2024 Spring Cereal Forage Trial, CARC, Moccasin, MT

Cultivar

Crop

Plant Height

(in)

Heading

Date

(julian)

Forage Moisture

(%)

Forage Yield

(tons/ac)

Crude Protein

(%)

ADF

(%)

NDF

(%)

DDM (%)

RFV

(%)

Haymaker

Barley

26.3

192.8

62.1

2.23

12.3

34.7

62.9

61.9

91.7

Lavina

Barley

25.1

191.5

59.4

2.42

12.4

34.0

63.1

62.5

92.1

MT Cowgirl

Barley

25.7

192.0

60.2

2.18

12.3

33.9

63.8

62.5

91.2

MT Cowgirl + Arvika

Barley + Peas

25.9

191.5

62.1

2.09

13.1

34.4

63.6

62.1

90.9

MT16F01601

Barley

25.1

191.8

59.1

2.17

12.6

33.4

63.4

62.9

92.3

MT17F02410

Barley

23.3

193.8

59.8

2.39

13.4

32.4

61.1

63.7

97.1

MT20_F099_05

Barley

24.6

190.8*

59.3

2.58*

12.5

32.9

60.9

63.3

96.6

MT20_F108_13

Barley

22.5

193.5

55.1

1.85

12.3

32.6

62.1

63.5

95.0

MT20_F109_08

Barley

23.4

194.0

56.4

1.98

12.4

33.2

61.8

63.0

94.9

MT20_F004_01

Barley

24.7

193.5

57.0

2.41

12.0

33.9

63.2

62.5

92.2

Goliath

Oats

31.5

191.8

63.2

1.68

14.3

32.7

57.1

63.5

103.4

Goliath + Arvika

Oats + Peas

30.6

192.0

61.8

1.53

14.7*

31.7*

53.9*

64.2*

111.0*

Rushmore

Oats

27.3

193.0

66.6*

1.66

14.1

33.6

58.1

62.8

100.6

SD170463

Oats

27.9

192.3

62.5

1.74

14.1

32.1

57.0

63.9

104.3

TriCal 141

Triticale

38.1*

194.3

54.7

1.96

14.2

33.0

60.2

63.2

97.7

Mean

 

26.8

192.6

60.0

2.06

13.1

33.2

60.8

63.0

96.7

CV%

 

4.92

0.38

5.40

13.58

6.09

3.10

2.85

1.27

4.02

LSD (0.05)1

 

1.88

1.04

4.62

0.40

1.14

1.47

2.47

1.14

5.55

P-value

 

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

Bold* = top performer within a column; Bold = equivalent to top performer within a column

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

2024 Spring Cereal Forage Trial, NARC, Havre, MT

Cultivar

Crop

Plant Height

(in)

Heading

Date

(julian)

Forage Moisture

(%)

Forage Yield

(tons/ac)

Crude Protein

(%)

ADF

(%)

NDF

(%)

DDM (%)

RFV

(%)

Haymaker

Barley

29.2

176.8

73.9

3.38

15.3

32.5

60.1

63.6

98.6

Lavina

Barley

26.7

176.3

72.8

3.30

14.8

31.7

60.2

64.2

99.6

MT Cowgirl

Barley

30.1

177.3

73.9

3.48

13.8

33.6

62.5

62.8

93.5

MT Cowgirl + Arvika

Barley + Peas

30.7

177.8

75.3

2.98

16.1*

31.1

56.5

64.7

106.5

MT16F01601

Barley

26.3

175.0

73.7

3.84

15.8

30.4

57.6

65.2

105.7

MT17F02410

Barley

26.3

179.0

70.0

4.00*

14.4

28.7*

54.0*

66.6*

115.4*

MT20_F099_05

Barley

26.8

175.0*

71.8

3.49

15.7

30.2

57.1

65.4

106.6

MT20_F108_13

Barley

27.5

179.5

70.4

3.01

12.4

30.1

55.5

65.4

109.8

MT20_F109_08

Barley

27.9

178.0

74.6

3.33

15.3

31.9

59.4

64.0

100.2

MT20_F004_01

Barley

27.4

178.3

73.2

3.21

14.0

32.6

61.8

63.5

95.7

Goliath

Oats

36.5

178.8

77.4

2.53

14.1

35.7

65.5

61.1

86.8

Goliath + Arvika

Oats + Peas

37.9

178.5

77.1

2.24

14.1

34.3

61.2

62.2

94.7

Rushmore

Oats

33.3

177.0

75.0

3.02

13.5

36.4

64.6

60.6

87.3

SD170463

Oats

35.2

178.8

78.0*

2.88

14.5

34.8

63.9

61.8

90.0

TriCal 141

Triticale

45.2*

182.5

72.9

3.56

13.2

38.4

67.3

59.0

81.5

Mean

 

31.1

177.9

74.0

3.22

14.5

32.8

60.5

63.3

98.1

CV%

 

3.67

0.53

1.91

9.74

7.17

3.83

3.51

1.55

1.12

LSD (0.05)1

 

1.63

1.36

2.02

0.45

1.48

1.80

3.03

1.40

6.72

P-value

 

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

Bold* = top performer within a column; Bold = equivalent to top performer within a column

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

2024 Spring Cereal Forage Trial, NWARC, Kalispell, MT

Cultivar

Crop

Plant Height

(in)

Heading

Date

(julian)

Forage Moisture

(%)

Forage Yield

(tons/ac)

Crude Protein

(%)

ADF

(%)

NDF

(%)

DDM (%)

RFV

(%)

Haymaker

Barley

41.7

185.5

31.3

2.51

9.8

29.9*

50.5*

65.6

121.7*

Lavina

Barley

37.0

186.5

32.4

2.39

10.1

31.9

55.0

64.0

108.6

MT Cowgirl

Barley

40.9

184.3

31.0

2.55

9.7

33.7

57.5

62.6

101.7

MT16F01601

Barley

39.1

183.0*

31.0

2.27

11.2

31.5

55.0

64.3

109.1

MT17F02410

Barley

38.8

187.3

31.2

2.41

10.6

31.6

54.2

64.3

111.8

MT20_F099_05

Barley

37.8

183.5

31.8

2.55

10.5

32.0

54.4

64.0

111.1

MT20_F108_13

Barley

38.6

188.3

31.4

2.16

10.2

31.4

54.0

64.4

111.7

MT20_F109_08

Barley

38.8

185.8

30.9

2.59

9.9

33.6

56.9

62.8

103.1

MT20_F004_01

Barley

39.0

186.0

31.6

2.60

10.3

30.1

52.0

65.5

119.0

TriCal 141

Triticale

46.7*

188.5

31.8

2.03

11.4

42.0

71.3

56.2

73.3

Mean

 

39.8

185.9

31.5

2.41

10.4

32.8

56.1

63.4

107.1

CV%

 

3.86

0.61

4.88

14.0

7.87

7.77

8.0

3.13

12.08

LSD (0.05)1

 

2.2

1.64

NS

NS

NS

3.70

6.51

2.88

18.77

P-value

 

<0.01

<0.01

0.93

0.25

0.11

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

Bold* = top performer within a column; Bold = equivalent to top performer within a column

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

2024 Spring Cereal Forage Trial, Post Farm, Bozeman, MT

Cultivar

Crop

Heading

Date

(julian)

Forage Moisture

(%)

Forage Yield

(tons/ac)

Crude Protein

(%)

ADF

(%)

NDF

(%)

DDM (%)

RFV

(%)

Haymaker

Barley

182.8

51.1

6.6

8.2

37.1

67.3

60.0

83.5

Lavina

Barley

180.5

47.0

6.8

8.9

33.8

61.1

62.6

96.1

MT Cowgirl

Barley

181.0

52.4

7.5

8.5

36.2

63.9

60.7

88.6

MT16F01601

Barley

178.0*

48.5

7.7

9.0

35.8

64.2

61.0

88.6

MT17F02410

Barley

181.8

49.4

6.8

9.1

34.2

61.8

62.3

96.1

MT20_F099_05

Barley

180.0

47.4

7.1

8.4

34.5

62.3

62.0

94.2

MT20_F108_13

Barley

183.0

50.5

7.6

10.3*

28.0*

52.1*

67.1*

122.5*

MT20_F109_08

Barley

182.0

53.2

8.2

8.7

37.6

66.6

59.6

83.3

MT20_F004_01

Barley

182.3

50.6

7.7

9.1

34.9

62.1

61.7

92.6

TriCal 141

Triticale

191.0

56.2*

6.4

10.8*

37.3

64.2

59.8

87.0

Mean

 

182.2

50.6

7.2

9.1

34.9

62.5

61.7

93.3

CV%

 

0.33

6.72

11.2

7.75

8.35

7.86

3.68

13.1

LSD (0.05)1

 

0.87

4.93

NS

1.02

4.23

7.13

3.30

17.8

P-value

 

<0.01

<0.01

0.07

<0.01

<0.01

0.01

<0.01

<0.01

Bold* = top performer within a column; Bold = equivalent to top performer within a column

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