Lancaster 2007 Seeding Grass Grazing Trial
Lancaster 2008 Seeding Grass Grazing Trial
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Lancaster Agricultural Research Station, Lancaster, WISCONSIN, USA
2007 Cool-Season Grass Seeding
Grazing Trial-intake results
2009 Grazing Periods							2009	2008	2-yr
		May 14	Jun 22	Jul 22	Aug 24	Oct 21	Total	Total	Total
Specie	Variety	Intake*	Intake*	Intake*	Intake*	Intake*	Intake*	Intake*	Intake*
		ton/a	ton/a	ton/a	ton/a	ton/a	ton/a	ton/a	ton/a
Perennial ryegrass	BOOST	0.32	.	.	.	.	.	4.38
Kentucky bluegrass	LATO	.	0.68	0.47	0.69	0.43	2.27
Orchardgrass	OG0203G	1.57	1.69	0.54	1.11	0.79	5.70	5.08	10.78
Perennial ryegrass	POWER	0.22	.	.	.	.	.	2.91
Kentucky bluegrass	THROUGHBLUE	.	0.85	0.36	0.66	0.44	2.30
Timothy	TM9701	0.77	.	.	.	.	.	4.01
Perennial ryegrass	VERANO	0.15	.	.	.	.	.	2.82
Mean		0.61	1.07	0.46	0.82	0.55	3.42	3.84	10.78
LSD 5%							0.30	0.46
CV%							5.1	7.9
*intake based on difference between before-graze and after-graze pasture plate measurements.
Grazing Trial-palatability results
							2009	2008	2-yr
		May 14	Jun 22	Jul 22	Aug 24	Oct 21	Average	Average	Average
Specie	Variety	Palat.^	Palat.^	Palat.^	Palat.^	Palat.^	Palat.^	Palat.^	Palat.^
Perennial ryegrass	BOOST	4.0	.				4.0	2.9	3.4
Kentucky bluegrass	LATO	.	2.5	2.8	3.0	2.8	2.8
Orchardgrass	OG0203G	2.5	2.8	2.8	2.0	3.3	2.6	2.4	2.5
Perennial ryegrass	POWER	3.0	.				3.0	3.0	3.0
Kentucky bluegrass	THROUGHBLUE	.	2.5	3.0	2.8	2.8	3.0
Timothy	TM9701	2.6	.				2.6	3.3	2.9
Perennial ryegrass	VERANO	4.1	.				4.1	3.7	3.9
Mean		3.2	2.6	2.8	2.6	2.9	3.2	3.1	3.2
LSD 5%							0.9	0.6	0.7
CV%							11.4	13.2	12.0
^PALAT.=Palatability rating 0=0% grazed, 1=20%, 2=40%, 3=60%, 4=80%, 5=100% grazed.
Palatability of grasses under grazing is determined by visual estimation of percent defoliation of plots.
The visual determination is made midway during mob grazing by beef cows of the grass plots for intake determination.
Creeping bentgrass and Kentucky bluegrass plots did not survive winter
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Lancaster Agricultural Research Station, Lancaster, WISCONSIN, USA
2008 Cool-Season Grass Seeding
Grazing Trial-intake results
2009 Grazing Periods							2009
		May 14	Jun 22	Jul 22	Aug 24	Oct 21	Total
Specie	Variety	Intake*	Intake*	Intake*	Intake*	Intake*	Intake*
		ton/a	ton/a	ton/a	ton/a	ton/a	ton/a
Festulolium	BONUS	0.74	2.30	0.38	0.88	0.63	4.93
Perennial ryegrass	CALIBRA	0.29	0.40	0.27	0.88	0.52	2.36
Orchardgrass	EXTEND	1.16	1.31	1.19	1.22	0.79	5.67
Festulolium	GAIN	0.55	1.78	0.31	0.82	0.69	4.15
Orchardgrass	POTOMAC	1.01	0.87	0.43	1.12	0.70	4.13
Festulolium	SPRING GREEN	0.35	0.63	0.24	0.91	0.62	2.75
Festulolium	SPRING GREEN ORGANIC	0.42	0.62	0.25	0.75	0.64	2.67
Perennial ryegrass	PSG 47MOL	winterkilled
Perennial ryegrass	PSG AM108	winterkilled
Mean		0.65	1.13	0.44	0.94	0.66	3.81
LSD 5%							1.03
CV%							18.2
*intake based on difference between before-graze and after-graze pasture plate measurements.
Grazing Trial-palatability results
							2009
		May 14	Jun 22	Jul 22	Aug 24	Oct 21	Average
Specie	Variety	Palat.^	Palat.^	Palat.^	Palat.^	Palat.^	Palat.^
Festulolium	BONUS	3.5	2.3	3.5	3.0	2.5	3.0
Perennial ryegrass	CALIBRA	3.8	3.0	3.8	3.5	4.5	3.7
Orchardgrass	EXTEND	2.8	2.5	2.7	2.8	3.3	2.8
Festulolium	GAIN	3.0	2.3	3.8	3.5	3.3	3.2
Orchardgrass	POTOMAC	2.5	3.0	2.8	2.8	3.8	3.0
Festulolium	SPRING GREEN	3.5	2.5	3.3	3.0	3.5	3.2
Festulolium	SPRING GREEN ORGANIC	3.5	2.3	2.8	3.0	3.0	2.9
Perennial ryegrass	PSG 47MOL	winterkilled
Perennial ryegrass	PSG AM108	winterkilled
Mean		3.2	2.5	3.2	3.1	3.4	3.1
LSD 5%							0.5
CV%							9.8
^PALAT.=Palatability rating 0=0% grazed, 1=20%, 2=40%, 3=60%, 4=80%, 5=100% grazed.
Palatability of grasses under grazing is determined by visual estimation of percent defoliation of plots.
The visual determination is made midway during mob grazing by beef cows of the grass plots for intake determination.
Creeping bentgrass and Kentucky bluegrass plots did not survive winter
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