NDFD Standards Available!

 

FOR THOSE LABS WHO WISH TO HAVE FORAGE STANDARDS OF KNOWN NDFD CONTENT:

 

THE UW SOIL AND FORAGE LAB, MARSHFIELD, WI IS OFFERING 33 DIFFERENT STANDARDS OF VARIOUS COMBINATIONS OF SPECIES AND MATURITY

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Each standard of specific species and maturity is
 $75.00 per 50 gram sample.

 

 

 

The NIRS Consortium will handle requests
 for samples, and the billing

 

 

PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING TABLE FOR ALL THE STANDARDS AVAILABLE

 

TO REQUEST SAMPLES, PLEASE CONTACT:

PATTY LASKOWSKI

pmlaskowski@wisc.edu

608-489-3960

 

 

 

            Hoffman et al 2003, NDFD Standards Project

Sample

#

Sample Species ID

Sample Maturity ID

NDF, % of DM

NDF Digestibility,

% of NDF

 48 hr In Vitro

TS1

Timothy Silage

Early Vegetative

49.3

74.0

TS2

 

Mid Vegetative

64.6

69.6

TS3

 

Boot

68.0

44.0

TS4

 

Anthesis

66.3

34.8

TS5

 

Mature (Seed)

71.3

28.8

 

 

 

 

 

TH1

Timothy Hay

Early Vegetative

46.7

78.1

TH2

 

Mid Vegetative

59.5

68.6

TH3

 

Boot

67.1

48.3

TH4

 

Anthesis

67.1

38.4

TH5

 

Mature (Seed)

68.1

31.1

 

 

 

 

 

AS1

Alfalfa Silage

Early Vegetative

27.1

59.6

AS2

 

Mid Vegetative

37.1

53.8

AS3

 

Bud

49.0

40.0

AS4

 

1/2 Bloom

48.6

36.4

AS5

 

Full Bloom

51.3

35.1

 

 

 

 

 

AH1

Alfalfa Hay

Early Vegetative

26.2

62.0

AH2

 

Mid Vegetative

37.3

58.9

AH3

 

Bud

47.4

46.7

AH4

 

1/2 Bloom

50.5

43.0

AH5

 

Full Bloom

51.6

39.7

 

 

 

 

 

CS1

Normal Corn Silage1

3/4 Milk Line

41.6

51.9

CS2

 

1/4 Milk Line

37.8

48.4

CS3

 

Black Layer

39.9

47.1

CS4

 

Black Layer + 14 d

37.6

50.1

 

 

 

 

 

BRCS1

Brown Mid Rib Corn Silage

3/4 Milk

38.5

71.0

BRCS2

 

1/4 Milk

35.0

63.4

BRCS3

 

Black Layer

39.0

62.0

BRCS4

 

Black Layer + 14 d

39.0

59.8

 

 

 

 

 

OS1

Oat Silage

Early Vegetative

45.8

79.1

OS2

 

Mid Vegetative

52.3

77.5

OS3

 

Boot

69.9

67.1

OS4

 

Head

63.4

47.4

OS5

 

Soft Dough

62.4

34.0