Geertson
Seed Farms$ave
Big Buck$ On Quality $eed |
Sidney
Trial
| Forage
Quality Survey of 1997 Alfalfa Trial of Sidney, MT |
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Mean
Stage by Count* |
%DM |
%CP |
%ADF
|
%NDF
|
RFV |
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| Variety |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Mean |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Mean |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Mean |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Mean |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Mean |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Mean |
| 5301 |
4.0 |
5.0 |
5.8 |
4.9 |
22.4 |
21.7 |
24.9 |
23.0 |
21.4 |
21.4 |
20.3 |
21.0 |
23.6 |
26.4 |
23.6 |
25.2 |
32.2 |
37.3 |
31.8 |
33.8 |
203.8 |
166.8 |
206.4 |
192.3 |
| 645 |
3.5 |
5.5 |
5.8 |
4.9 |
22.8 |
21.8 |
25.5 |
23.4 |
20.8 |
21.0 |
20.6 |
20.8 |
25.4 |
28.6 |
23.6 |
25.9 |
34.5 |
37.8 |
31.8 |
34.7 |
188.4 |
164.3 |
206.5 |
186.4 |
| OneidaVR
|
3.5 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
4.5 |
23.6 |
23.1 |
26.9 |
24.5 |
20.8 |
19.6 |
18.8 |
19.7 |
23.6 |
30.6 |
25.6 |
26.7 |
32.2 |
40.0 |
34.0 |
35.4 |
205.0 |
152.8 |
139.1 |
182.3 |
| Riley |
3.0 |
5.0 |
5.8 |
4.6 |
23.0 |
22.2 |
25.7 |
23.6 |
20.1 |
20.7 |
20.8 |
20.5 |
25.9 |
29.4 |
24.1 |
26.4 |
35.1 |
36.6 |
32.2 |
35.3 |
183.9 |
159.2 |
203.1 |
182.1 |
| Cimarron
3i |
3.6 |
5.0 |
5.5 |
4.8 |
23.6 |
22.4 |
25.7 |
23.9 |
21.3 |
20.0 |
20.1 |
20.5 |
24.0 |
31.7 |
25.1 |
26.9 |
32.9 |
40.7 |
33.4 |
35.6 |
200.1 |
148.8 |
195.9 |
181.6 |
| DK 142 |
4.0 |
5.3 |
5.3 |
4.8 |
23.0 |
22.3 |
25.4 |
23.6 |
20.7 |
19.4 |
20.0 |
20.0 |
24.1 |
31.6 |
24.4 |
26.7 |
32.9 |
41.4 |
32.9 |
35.7 |
196.5 |
144.9 |
199.2 |
180.9 |
| 3L102 |
3.8 |
5.0 |
5.8 |
4.8 |
23.3 |
21.1 |
25.9 |
23.4 |
20.6 |
20.3 |
19.7 |
20.2 |
24.7 |
30.6 |
25.0 |
26.8 |
33.6 |
40.3 |
33.5 |
35.8 |
193.9 |
150.4 |
193.7 |
179.3 |
| DK
140 |
4.0 |
5.3 |
5.8 |
5.0 |
23.2 |
21.5 |
26.1 |
23.6 |
20.1 |
20.2 |
19.2 |
19.8 |
25.4 |
30.4 |
24.8 |
26.9 |
34.1 |
39.6 |
33.4 |
35.7 |
190.2 |
153.6 |
193.8 |
179.2 |
| DK
143 |
4.3 |
5.0 |
5.3 |
4.8 |
22.2 |
21.5 |
25.9 |
23.2 |
21.1 |
20.1 |
19.6 |
20.3 |
25.5 |
21.0 |
24.1 |
26.9 |
34.5 |
40.6 |
32.6 |
35.9 |
188.0 |
149.0 |
200.4 |
179.1 |
| Ladak
85 |
3.5 |
4.3 |
4.3 |
4.0 |
22.6 |
21.0 |
24.9 |
22.8 |
21.4 |
20.8 |
19.6 |
20.6 |
23.9 |
31.2 |
26.0 |
27.0 |
32.7 |
40.7 |
34.4 |
35.9 |
200.5 |
148.3 |
196.3 |
178.4 |
| Ace |
3.3 |
5.3 |
5.0 |
4.5 |
23.0 |
20.8 |
26.3 |
23.4 |
20.8 |
19.7 |
18.3 |
19.6 |
25.5 |
30.7 |
25.5 |
27.2 |
34.4 |
40.2 |
34.6 |
36.4 |
186.9 |
150.7 |
186.0 |
174.5 |
|
RHINO*** |
4.3 |
5.0 |
5.5 |
4.9 |
22.9 |
21.8 |
26.3 |
23.7 |
19.0 |
20.4 |
19.4 |
19.6 |
28.0 |
30.0 |
24.8 |
27.6 |
37.4 |
39.5 |
33.2 |
36.7 |
167.3 |
156.8 |
195.2 |
172.7 |
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| Wrangler |
3.5 |
5.0 |
5.8 |
4.8 |
22.2 |
22.4 |
25.4 |
23.3 |
20.5 |
19.8 |
19.4 |
19.9 |
27.0 |
30.5 |
25.8 |
27.8 |
36.4 |
39.8 |
34.3 |
36.8 |
175.4 |
153.1 |
187.1 |
171.9 |
| 5396 |
3.8 |
5.8 |
5.8 |
5.1 |
22.3 |
22.0 |
26.6 |
23.9 |
19.9 |
19.1 |
18.7 |
19.2 |
25.6 |
32.6 |
26.2 |
28.1 |
34.6 |
42.6 |
34.8 |
37.3 |
187.9 |
140.2 |
183.3 |
170.5 |
| Mean |
3.7 |
5.1 |
5.4 |
4.7 |
22.9 |
21.8 |
25.8 |
23.5 |
20.6 |
20.2 |
19.5 |
20.1 |
25.2 |
30.5 |
24.9 |
26.9 |
34.1 |
39.9 |
33.4 |
35.8 |
190.7 |
152.7 |
194.7 |
179.4 |
| LSD |
0.7 |
NS |
0.7 |
0.5 |
0.8 |
NS |
1.1 |
0.7 |
NS |
NS |
1.1 |
0.7 |
NS |
NS |
NS |
1.4 |
NS |
NS |
NS |
1.7 |
NS |
NS |
NS |
11.6 |
| CV
% |
13.5 |
12.4 |
8.7 |
7.0 |
2.5 |
5.3 |
3.1 |
2.2 |
5.4 |
5.0 |
3.8 |
2.6 |
9.1 |
7.0 |
6.0 |
3.7 |
7.9 |
6.3 |
5.0 |
3.3 |
1.4 |
8.7 |
6.8 |
4.5 |
*
%Dry matter (DM at time of harvest. Mean stage by count is a measure
of average plant maturity: 3= early bud, 4= late bud, 5 = early
flower, 6= late flower. Forage quality on 100% dry matter basis
by NIRS. Conducted by Charles Flynn, Eastern Agriculture Reasearch
Center. Crude Protien (CP), acid detergent fiber (ADF), neutral
dtergent fiber (NDF) and relative feed value(RF) |
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