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Sidney 97 Trial
Nutrient Yields From Alfalfa Varieties at Sidney, MT in 2000
1997 Trial, Harvested in 2000
Pounds Crude Protein/Acre*
Pounds Digestible Dry Matter/Acre
Variety
1st
2nd
3rd
Total
1st
2nd
3rd
Total
5396
874
629
562
2064
3032
2096
2061
7178

RHINO***
778
621
606
2007
2745
1996
2174
6916

Ace
840
584
558
1983
2776
1925
2109
6813
645
840
653
523
2016
2799
2069
1786
6654
Oneida VR
804
605
508
1916
2726
2013
1863
6603
Plumas
812
599
526
1936
2761
1917
1849
6527
Cimarron 3i
829
598
533
1960
2726
1937
1845
6508
DK 142
797
592
510
1899
2697
1961
1780
6438
DK 140
758
589
499
1847
2609
1901
1804
6314
DK 143
728
596
547
1871
2379
1923
1953
6255
Wrangler
744
596
496
1836
2471
1959
1748
6178
Riley
737
570
537
1845
2519
1814
1814
6147
5301
718
628
496
1842
2370
1960
1719
6049
Ladak 65
755
494
417
1886
2482
1535
1453
5489

Mean
787
597
523
1906
2649
1929
1853
6432
Led (0.05)
92
NS
57
164
270
229
218
495
CV (%)
8.3
9.6
7.7
6.1
7.2
8.4
8.3
5.4

* Estimated by product of dry matter yield and % CP or %DDM on a 100% dry matter basis. %DDM Calcluated by: 88.9 - (0.779 x %ADF)

ITALIC Values within columns indicate entries not statistically different (P=0.05) from the higest entry.

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