Project Title:

Intrastate Winter Cereal Forage Trial

Objective:

To test forage yield and grain yield and quality of nine winter cereal forages.

Personnel:

J.A. Torrion, Daniel Porter, McKenna Brown, P. Carr

Summary:

Nine cereal forages varieties were studied in this trial in a randomized complete block replicated four times. Height at forage maturity ranged from 35.3 in. (Ray-1432) to 67.4 in. (WCF 1060 (FX1001)). Forage yield ranged from 4 tons/A (MTF 22137) to 7.5 tons/A (WCF 1060 (FX1001)). Grain protein ranged from 9.9% (MTF 22138) to 12.9% (Willow Creek). WCF 1060 (FX1001) had the highest grain harvest yield at 100.7 bu/ac and MTF 22136 had the lowest grain yield at 76 bu/ac. See table 2 for agronomic performance.

Table 1. Management Information

Seeding date: 9/24/2021 Field Location: R5
Julian date: 267 Harvest date: 8/10/2022
Seeding rate: standard Julian date: 222
Previous crop: Peas Soil type: fine sandy loam
Herbicide: Clean SweepM - 1pt/A, Axial Bold - 15oz/A (5/10/2022) Tillage: conventional
Insecticide: N/A Soil residual nutrient (NO3-, P, K lb/A): 119-14-188
Fungicide: N/A Nutrient fertilizer applied (N, P2O5, K2O lb/A): 85 lbs N/acre: (4/14/2022)

 

Table 2. Agronomic Performance

Cereal Type Species Forage YLD ton/A Forage HT, in Grain YLD1, bu/ac PRO2 % TWT1, lb/bu
WCF 1060 (FX1001) Triticale 7.5 67.4 100.7 11.3 59.3
Willow Creek Wheat 6.6 54.9 81.2 12.9 65.2
MTF 21204 Wheat 6.0 42.4 93.5 11.0 60.6
MTF 21207 Wheat 5.6 38.5 95.7 10.6 64.3
Ray-1432 Wheat 5.5 35.3 87.3 10.5 63.3
MTF 20189 Wheat 5.4 46.7 86.0 12.4 65.0
MTF 22138 Wheat 5.3 36.3 94.2 9.9 63.3
MTF 22136 Wheat 4.4 40.6 76.0 12.3 65.1
MTF 22137 Wheat 4.0 36.4 97.0 10.6 64.3
Mean   5.6 44.3 90.2 11.3 63.4
CV   18.2 3.6 9.3 2.4 0.9
LSD   1.5 2.3 12.2 0.4 0.8
PR > F   0.0025 0.0001 0.0058 0.0001 0.0001

TRT: treatment, YLD: yield, HT: plant height inches, PRO: protein, TWT: test weight

 1 adjusted to 13% moisture

 2 adjusted to 12% moisture