2022 Forage Trial Results
Statistical analyses were performed using R Statistical Software. Fisher’s protected LSD (Least Significant Difference) is not significant when P-value is greater than 0.05, or when CV exceeds 15 (for grain yield only). The top performer in each category is indicated by bold and asterisk, while just bold indicates statistical equivalence to the top performer. To determine a statistically significant difference between lines, the difference must be equal to or larger than the LSD value.
Forage harvest targeted the milk stage of seed development.
Key
Height-Average plant height, excluding awns, at maturity
Heading Date-Julian date when visual estimate shows primary heads from half the plants are fully emerged from the boot
Forage Moisture-Moisture content of forage at time of harvest
Forage Yield-Reported on a dry matter basis
Forage Crude Protein-Crude protein content of forage material
ADF-Acid detergent fiber, measure of feed quality. Smaller value=higher quality
NDF-neutral detergent fiber, measure of feed quality. Smaller value=higher quality
DDM-digestible dry matter, measure of feed quality. Larger value=higher quality
RFV-relative feed value, a unitless measure of feed quality. Larger value=higher quality
Grain Yield-Reported on 12% moisture basis
Test Weight- Reported on 12% moisture basis
Grain Protein- Reported on 12% moisture basis
Winter Cereal Forage Trial
Forage Parameters
|
Entry |
Crop |
Height (in) |
Forage Moisture (%) |
Forage Yield (tons/ac) |
Forage Crude Protein (%) |
ADF (%) |
NDF (%) |
DDM (%) |
RFV |
|
Ray |
Wheat |
24.9 |
57.3 |
2.5 |
15.5 |
28.6 |
55.5 |
66.6 |
112.0 |
|
Willow Creek |
Wheat |
20.4 |
57.0 |
1.8 |
15.4 |
27.6 |
53.1 |
67.4 |
118.1 |
|
MTF 20189 |
Wheat |
30.4 |
56.2 |
2.6* |
14.5 |
29.3 |
56.1 |
66.0 |
109.9 |
|
MTF 21204 |
Wheat |
24.3 |
57.2 |
2.6 |
15.4 |
27.4* |
54.5 |
67.6* |
115.5 |
|
MTF 21207 |
Wheat |
28.1 |
61.3 |
2.1 |
15.6 |
30.5 |
59.0 |
65.1 |
103.1 |
|
MTF 22136 |
Wheat |
28.6 |
53.7 |
2.0 |
14.1 |
29.8 |
57.0 |
65.7 |
107.2 |
|
MTF 22137 |
Wheat |
25.4 |
54.3 |
2.2 |
15.4 |
28.3 |
54.6 |
66.8 |
114.1 |
|
MTF 22138 |
Wheat |
23.3 |
57.6 |
2.3 |
16.5 |
27.7 |
54.1 |
67.4 |
116.0 |
|
Ray + AWP |
Intercrop |
26.3 |
61.7 |
2.1 |
16.1 |
28.7 |
55.2 |
66.5 |
112.2 |
|
Willow Creek + AWP |
Intercrop |
23.1 |
58.6 |
1.7 |
15.7 |
27.8 |
52.2* |
67.3 |
119.9* |
|
Willow Creek + Hairy Vetch |
Intercrop |
22.4 |
59.3 |
1.5 |
16.4 |
28.4 |
54.0 |
66.8 |
115.2 |
|
FX1001 |
Triticale |
40.0* |
59.8 |
2.4 |
15.4 |
29.7 |
57.2 |
65.7 |
107.2 |
|
Mean |
|
26.4 |
57.8 |
2.1 |
15.5 |
28.7 |
55.2 |
66.5 |
112.5 |
|
CV% |
|
9.3 |
8.3 |
16.7 |
9.7 |
4.5 |
3.6 |
1.5 |
4.9 |
|
LSD (0.05) |
|
3.52 |
NS |
0.52 |
NS |
1.84 |
2.88 |
1.44 |
7.99 |
|
P-value |
|
<0.01 |
0.41 |
<0.01 |
0.60 |
0.02 |
<0.01 |
0.02 |
<0.01 |
Grain Parameters
|
Entry |
Crop |
Height (in) |
Heading Date (Julian) |
Grain Yield (lb/ac) |
Test Weight (lbs/bu) |
Grain Protein (%) |
Seeds per Pound |
|
Ray |
Wheat |
24.9 |
178.8 |
1974 |
60.6 |
16.2 |
16,409 |
|
Willow Creek |
Wheat |
20.4 |
|
880 |
62.5 |
19.3* |
18,492 |
|
MTF 20189 |
Wheat |
30.4 |
176.3 |
2070* |
65.0* |
16.3 |
15,314 |
|
MTF 21204 |
Wheat |
24.3 |
181.0 |
1614 |
60.0 |
15.9 |
14,890 |
|
MTF 21207 |
Wheat |
28.1 |
177.5 |
2034 |
63.3 |
15.7 |
16,621 |
|
MTF 22136 |
Wheat |
28.6 |
174.8* |
2063 |
64.8 |
16.5 |
17,336 |
|
MTF 22137 |
Wheat |
25.4 |
176.3 |
1753 |
62.3 |
15.8 |
17,846 |
|
MTF 22138 |
Wheat |
23.3 |
180.0 |
1583 |
63.1 |
16.3 |
17,030 |
|
Ray + AWP |
Intercrop |
26.3 |
180.3 |
1473 |
61.1 |
16.1 |
16,604 |
|
Willow Creek + AWP |
Intercrop |
23.1 |
182.5 |
817 |
60.9 |
18.7 |
19,290 |
|
Willow Creek + Hairy Vetch |
Intercrop |
22.4 |
|
896 |
59.6 |
19.0 |
19,037 |
|
FX1001 |
Triticale |
40.0* |
175.3 |
1189 |
57.1 |
12.0 |
14,857* |
|
Mean |
|
26.4 |
178.3 |
1529 |
61.7 |
16.5 |
16,977 |
|
CV% |
|
9.3 |
0.6 |
22.4 |
4.5 |
4.0 |
8.3 |
|
LSD (0.05) |
|
3.52 |
1.53 |
NS |
3.95 |
0.94 |
2038.6 |
|
P-value |
|
<0.01 |
<0.01 |
<0.01 |
0.012 |
<0.01 |
<0.01 |
Several Willow Creek and Willow Creek + Hairy Vetch plots never reached full heading stage
Spring Cereal Forage Trial
|
Entry |
Crop |
Height (in) |
Heading Date (Julian) |
Forage Moisture (%) |
Forage Yield (tons/ac) |
Forage Crude Protein (%) |
ADF (%) |
NDF (%) |
DDM (%) |
RFV |
|
Lavina |
Barley |
24.9 |
181.0 |
62.6 |
2.9 |
13.8 |
30.0 |
57.7 |
65.5 |
105.7 |
|
Cowgirl |
Barley |
26.5 |
180.5 |
63.4 |
2.7 |
14.1 |
29.1 |
55.1 |
66.3 |
112.2 |
|
MT16F01601 |
Barley |
25.3 |
178.3 |
63.7 |
2.8 |
13.8 |
28.2 |
54.6 |
66.9 |
114.6 |
|
MT16F02401 |
Barley |
25.9 |
180.3 |
65.0 |
2.9 |
14.3 |
29.5 |
55.4 |
65.9 |
110.9 |
|
MT18F00503 |
Barley |
22.4 |
181.7 |
64.3 |
2.5 |
14.2 |
27.6 |
52.8 |
67.4 |
119.1 |
|
MT18F00607 |
Barley |
25.2 |
185.5 |
62.7 |
2.6 |
15.0 |
28.2 |
55.3 |
66.9 |
112.8 |
|
MT18F00714 |
Barley |
22.3 |
185.3 |
62.2 |
2.4 |
16.0 |
27.4 |
55.0 |
67.5 |
114.3 |
|
MT18F00803 |
Barley |
23.3 |
185.3 |
62.7 |
2.4 |
14.1 |
27.1* |
52.4* |
67.8* |
120.9* |
|
WB Patron |
Wheat |
22.1 |
177.0* |
61.6 |
2.0 |
16.4 |
30.3 |
55.6 |
65.3 |
109.3 |
|
Trical 141 |
Triticale |
37.0* |
183.8 |
62.5 |
2.1 |
16.4* |
33.2 |
61.4 |
63.1 |
95.6 |
|
Goliath |
Oat |
33.0 |
182.0 |
70.3* |
2.2 |
14.0 |
35.0 |
62.1 |
61.6 |
92.4 |
|
Rushmore |
Oat |
27.4 |
178.0 |
65.1 |
2.7 |
12.7 |
32.6 |
57.4 |
63.5 |
103.0 |
|
SD170463 |
Oat |
29.6 |
180.8 |
66.0 |
2.4 |
15.2 |
32.4 |
58.2 |
63.6 |
101.8 |
|
Goliath + 4152 Pea |
Intercrop |
32.1 |
182.0 |
68.8 |
1.9 |
15.6 |
33.1 |
58.8 |
63.1 |
99.9 |
|
Cowgirl + 4152 Pea |
Intercrop |
26.7 |
180.5 |
65.6 |
2.5 |
15.1 |
30.1 |
56.4 |
65.5 |
108.3 |
|
Cowgirl + Hairy Vetch |
Intercrop |
26.7 |
180.8 |
62.4 |
2.9* |
13.9 |
30.2 |
57.0 |
65.4 |
106.9 |
|
Mean |
|
26.9 |
181.1 |
64.3 |
2.5 |
14.7 |
30.3 |
56.6 |
65.3 |
108.0 |
|
CV% |
|
7.7 |
0.6 |
3.6 |
12.4 |
8.0 |
4.2 |
4.1 |
1.5 |
6.0 |
|
LSD (0.05) |
|
2.95 |
NS |
3.32 |
0.44 |
1.68 |
1.81 |
3.26 |
1.41 |
9.17 |
|
P-value |
|
<0.01 |
<0.01 |
<0.01 |
<0.01 |
<0.01 |
<0.01 |
<0.01 |
<0.01 |
<0.01 |
Spring Forage Barley Trial
|
Entry |
Height (cm) |
Heading Date (Julian) |
Forage Yield (tons/ac) |
ADF (%) |
NDF (%) |
DDM (%) |
RFV |
Grain Yield (bu/ac) |
Test Weight (lbs/bu) |
Grain Protein (%) |
Grain Plumps (%) |
Grain Mids (%) |
|
|
MT16F02902 |
65.9 |
181.0 |
2.6 |
30.1 |
57.5 |
65.4 |
105.9 |
39.9 |
51.3 |
15.0 |
17.1 |
55.7 |
|
|
Lavina |
60.8 |
184.7 |
2.6 |
29.0 |
55.6 |
66.4 |
111.2 |
45.4 |
52.3 |
14.0 |
22.3 |
53.2 |
|
|
Haymaker |
55.7 |
187.1 |
2.3 |
30.1 |
56.7 |
65.4 |
107.4 |
38.8 |
53.2* |
15.9 |
21.5 |
48.5 |
|
|
MT16F01601 |
66.7 |
178.6 |
2.7 |
29.1 |
56.2 |
66.3 |
109.9 |
53.4* |
52.6 |
13.3 |
61.9 |
27.7 |
|
|
MT16F02401 |
65.5 |
180.0 |
2.0 |
31.1 |
58.3 |
64.7 |
103.3 |
53.1 |
49.5 |
11.7* |
30.4 |
44.4 |
|
|
MT16F02405 |
63.5 |
177.7 |
2.4 |
29.1 |
54.5 |
66.2 |
114.0 |
40.1 |
50.9 |
12.1 |
52.8 |
32.3 |
|
|
MT16F02903 |
75.2* |
179.7 |
2.6 |
32.0 |
59.7 |
64.0 |
99.8 |
47.6 |
52.0 |
14.1 |
34.2 |
41.2 |
|
|
MT17F01612 |
61.3 |
177.0 |
2.8 |
28.9 |
55.2 |
66.4 |
112.0 |
42.4 |
53.1 |
13.4 |
63.2 |
28.2 |
|
|
MT16F02406 |
64.9 |
181.3 |
2.1 |
30.1 |
56.4 |
65.5 |
108.2 |
49.3 |
52.8 |
12.7 |
74.5 |
19.6 |
|
|
MT17F02410 |
54.1 |
177.1 |
2.6 |
29.7 |
58.1 |
65.8 |
105.3 |
43.8 |
50.5 |
15.6 |
9.5 |
41.6 |
|
|
MT18F00503 |
52.8 |
188.8 |
2.6 |
28.0 |
54.9 |
67.1 |
113.7 |
34.3 |
52.8 |
14.2 |
39.4 |
49.6 |
|
|
MT18F00507 |
56.3 |
188.4 |
3.0 |
29.1 |
57.0 |
66.3 |
108.1 |
39.4 |
51.1 |
14.9 |
16.8 |
48.7 |
|
|
MT18F00607 |
63.6 |
189.0 |
2.8 |
28.0 |
55.3 |
67.1 |
112.9 |
42.4 |
50.3 |
15.3 |
23.6 |
41.8 |
|
|
MT18F00714 |
54.8 |
179.8 |
2.8 |
30.5 |
59.4 |
65.1 |
102.0 |
34.1 |
50.6 |
14.9 |
22.7 |
42.3 |
|
|
MT18F00803 |
54.8 |
181.7 |
2.4 |
29.1 |
55.9 |
66.2 |
110.2 |
45.1 |
49.6 |
14.5 |
14.8 |
50.4 |
|
|
MT18F00812 |
51.0 |
186.7 |
3.1 |
27.5 |
55.1 |
67.5 |
114.0 |
21.7 |
48.3 |
15.4 |
13.2 |
42.9 |
|
|
MT18F00908 |
56.2 |
184.9 |
2.2 |
29.7 |
55.2 |
65.8 |
110.9 |
25.1 |
50.1 |
16.5 |
14.6 |
49.1 |
|
|
MT19_F01_01 |
59.5 |
178.3 |
3.3* |
31.9 |
59.9 |
64.0 |
99.4 |
37.9 |
50.7 |
14.1 |
15.4 |
54 |
|
|
MT19_F01_03 |
64.6 |
179.0 |
2.7 |
30.4 |
56.5 |
65.2 |
107.4 |
36.0 |
52.0 |
13.8 |
23.4 |
55.7 |
|
|
MT19_F03_01 |
70.1 |
179.0 |
2.3 |
29.7 |
56.4 |
65.7 |
108.6 |
50.2 |
52.4 |
13.5 |
57.1 |
34.8 |
|
|
MT19_F04_01 |
67.4 |
177.7 |
2.3 |
30.4 |
57.4 |
65.2 |
105.8 |
46.6 |
52.6 |
13.1 |
80.7* |
14.4* |
|
|
MT19_F04_02 |
59.4 |
182.0 |
3.0 |
27.4* |
53.1* |
67.5* |
118.6* |
44.4 |
51.8 |
12.9 |
49.6 |
35.1 |
|
|
MT19_F05_03 |
63.5 |
174.7* |
2.6 |
30.4 |
57.7 |
65.2 |
105.6 |
38.3 |
51.7 |
12.1 |
49.7 |
37.6 |
|
|
MT19_F06_02 |
54.9 |
180.8 |
2.6 |
29.2 |
57.7 |
66.2 |
106.8 |
40.4 |
50.3 |
15.0 |
45.2 |
37.3 |
|
|
MT19_F07_04 |
60.4 |
176.0 |
2.5 |
32.1 |
59.8 |
63.9 |
99.4 |
43.0 |
51.2 |
12.9 |
50.6 |
31.1 |
|
|
Mean |
60.9 |
181.2 |
2.6 |
29.7 |
56.8 |
65.8 |
108.0 |
41.3 |
51.4 |
14.0 |
36.2 |
40.7 |
|
|
CV% |
6.5 |
0.6 |
12.5 |
3.5 |
2.9 |
1.2 |
4.4 |
11.3 |
1.1 |
2.8 |
19.2 |
13.0 |
|
|
LSD (0.05) |
7.17 |
1.80 |
0.57 |
1.72 |
2.74 |
1.34 |
7.79 |
8.12 |
0.99 |
0.67 |
12.03 |
9.69 |
|
|
P-value |
<0.01 |
<0.01 |
<0.01 |
<0.01 |
<0.01 |
<0.01 |
<0.01 |
<0.01 |
<0.01 |
<0.01 |
<0.01 |
<0.01 |
|
Winter Forage Cereal/Legume Intercrop Seeding Rate Trial
|
Ray Winter Wheat Seeding Rate (% of full) |
Austrian Winter Peas Seeding Rate (% of full) |
Height (in) |
Forage Moisture (%) |
Forage Yield (tons/ac) |
Forage Crude Protein (%) |
ADF (%) |
NDF (%) |
DDM (%) |
RFV |
Test Weight (lbs/bu) |
Grain Protein (%) |
Seeds per Pound |
|
100 |
100 |
25.3 |
58.2 |
2.1 |
15.6 |
28.8 |
55.4 |
66.5 |
111.6 |
59.1 |
15.9 |
16291 |
|
100 |
50 |
24.8 |
53.8 |
2.3 |
14.8 |
29.3 |
55.3 |
66.1 |
111.3 |
59.6 |
16.3 |
16160 |
|
50 |
100 |
24.1 |
54.0 |
1.8 |
16.9* |
27.7 |
52.9 |
67.3 |
118.8 |
59.7 |
16.0 |
15047 |
|
50 |
50 |
24.1 |
57.0 |
2.0 |
16.3 |
28.6 |
54.7 |
66.6 |
113.3 |
59.5 |
15.7 |
15862 |
|
Mean |
|
24.6 |
55.7 |
2.1 |
15.9 |
28.6 |
54.6 |
66.6 |
113.7 |
59.5 |
16.0 |
15840 |
|
CV% |
|
5.7 |
5.5 |
18.9 |
6.2 |
4.5 |
3.6 |
1.5 |
5.1 |
1.2 |
2.7 |
5.6 |
|
LSD (0.05) |
|
NS |
NS |
NS |
1.58 |
NS |
NS |
NS |
NS |
NS |
NS |
NS |
|
P-value |
|
0.62 |
0.18 |
0.38 |
0.06 |
0.42 |
0.29 |
0.42 |
0.30 |
0.71 |
0.25 |
0.26 |
