Forage Intercrop/Seeding Rate Trial, Moccasin, MT

Ray Winter Wheat

Percent of Full Seeding Rate3

Legume Type2 and Percent of Full Seeding Rate3

Height (in)

Forage Moisture (%)

Forage Yield (tons/ac)

Forage Crude Protein (%)

ADF (%)

NDF (%)

DDM (%)

RFV

100%

0%

33.8

59.3

1.82

9.1

36.1

60.6

60.8

93.4

75%

AWP 25%

34.7

62.6

1.77

10.0

35.3

58.7

61.4

97.4

60%

AWP 40%

35.2

63.5

2.44*

9.8

34.7

56.8

61.8

101.9

50%

AWP 50%

34.8

64.0

1.73

10.6

34.4

57.3

62.1

101.1

50%

Vetch 50%

35.0

65.9*

1.70

12.5*

34.6

54.8

61.9

105.1

Mean

 

34.7

63.0

1.89

10.4

35.0

57.6

61.6

99.8

CV%

 

4.47

3.37

15.04

7.86

3.53

4.30

1.56

6.05

LSD (0.05)1

 

NS

3.28

0.44

1.26

NS

NS

NS

NS

P-value

 

0.74

0.01

0.02

<0.01

0.38

0.06

0.38

0.13

Bold = statistically equivalent to top performer(s), indicated by bold + asterisk

1Fisher's protected LSD not significant when P-Value > 0.05

2AWP=Austrian Winter Peas

3Full seeding rates used for this study in PLS/ft2: Ray 22, AWP 9, Vetch 11