |
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Tall Fescue Variety Trial |
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Ohio, South Charleston, Sown 5-20-2014 |
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Total |
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Marketers |
23-May |
26-Jun |
17-Aug |
13-Oct |
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2014-17 |
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Tons Dry Matter/ Acre -------------------------------------------- |
| Barelite |
Barenbrug USA |
1.82 |
0.75 |
1.22 |
1.04 |
4.83 |
5.17 |
7.43 |
1.48 |
18.91 |
| Brava |
Allied Seed |
1.96 |
0.70 |
1.43 |
1.09 |
5.19 |
6.23 |
7.80 |
2.10 |
21.32 |
| Brutus |
Saddle Butte Ag |
1.99 |
0.75 |
1.48 |
1.15 |
5.36 |
5.07 |
7.97 |
1.63 |
20.03 |
| KY 31 - |
Public |
1.94 |
0.72 |
1.44 |
0.88 |
4.97 |
5.39 |
7.98 |
1.86 |
20.20 |
| KY 31+ |
Public |
2.21 |
0.76 |
1.42 |
0.82 |
5.22 |
5.87 |
7.84 |
1.61 |
20.53 |
| FSG
0402TF* |
Allied Seed |
2.11 |
1.06 |
1.51 |
1.07 |
5.76 |
5.55 |
7.59 |
1.94 |
20.84 |
| TF 0705SL* |
Allied Seed |
2.05 |
0.78 |
1.53 |
0.88 |
5.24 |
5.67 |
7.55 |
2.21 |
20.67 |
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| Mean |
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2.01 |
0.79 |
1.43 |
0.99 |
5.22 |
5.56 |
7.74 |
1.83 |
20.35 |
| LSD P=.05 |
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0.45 |
0.37 |
0.18 |
0.20 |
0.69 |
0.72 |
0.77 |
0.48 |
1.74 |
| Prob(F) |
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0.66 ns |
0.49 ns |
0.04 |
0.02 |
0.20 ns |
0.04 |
0.66 ns |
0.04 |
0.18 ns |
| CV % |
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15.2 |
31.8 |
8.4 |
13.7 |
8.9 |
8.7 |
6.7 |
17.7 |
5.8 |
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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 ** Stand for all varieties is 100 %. |
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Establishment: |
Seeded
with a Hege 3-point hitch drill with presswheels at 20 lb/a. |
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| Plot size: |
4' x 15'
, 15'alleys and borders, RCBD with four reps. |
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| Soil type /
analysis: |
Kokomo
silt loam, pH=6.7, P=48 lbs/a, K= 184 lbs/a, CEC=19.2, O.M.=2.9,
(10/16). |
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| 2017
Fertility |
Applied
100 lb/a of 46-0-0 on 23-March, 24-May, 27-June, 22-August. |
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Applied
500 #/a of 0-0-60 and 200 #/a of 18-46-0 on 11/21/16. |
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