Millet - 1998 Crops Day Report

 

Millet Hay - No-till Recrop
			Hay Yield
Variety	Type	Plant Ht. inches	1996	1997	1998	2 yr	3 yr
			---------- Tons / acre* ---------
Earlybird	Pros	35	3.69	2.53	3.15	2.84	3.12
Manta	Foxt	30	3.00	3.12	2.91	3.02	3.01
Siberian	Foxt	29	2.89	2.97	3.07	3.02	2.98
Minsum	Pros	33	3.57	2.45	2.75	2.60	2.92
Huntsman	Pros	33	3.45	2.46	2.74	2.60	2.74
Rise	Pros	32	3.78	2.33	2.50	2.42	2.87
Dawn	Pros	29	3.20	2.46	2.71	2.58	2.79
Sunrise	Pros	33	2.94	2.25	2.90	2.58	2.70
Snowbird	Pros	33	2.73	2.32	2.69	2.50	2.58
Sunup	Pros	33	2.78	2.08	2.61	2.34	2.49
Cerise	Pros	34	2.51	2.43	2.47	2.45	2.47
Trial	--	33	3.09	2.48	2.77	--	--
C.V.%	--	6.7	13.3	14.7	10.7	--	--
LSD .05	--	3	0.59	0.52	NS	--	--
LSD .01	--	4	0.79	NS	NS	--	--

Planting date: May 12, 1998

Harvest date: August 11, 1998

Seeding rate: 25 lbs live seed / acre

Previous crop: HRSW

*Yields are adjusted to a dry weight (0% moisture) basis.

NS = no statistical difference between varieties.