Forage yield by harvest year

96-98

96-00

Relative yield

Cultivar

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

avg.

avg.

96-98

96-00

--------------------tons dry matter/acre---------------------

----% of Vernal----

4 cuts like variety trials^§

Spredor 3

5.33

5.58

5.99

5.58

5.39

5.63

5.57

98.4

100.0

Travois

4.85

5.14

5.46

5.10

4.97

5.15

5.10

90.0

91.6

Vernal

5.46

5.65

6.05

5.49

5.21

5.72

5.57

100.0

100.0

WL 252 HQ

5.55

5.84

6.32

4.75

5.21

5.90

5.53

103.1

99.3

Sterling

5.22

5.74

6.29

5.29

5.51

5.75

5.61

100.5

100.7

LegenDairy

5.64

6.02

6.13

4.58

4.96

5.93

5.47

103.7

98.2

3452-ML

5.57

5.79

6.28

5.19

5.33

5.88

5.63

102.8

101.1

5246

5.34

5.99

6.73

5.82

5.55

6.02

5.88

105.2

105.6

DK 127

5.70

6.13

6.37

3.50

5.42

6.07

5.19

106.2

93.1

Magnum IV

5.84

5.86

6.74

4.83

4.24

6.14

5.74

107.3

103.0

631

5.68

5.74

6.23

4.40

5.21

5.88

5.45

102.8

97.8

HayGrazer

5.42

5.78

6.09

3.85

4.34

5.77

5.10

100.9

91.5

Mean

5.47

5.77

6.22

4.87

5.11

5.82

5.49

101.7

99.6

4 cuts at given maturity stage for each cultivar^¶

Spredor 3

5.07

5.67

6.86

5.08

6.32

5.87

5.80

99.0

101.5

Travois

4.25

4.90

6.31

5.56

6.22

5.15

5.45

86.8

95.4

Vernal

5.06

5.61

7.12

5.23

5.53

5.93

5.71

100.0

100.0

WL 252 HQ

4.85

5.58

6.81

5.41

5.22

5.75

5.57

97.0

97.6

Sterling

4.97

5.32

5.89

4.87

5.22

5.39

5.25

90.9

91.9

LegenDairy

4.84

5.04

6.07

5.15

4.94

5.32

5.21

89.7

91.2

3452-ML

5.15

5.63

6.37

5.20

5.23

5.72

5.52

96.5

96.6

5246

5.06

5.89

6.55

5.80

5.34

5.83

5.73

98.3

100.3

DK 127

4.68

5.27

6.03

4.86

4.73

5.33

5.11

89.9

89.5

Magnum IV

5.48

5.80

6.48

5.89

5.22

5.92

5.77

99.8

101.1

631

5.03

5.57

6.43

5.88

5.40

5.68

5.66

95.8

99.1

HayGrazer

4.85

4.96

6.26

5.05

4.88

5.35

5.20

90.2

91.0

Mean

4.94

5.44

6.43

5.33

5.35

5.60

5.59

94.4

96.2

Early 3-cut at given maturity stage for each culitvar^#

Spredor 3

4.49

5.19

6.23

6.11

6.18

5.30

5.64

96.5

100.6

Travois

4.49

5.45

6.37

5.65

6.16

5.43

5.62

98.9

100.3

Vernal

4.46

5.70

6.31

5.84

5.73

5.49

5.61

100.0

100.0

WL 252 HQ

4.31

5.05

6.14

5.87

5.98

5.17

5.47

94.2

97.5

Sterling

4.72

4.98

6.31

5.91

5.60

5.33

5.50

97.1

98.1

LegenDairy

4.47

5.28

6.51

5.79

5.26

5.42

5.46

98.7

97.4

3452-ML

4.51

5.43

6.37

5.85

6.07

5.44

5.65

99.1

100.7

5246

4.71

5.55

6.58

5.95

5.82

5.61

5.72

102.2

102.0

DK 127

4.26

5.30

6.53

5.61

5.53

5.36

5.44

97.6

97.1

Magnum IV

4.47

5.40

6.41

5.66

5.70

5.46

5.53

98.9

98.6

631

4.47

5.54

6.73

5.77

5.72

5.58

5.65

101.06

100.7

HayGrazer

4.42

4.82

6.42

6.02

5.86

5.22

5.51

95.1

98.2

Mean

4.48

5.31

6.41

5.84

5.80

5.40

5.57

98.4

99.3

Late 3-cut at given maturity stage for each cultivar^††

Spredor 3

4.70

5.17

6.74

5.73

7.11

5.54

5.89

91.6

92.9

Travois

4.69

5.28

6.67

5.49

6.57

5.55

5.74

91.7

90.6

Vernal

4.85

5.99

7.30

6.23

7.33

6.05

6.34

100.0

100.0

WL 252 HQ

4.69

5.55

6.74

6.12

6.90

5.66

6.00

93.6

94.6

Sterling

4.96

5.53

6.50

6.08

6.97

5.66

6.01

93.6

94.8

LegenDairy

4.98

5.77

6.86

6.04

6.52

5.87

6.03

97.0

95.2

3452-ML

5.10

5.78

6.90

6.19

7.18

5.93

6.23

98.0

98.2

5246

4.88

5.55

6.77

6.41

7.19

5.73

6.15

94.7

97.2

DK 127

4.60

5.56

6.76

6.09

6.90

5.64

5.98

93.2

94.4

Magnum IV

4.70

5.81

7.02

6.36

6.83

5.84

6.14

96.5

96.9

631

4.83

5.88

6.86

6.21

6.64

5.87

6.09

97.0

96.0

HayGrazer

4.76

5.66

6.76

6.16

6.88

5.72

6.05

94.5

95.3

Mean

4.81

5.63

6.82

6.09

6.92

5.75

6.06

94.9

95.5

Mean

4.93

5.53

6.47

5.53

5.65

5.64

5.65

LSD (0.05)

0.36

0.49

0.55

0.72

0.56

0.26

0.29

CV (%)

5.3

5.3

5.3

9.3

7.1

5.1

6.4