| Silage Forage - Dryland | Carrington | |||||||||||
| Yield | ||||||||||||
| Forage Treatment | Variety | Seeding Rate |
Harvest Stage |
Plant Height | Harv. Moist. | 70% M. | Dry Wt. | Crude Protein | ADF | NDF | TDN | RFV |
| PLS or lb/ac (1,000s) |
inch | % | ton/ac | --------------- % --------------- | ||||||||
| Forage Sorghum | BMR-100 | 70 | Fully headed | 100 | 79.5 | 18 | 5.3 | 9.3 | 39 | 65 | 51 | 83 |
| Corn | Cargill 2777 | 21 | 50% milk line | 98 | 67.9 | 22 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 31 | 59 | 61 | 102 |
| Corn /F. soybean | C. 2777/Donegal | 21/50 lbs | 50% m.l./f. pod | *98 | 71.7 | 21 | 6.4 | 8.2 | 31 | 57 | 62 | 107 |
| Forage Sorghum | High Energy | 7 lbs | 50 % headed | 106 | 77.0 | 21 | 6.3 | 7.6 | 38 | 61 | 52 | 92 |
| Pearl Millet | Milstar | 7 lbs | Fully headed | 98 | 66.0 | 18 | 5.5 | 10.0 | 45 | 70 | 44 | 72 |
| Sorghum /sudan | Grazex II | 7 lbs | Fully headed | 120 | 68.3 | 19 | 5.7 | 9.0 | 42 | 67 | 47 | 77 |
| Mean | 104 | 71.7 | 20 | 6.0 | 8.6 | 38 | 63 | 53 | 89 | |||
| C.V.% | 2.9 | 3.6 | 12 | 12 | 16.5 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 9.3 | |||
| LSD.05 | 5 | 4.7 | NS | NS | NS | 4.5 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 15.1 | |||
| *Soybean plant height averaged 49 inches with a lodging score of 5.3 in the corn/soybean mix | ||||||||||||
| Planting Date=June 6; Harvest Date=Sept 26; Previous Crop=Soybeans | ||||||||||||