Annual Forage Trial - Irrigated Silage Carrington

Treatment

Seed Source

Cultivar

Plant Height
in

Harvest Moisture
%

Yield 70% M ton/acre

Yield
DM Basis
ton/acre

1995-97 Avg. Yield 70% M
ton/acre

Corn-1

Dekalb

DK343

97

73.6

19.8

5.9

18.3

Corn-2

Cargill

2777

106

75.6

21.5

6.5

- - -

Corn-3

Proseed

Silage 107

110

75.5

17.6

5.3

- - -

Corn/Bean

Elliott

EPB Syth./ Corn Climber

101

78.9

14.6

4.4

- - -

Corn/Field Pea

Elliott

EPB Syth./ Timbolay

101

76.5

14.9

4.5

- - -

Corn/ Soybean

Dekalb

DK343/ Williams 82

101

73.0

18.8

5.6

19.0

Fababeans

N. Sales

Aladin

49

76.6

5.9

1.8

- - -

Forage Sorghum-1

Agripro

High Energy

101

75.9

22.9

6.9

20.3

Forage Sorghum-2

Cargill

Mor-Cane II

102

80.2

19.7

5.9

- - -

Pearl Millet

Agripro

Hy-Pro

94

70.2

14.8

4.4

17.1

 

Mean

87

75.6

17.0

5.11

- - -

C.V. %

- - -

2.0

11.5

11.5

- - -

LSD .05

- - -

2.6

3.4

1.01

- - -

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