2004 Oat/Barley Forage Trial - Chemical Fallow

Dickinson, ND

 Harvest

DM

Variety

Height

Moisture

Yield

CP¹

ADF

TDN

--- inches ---

-----%-----

Ton/ac

------------ % ------------

Haybet barley

20

65

1.3

17.6

31

65

Hays barley

17

66

1.2

18.5

31

65

AC Assiniboia oat

26

53

1.1

11.0

37

61

AC Ronald oat²

25

73

0.9

17.1

34

63

Ebeltoft oat

25

57

1.1

12.6

38

59

Ensiler oat

29

68

1.2

14.2

40

58

Forage Plus oat

28

56

1.3

12.5

38

60

HiFi oat

26

65

1.2

14.1

38

59

Jerry oat

26

63

1.1

11.3

44

55

Killdeer oat

22

54

1.3

10.0

42

56

Morton oat

29

66

1.3

13.5

39

59

Paul oat

28

50

1.2

10.0

40

58

Stark oat

29

52

1.3

9.7

39

59

Trial Mean

24

58

1.2

12.7

38

60

C.V. %

9.1

3.3

18.0

12.1

5.5

2.7

LSD .05

3

3

0.3

3.2

4

3

Growth Stage at harvest: Soft Dough.
¹CP=Crude Protein, ADF=Acid Detergent Fiber, TDN =Total Digestible Nutrients.
²Harvested at Late Milk stage.