2015-2016 Short-lived Grass and Cover Crops Trial

Skip to the beginning of the images gallery

Annual Ryegrass (multi-cut)
Variety	Species	Dm Yield t/ac 2-May	Dm Yield t/ac 23-May	Dm Yield t/ac 13-Jun	Dm Yield t/ac Total	First Cutting CP%	First Cutting NDFD 30	Second Cutting CP%	Second Cutting NDFD 30	Third Cutting CP%	Third Cutting NDFD 30
ME4*	Ryegrass	3.66	1.12	1.55	6.34	14.7	77	20.8	84	14.7	56
Marshall	Ryegrass	3.40	1.01	1.41	5.83	14.3	66	19.7	85	16.3	58
Meroa	Italian	2.68	1.38	1.75	5.81	18.2	68	18.1	78	18.5	63
Centurion	Ryegrass	3.05	1.04	1.57	5.65	14.7	69	20.5	85	14.3	58
Mckinley	Ryegrass	3.03	1.00	1.58	5.61	15.4	66	23.2	88	14.1	54
Jackson	Ryegrass	3.20	1.04	1.36	5.60	15.5	65	19.7	84	17.6	56
Bar LM 15427*		2.55	1.21	1.83	5.59	18.1	68	19.8	85	16.9	61
Allegro	Italian	2.42	1.33	1.75	5.50	16	64	18	84	14.9	59
DLFPS-LWT27*		2.53	0.98	1.98	5.50	18.7	66	26.2	89	17.4	60
Bar LM 15425*		2.48	1.24	1.55	5.27	17.8	69	17.8	84	17.2	61
Attain	Ryegrass	2.66	1.04	1.56	5.26	16.8	66	19.9	83	16	57
Bar LM 15426*		2.40	1.17	1.67	5.24	15.8	67	19.3	83	16.2	61
Grasshancer 100W	Italian	2.85	0.88	1.48	5.22	15	63	21.6	86	14.4	55
Nelson	Ryegrass	2.46	1.04	1.67	5.16	16.9	66	19.5	82	17.2	57
Bar LM 15371*		2.37	1.28	1.50	5.15	18.6	65	19.1	81	16	60
Fria	Ryegrass	2.87	0.89	1.37	5.13	15.4	66	20.9	85	16.1	55
M2CVS*		2.70	1.07	1.33	5.11	15.1	64	19.5	84	15.6	58
PPG-LMT 102*		1.62	1.59	1.89	5.10	23.1	67	17.3	82	20.4	66
Kodiak	Ryegrass	2.65	0.93	1.46	5.05	16.8	66	23.6	85	15.4	60
TetraPrime	Italian	1.56	1.75	1.61	4.93	18.5	68	18.5	84	17	64
Barmultra II	Italian	1.94	1.32	1.66	4.93	18.8	67	18.9	81	18.3	61
ME-94*		2.70	0.99	1.23	4.92	13.2	59	18.8	85	17.5	55
MO-1	Ryegrass	2.86	0.83	1.17	4.86	14.9	66	24.3	87	15.5	55
KoWinearly	Italian	2.68	0.88	1.22	4.78	18	67	21.8	83	14.6	56
Kospeed	Italian	2.78	0.84	1.11	4.73	19.3	59	19.9	82	16.3	56
Andes	Ryegrass	2.07	0.97	1.55	4.59	17.6	70	26.3	89	18.5	61
PPG-TAR 113* cut 5/9, 6/6		1.88	1.75	N/A	3.63	17.3	64	14	69	NA	NA
Mean		2.59	1.13	1.53	5.20	16.8	66	20.3	84	16.4	59
LSD (.05)		0.40	0.19	0.27	0.63
CV%		11.09	11.75	12.52	8.66

*Experimental varieties not currently marketed

Annual Ryegrass (single-cut)
Variety	Species	Cut date	Dm T/A Total	CP%	NDFD 30
Centurion	Ryegrass	13-May	5.06	12.5	77
BAR LM 15426*		13-May	4.42	13.3	74
Marshall	Ryegrass	11-May	4.30	12.6	73
Jackson	Ryegrass	11-May	4.21	13.4	72
Tetraprime	Italian	16-May	4.06	17.3	76
Barmultra II	Italian	13-May	3.83	14.7	73
Nelson	Ryegrass	11-May	3.80	14.1	72
BAR LM 15427*		11-May	3.66	15.1	74
BAR LM 15425*		11-May	3.39	15.8	77
BAR LM 15371*		11-May	3.38	13.8	77
Mean			4.01	14.3	75
LSD (.05)			0.21
CV%			3.72

*Experimental varieties not currently marketed

CV = coefficient of variation
LSD = least significant difference

Planted September 18, 2015
Yields (tons per acre DM basis)
Grand Mean, CV and LSD values represent 27 total entries (multi-cut) and 10 total entries (single-cut).
Means are LSMeans derived from statistical analysis.
Rankings are based on total yields.

Short-Season Cereals
Variety	Species	Cut date	DM T/A Total	CP%	NDFD 30
505*	Triticale	9-May	4.62	11.4	74
Trical 815	Triticale	6-May	4.15	15.5	77
504*	Triticale	9-May	4.13	15.3	77
154	Triticale	2-May	4.03	14.7	69
Trical 336†	Triticale	6-May	3.94	14.9	72
511*	Triticale	9-May	3.93	14.7	74
501*	Triticale	6-May	3.73	14.1	75
503*	Triticale	11-May	3.67	13.2	76
Traction†	Triticale	6-May	3.66	14.7	75
Hy Octane†	Triticale	2-May	3.59	15.7	77
502*	Triticale	2-May	3.39	17.2	80
Bolt	Triticale	2-May	3.27	17.1	73
509*	Triticale	2-May	2.94	17.4	79
Rye check VNS	Rye	29-Apr	2.75	18.6	78
508*	Triticale	2-May	2.62	15.2	73
512*	Triticale	2-May	2.52	14.7	74
513*	Triticale	9-May	2.46	12	74
510*	Triticale	2-May	2.44	15.9	77
BCWR15WR1*	Rye	29-Apr	2.24	21.1	81
Mean			3.54	15.4	75
LSD (.05)			0.41
CV%			8.32

*Experimental varieties not currently marketed.
†Entered twice in trial - yield and quality results shown are an average of the two outcomes.

CV = coefficient of variation
LSD = least significant difference

Planted September 18, 2015
Yields (tons per acre DM basis)
Grand Mean, CV and LSD values represent 22 total entries.
Means are LSMeans derived from statistical analysis.
Rankings are based on total yields.

Cover Crop Mixes (single-cut)
Variety	Species	Harvest Date	DM T/A Total	CP%	NDFD 30
Soil Builder Plus	Mix	2-May	3.69	18.7	79
FS Cover 2	Mix	9-May	3.11	14.4	56
Mean			3.41	16.6	68
LSD (.05)			ns
CV%			15.45

Mixes/Clover/Hairy Vetch (multi-cut)
Variety	Species	Harvest Dates	DM Yield t/a cut 1	DM Yield t/a cut 2	DM Yield t/a cut 3	DM Yield t/a cut Total	1st Cut CP%	1st Cut NDFD 30	2nd Cut CP%	2nd Cut NDFD 30	3rd Cut CP%	3rd Cut NDFD 30
FS Cover 1	Mix	5/2, 5/23, 6/13	2.54	1.29	2.22	6.05	17	67	21.2	81	15.9	57
FS Cover 4	Mix	5/2, 5/23, 6/13	2.13	1.18	1.88	5.19	19.9	67	22.6	82	12.8	58
Purple Bounty	Hairy Vetch	5/13, 6/13	2.23	0.82	NA	3.05	23.8	71	23.5	69
SunUp	Clover	5/16, 6/13	1.27	0.87	NA	2.13	22.5	45	20	55
FS Cover 3	Mix	5/16, 6/17	0.61	0.65	NA	1.25	25.7	59	19.2	64
Border	Clover	16-May	0.65	NA	NA	0.65	24.4	70	NA	NA
Mean			1.57	0.96	2.05	3.05	22.2	63	21.3	84	14.35	58
LSD (.05)			0.34	0.20	0.28	0.37
CV%			14.25	13.33	5.96	7.79