Spring Cereal Forage Trial, CARC 2023

Entry

Crop

Height (in)

Heading Date (Julian)

Forage Moisture (%)

Forage Yield (tons/ac)

Forage Crude Protein (%)

ADF (%)

NDF (%)

DDM (%)

RFV

Lavina

Barley

32.0

185.5

61.0

2.69

8.9

31.7

57.6

64.2

103.7

MT Cowgirl

Barley

34.4

183.8*

60.8

2.88

8.4

32.2

58.0

63.8

102.5

Haymaker

Barley

35.0

184.8

61.5

2.60

8.7

33.0

58.6

63.2

100.6

MT16F01601

Barley

31.3

183.8*

60.3

3.02

9.0

29.4*

53.5*

66.0*

114.7*

MT17F02410

Barley

30.3

187.5

61.3

2.66

9.1

31.4

56.5

64.4

106.1

MT18F00507

Barley

33.3

186.3

60.5

2.99

9.6

29.5

53.7

65.9

114.3

MT18F00803

Barley

30.8

186.3

59.0

2.84

9.1

30.0

54.5

65.5

112.1

MT19_F04_02

Barley

33.3

184.0

60.3

3.11

8.8

30.0

54.1

65.5

112.8

TriCal 141

Triticale

45.9*

189.5

a a a a a a a

Goliath

Oat

43.4

188.3

62.0

2.92

9.5

33.3

59.9

63.0

97.9

Rushmore

Oat

37.3

184.3

62.5

2.65

9.1

32.4

57.9

63.6

102.3

SD170463

Oat

39.0

187.3

64.5*

2.97

9.6

33.9

61.2

62.5

95.2

Cowgirl + Arvika

Barley + Pea

35.7

185.0

62.8

2.94

9.9

31.1

54.7

64.7

110.3

Goliath + Arvika

Oat + Pea

41.9

188.5

63.3

2.45

10.5*

32.4

56.6

63.7

104.6

Mean

 

36.0

186.0

61.5

2.82

9.2

31.6

56.7

64.3

105.9

CV%

 

4.07

0.43

3.10

14.72

7.15

3.56

3.27

1.36

4.61

LSD (0.05)1

 

2.10

1.14

2.73

NS

0.95

1.61

2.66

1.26

7.01

P-value

 

<0.01

<0.01

0.02

0.56

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

a TriCal 141 seed was contaminated-forage data not valid

Bold = statistically equivalent to top performer(s); indicated by bold plus asterisk

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