Arlington, Wi 2002 Seeding
Arlington, Wi 2003 Seeding
Rosemount, MN 2002 Seeding
Rosemount, MN 2003 Seeding
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2003 Forage Quality Trials, Arlington, WI ...Seeded 2002
(rows sorted by season total lbs milk/acre)																						Season totals and averages
	6/9/03							7/11/03							8/18/03							(NIRS values, weighted averages)
	yield	milk	milk	RFQ^a	CP	NDF	dig.^b	yield	milk	milk	RFQ	CP	NDF	dig.	yield	milk	milk	RFQ	CP	NDF	dig.	yield	milk	milk	RFQ	CP	NDF	dig.
Entry	ton/a	lbs/ton	lbs/a		%	%	%	ton/a	lbs/ton	lbs/a		%	%	%	ton/a	lbs/ton	lbs/a		%	%	%	ton/a	lbs/ton	lbs/a		%	%	%
30Q135	2.52	2284	5750	138	23	39	38	1.84	2406	4415	146	20	37	36	0.94	2882	2709	200	22	32	44	5.30	2432	12875	152	21	37	38
FEAST +EV	2.52	2320	5840	142	24	39	40	1.71	2192	3752	126	19	40	34	1.08	2730	2931	181	22	34	42	5.30	2361	12523	144	22	38	39
30Q136	2.43	2185	5295	130	22	40	36	1.82	2112	3836	122	20	39	31	1.12	2427	2714	151	21	36	36	5.36	2211	11844	132	21	39	35
30Q132	2.57	2029	5216	115	22	42	35	1.82	2256	4097	134	20	38	34	0.96	2493	2387	155	22	36	37	5.34	2189	11700	128	21	40	35
VERNAL	2.46	2041	5008	116	22	42	35	1.84	2246	4106	128	18	41	35	1.04	2480	2584	150	20	37	38	5.33	2195	11698	127	20	40	36
6410	2.52	2039	5149	112	20	43	34	1.69	2240	3795	132	20	39	33	0.89	2739	2438	184	22	33	41	5.10	2229	11382	131	20	40	35

Mean	2.50	2150	5376	126	22	41	36	1.79	2242	4000	131	20	39	34	1.01	2625	2627	170	22	35	40	5.29	2270	12004	136	21	39	36
LSD 5%	ns	116	518	10	1	2	2	ns	108	ns	10	1	1	2	0.07	150	237	18	1	2	3	ns	90	ns	8	1	1	2
CV %	5.6	3.5	6.3	5.3	2.4	3.1	3.2	12.6	3.1	12.8	4.8	2.1	2.2	3.3	4.9	3.7	5.9	7.0	2.7	3.6	5.5	5.7	2.6	5.8	4.1	2.2	2.2	2.8



2003 Forage Quality Trials, Arlington, WI ...Seeded 2003
(rows sorted by season total lbs milk/acre)															Season totals and averages
	7/11/03							8/18/03							(NIRS values, weighted averages)
	yield	milk	milk	RFQ	CP	NDF	dig.	yield	milk	milk	RFQ	CP	NDF	dig.	yield	milk	milk	RFQ	CP	NDF	dig.
Entry	ton/a	lbs/ton	lbs/a		%	%	%	ton/a	lbs/ton	lbs/a		%	%	%	ton/a	lbs/ton	lbs/a		%	%	%
BARALFA 53 HR	2.09	2373	4963	152	24	36	38	1.12	2741	3082	180	22	35	44	3.21	2503	8045	163	23	35	41
54Q25	2.06	2381	4913	153	24	36	39	1.14	2718	3097	176	22	35	45	3.20	2502	8010	161	23	36	41
4A421	2.03	2368	4811	152	24	36	39	1.06	2855	3023	196	23	33	46	3.09	2537	7833	167	24	35	41
6415	1.91	2454	4683	160	24	36	41	1.05	2752	2895	182	22	34	45	2.96	2560	7578	168	24	35	42
DKA33-16	1.92	2355	4546	152	24	36	39	1.05	2593	2707	168	23	35	41	2.97	2437	7253	157	24	35	40
VERNAL	1.86	2294	4253	142	24	38	40	0.85	2763	2343	183	23	35	47	2.71	2441	6596	155	24	37	42
EXTREME	1.88	2298	4316	145	24	37	38	0.88	2523	2217	159	22	36	40	2.76	2371	6533	149	23	37	39

Mean	1.96	2360	4641	151	24	36	39	1.02	2706	2766	178	22	35	44	2.99	2479	7407	160	24	36	41
LSD 5%	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.18	118	481	16	ns	2	3	ns	102	ns	12	ns	ns	2
CV %	13.6	3.6	15.5	6.3	2.7	3.4	4.2	11.9	2.9	11.6	5.9	3.7	3.1	3.8	10.7	2.7	11.9	5.2	2.2	3.3	3.1


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2003 Forage Quality Trials, Rosemount, MN ...Seeded 2002
(rows sorted by season total lbs milk/acre)																						Season totals and averages
	6/3/03							7/15/03							8/25/03							(NIRS values, weighted averages)
	yield	milk	milk	RFQ	CP	NDF	dig.	yield	milk	milk	RFQ	CP	NDF	dig.	yield	milk	milk	RFQ	CP	NDF	dig.	yield	milk	milk	RFQ	CP	NDF	dig.
Entry	ton/a	lbs/ton	lbs/a		%	%	%	ton/a	lbs/ton	lbs/a		%	%	%	ton/a	lbs/ton	lbs/a		%	%	%	ton/a	lbs/ton	lbs/a		%	%	%
30Q135	1.68	2531	4248	153	21	39	45	1.82	1712	3132	94	20	46	32	1.40	1586	2236	87	19	46	27	4.89	1961	9616	112	20	44	35
30Q136	1.67	2588	4316	159	20	38	45	1.83	1650	3028	90	20	46	31	1.32	1626	2146	87	18	46	27	4.82	1967	9490	113	20	43	34
6410	1.64	2545	4161	154	21	39	44	1.84	1562	2873	85	20	48	30	1.46	1591	2342	86	19	46	26	4.94	1899	9377	108	20	44	34
30Q132	1.51	2500	3765	148	20	40	44	1.91	1738	3329	97	20	45	31	1.25	1539	1958	83	18	47	27	4.67	1936	9051	110	20	44	34
GOLDLEAF	1.65	2335	3833	133	19	42	41	1.81	1620	2929	89	20	46	29	1.43	1482	2135	79	18	47	25	4.89	1817	8896	100	19	45	32
620	1.53	2600	3971	159	21	39	47	1.69	1629	2770	90	21	47	31	1.31	1616	2120	87	19	46	27	4.53	1956	8860	113	21	44	36
WL 322 HQ	1.50	2309	3462	131	20	42	41	1.72	1815	3120	101	20	44	32	1.30	1694	2221	93	19	45	29	4.53	1946	8803	109	20	44	34
FEAST +EV	1.52	2540	3833	155	22	39	45	1.81	1505	2722	80	19	48	28	1.42	1546	2194	82	18	47	26	4.74	1846	8749	104	19	45	33
BARALFA 42 IQ	1.57	2490	3909	149	21	40	44	1.73	1602	2764	87	20	47	30	1.27	1566	1978	84	18	47	27	4.56	1899	8651	108	20	44	34
VERNAL	1.38	2409	3305	138	20	42	43	1.72	1474	2530	78	19	49	29	1.15	1619	1858	88	19	46	28	4.24	1817	7693	100	19	46	33
CIMARRON	1.33	2408	3213	140	20	41	42	1.59	1423	2271	75	19	49	27	1.17	1441	1675	75	17	49	25	4.09	1749	7159	96	18	46	32

Mean	1.54	2478	3820	147	20	40	44	1.77	1612	2861	88	20	47	30	1.32	1573	2078	85	18	47	27	4.63	1890	8759	107	20	44	34
LSD 5%	0.14	ns	445	ns	ns	3	ns	ns	173	469	11	ns	2	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.43	100	1014	8	ns	1	ns
CV %	6.3	6.0	8.0	10.2	7.1	4.7	7.5	7.6	7.4	11.3	8.7	5.1	3.2	6.9	11.6	9.3	16.7	11.5	6.4	4.7	6.6	6.4	3.6	8.0	5.2	4.4	2.1	4.7


2003 Forage Quality Trials, Rosemount, MN ...Seeded 2003
(rows sorted by lbs milk/acre)
	8/20/03
	yield	milk	milk	RFQ	CP	NDF	dig.
Entry	ton/a	lbs/ton	lbs/a		%	%	%
54Q25	1.26	2313	2893	148	23	37	37
4A421	1.24	2266	2802	145	24	36	35
6415	1.17	2356	2762	153	24	35	37
DKA33-16	1.14	2399	2730	158	24	35	38
EXTREME	1.09	2338	2554	151	23	36	36
CIMARRON	1.18	2040	2403	121	23	40	33
VERNAL	1.02	2292	2330	143	23	37	37
BARALFA 53 HR	1.09	2114	2319	128	22	39	35
WL 322 HQ	0.99	2330	2302	149	23	36	38

Mean	1.13	2272	2566	144	23	37	36
LSD 5%	ns	ns	ns	ns	1	3	ns
CV %	13.2	7.6	15.4	11.6	2.9	5.8	7.0

RFQ^a= Relative Forage Quality. For a technical discussion of RFQ see:
http://www.uwex.edu/ces/forage/pubs/rfq.htm

dig.^b = NDF digestibility. For a technical discussion of NDF digestibility see:
http://www.uwex.edu/ces/forage/pubs/milk2000.htm

CP = Crude Protein
NDF = Neutral Detergent Fiber