2025 Winter Cereal Forage Trial

Cultivar

Crop

Plant Height

(in)

Heading

Date

(julian)

Forage Moisture

(%)

Forage Yield

(tons/ac)

Crude Protein

(%)

ADF

(%)

NDF

(%)

DDM (%)

RFV

(%)

Grain Moisture

(%)

Grain Yield

(bu/ac)

Grain Protein

(%)

Grain Test Weight

(lbs/bu)

Willow Creek

Wheat

49.2

171

57.8

3.41

9.97

51.9

11.12

64.9

Ray

Wheat

37.7

167

59.0

4.14

10.00

70.3

9.74

62.9

MT Cash

Wheat

45.4

164.3

56.4

4.51

9.72

60.5

11.31*

65.2*

MTF22136

Wheat

40.4

163.8

57.1

4.43

9.96

65.4

10.90

64.4

MTF23410

Wheat

44.8

166

58.0

4.37

9.89

57.9

10.35

62.2

MTF24401

Wheat

42.8

168

59.9

4.16

9.92

64.2

9.83

63.2

MTF24403

Wheat

43.8

170

58.7

4.34

10.03

65.1

10.29

64.9

MTF24426

Wheat

43.7

167.8

58.0

4.15

9.90

60.9

10.12

63.3

MTF24435

Wheat

36.9

165.5

61.0*

4.33

10.04*

71.0*

9.60

63.7

KWS Aviator²

Rye

48.8

150*

54.2

5.72*

-

-

-

-

KWS Progas²

Rye

45.3

150*

55.1

5.58*

-

-

-

-

FX1001

Triticale

58.9*

163.5

56.6

4.44

9.64

55.1

10.70

58.6

Mean

44.8

163.9

57.7

4.46

9.91

62.2

10.39

63.3

CV%

4.35

0.68

3.16

7.59

1.74

10.82

2.23

0.59

LSD (0.05)¹

2.81

1.60

2.62

0.49

0.25

9.77

0.34

0.55

P-value

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

0.05

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01