TABLE 12. SOUTHERN ZONE - SILAGE LATE MATURITY TRIAL. (ARLINGTON = ARL, LANCASTER = LAN) (111 DAY RELATIVE MATURITY OR LATER, BASED ON COMPANY RATING) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1997 1996 AVERAGE AVERAGES KERNAL ARL LAN ARL LAN YIELD MST MILK CP ADF NDF IVD CWD MILK PER YLD YLD YLD MOIST MILK PER YLD YLD BRAND HYBRID T/A % % % % % % % TON ACRE T/A T/A T/A % TON ACRE T/A T/A _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CARGILL 4327 5.2 58.6 50 7.3 21 43 80 52 2250* 11700 5.9 4.6 7.8* 60.6 2300* 18100* 9.4* 6.3 PIONEER 3417 5.5 58.9 50 7.1 22 44 79 53 2150 11900 5.8 5.3* 7.2 60.2 2050 15100 8.4 6.0 NK BRAND N6423 6.4* 62.0 40 6.9 22 45 80 55 2150 13700* 7.3* 5.5* 8.3* 62.3 2280* 18500* 9.6* 7.1 BROWN'S 7151 6.5* 62.2 50 7.1 21 42 80 52 2310* 14900* 7.4* 5.6* GOLDEN HARVEST H2547 5.9 62.5 50 6.8 21 43 80 52 2250* 13300* 7.1* 4.8 DAIRYLAND STEALTH1412 6.2* 62.6 50 6.7 20 42 80 51 2280* 14300* 7.5* 4.9 RENK RK864 6.2* 63.3 50 6.9 22 44 79 52 2120 13100* 7.6* 4.9 TERRA E1128 6.4* 65.5 60 7.3 22 43 80 53 2220* 14200* 7.2* 5.5* MYCOGEN SEEDS T27759 7.0* 65.8 70 7.2 26 50 76 52 1740 12200 7.6* 6.4* JUNG HDS112 5.6 68.7 60 7.9 26 49 77 53 1810 10200 6.3 4.9 MEAN 6.1 63.0 50 7.1 22 45 79 52 2130 13000 7.0 5.2 7.8 61.7 2200* 17500* 9.2 6.5 LSD(0.10)** 0.9 5.6 10 0.5 1 2 1 2 150 2300 1.2 1.4 2.0 2.3 200 4900 2.8 0.9 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ## Average whole plant moisture of all hybrids in the trial rated at this maturity by the Minnesota Relative Maturity Rating System. * Hybrids which did not perform significantly less than the highest hybrid in the test. ** See text for further explanation. Shaded results provide the best estimate of relative hybrid performance.