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Ohio Crop Performance Trials
Weather data summary for the 2018-growing season
Alfalfa Trials
Performance summary - Standard trials (insecticide
applied)
Alfalfa Variety Trial - North Baltimore, Ohio - 2015 Seeding
Alfalfa Variety Trial - Wooster, Ohio - 2016 Seeding
Alfalfa Variety Trial - South Charleston, Ohio - 2017 Seeding
Annual Ryegrass Trial
Annual Ryegrass Variety Trial - South Charleston, OH - 2017 Fall Seeding
Cover Crops Trial
Cover Crop Evaluation Trial - South Charleston, OH - 2017 Seeding
Address of Marketers
Download files of
yield data for 2018:
All Yield Trials - PDF
for Printing
Alfalfa Yield
Trials - Excel
Annual Ryegrass and Cover Crops Yield
Trials - Excel
Forage Variety Trials in Other States
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2018 Ohio Forage Performance Trials
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Table 5: |
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Alfalfa Variety Trial |
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Ohio, South Charleston, Sown 4-25-2017 |
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Total |
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| Variety |
5/29/2018 |
6/29/2018 |
7/27/2018 |
9/4/2018 |
2018 |
2017 |
2017-18 |
9/18/2017 |
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Released Cultivars: |
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Tons Dry Matter/Acre ----------------------------------- |
% Stand |
| 54QR04 |
2.90 |
2.32 |
1.58 |
1.37 |
8.16 |
3.15 |
11.31 |
88 |
| FSG 415 BR |
3.01 |
2.21 |
1.51 |
1.36 |
8.09 |
3.20 |
11.29 |
84 |
| HI-GEST 360 |
2.63 |
2.36 |
1.50 |
1.42 |
7.90 |
2.99 |
10.89 |
86 |
| HO415 |
2.14 |
2.35 |
1.47 |
1.14 |
7.10 |
3.12 |
10.22 |
88 |
| Kingbird |
2.67 |
2.12 |
1.47 |
1.30 |
7.56 |
3.00 |
10.56 |
79 |
| msSunstra 143146 |
2.63 |
1.87 |
1.47 |
1.34 |
7.30 |
2.70 |
10.01 |
75 |
| HybriForce-4400 |
3.05 |
2.01 |
1.46 |
1.32 |
7.85 |
2.99 |
10.84 |
76 |
| Quail |
2.68 |
2.25 |
1.49 |
1.28 |
7.70 |
2.57 |
10.27 |
83 |
| Robin |
2.72 |
2.40 |
1.53 |
1.14 |
7.80 |
2.78 |
10.58 |
80 |
| RRL414 |
2.64 |
2.24 |
1.55 |
1.26 |
7.68 |
2.80 |
10.48 |
86 |
| WL356HQ.RR |
2.56 |
2.20 |
1.41 |
1.15 |
7.32 |
3.53 |
10.85 |
86 |
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| Grand Mean |
2.69 |
2.21 |
1.50 |
1.28 |
7.68 |
2.98 |
10.66 |
83 |
| LSD P=.05 |
0.44 |
0.44 |
0.23 |
0.26 |
0.91 |
0.66 |
1.08 |
14.1 |
| Prob(F) |
0.0224 |
0.3881 |
0.9701 |
0.3693 |
0.3890 |
0.2430 |
0.3025 |
0.562 |
| CV% |
11.4 |
13.7 |
10.7 |
14.3 |
8.2 |
15.3 |
7.0 |
11.8 |
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Note: After seeding in
great soil conditions, the weather turned with three weeks |
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of well below normal temperatures
and above average rainfall that affected stands. |
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| Soil type /
analysis: |
Crosby
silt loam, pH=7.0, P=110 lbs/a, K= 344 lbs/a, CEC=13, O.M.=1.4, (04/17). |
| 2018 Pest
control: |
Insecticide was applied on 18-June, 11-July, 13-August for potato
leafhopper control. |
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Establishment: |
Seeded
with a Hege 3-point hitch drill with presswheels at 16 lb/a. |
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| Plot size: |
4' x 20'
, 15'alleys and borders, RCBD with four reps. |
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