TABLE 13. SOUTH CENTRAL ZONE - SILAGE EARLY MATURITY TRIAL. (FON DU LAC=FON, GALESVILLE=GAL) (105 DAY RELATIVE MATURITY OR EARLIER, 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 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DAIRYLAND STEALTH1496 6.6 63.3 30 7.2 22 45 79 54 2120 14000 6.6 6.7 NK BRAND N4424 7.1 63.4 50 7.1 22 43 80 55 2250* 16100* 7.4 6.8 CARHART'S BLUE TOP CX1200A 7.1 63.7 30 7.3 21 44 80 54 2220 15700 7.0 7.1 CARHART'S BLUE TOP CX100A 7.0 63.9 40 7.4 21 43 80 54 2300* 16200* 7.9* 6.0 CARHART'S BLUE TOP CX9500A 6.1 64.2 30 7.3 23 45 78 51 2090 12700 5.2 7.1 RENK RK546 6.8 64.6 50 6.9 22 44 79 54 2170 14700 6.6 6.9 7.2 56.4 2330* 16600* 7.1 7.2 RENK RK617 7.2 64.6 60 7.2 21 44 80 53 2200 16100* 7.1 7.4* 7.9* 56.3 2300 18200* 7.5 8.3* CARGILL 3677 7.2 64.6 40 6.9 20 40 81 53 2440* 17400* 7.0 7.3 GOLDEN HARVEST H2387 6.5 64.9 40 7.8 20 42 81 54 2360* 15500 6.7 6.4 7.9* 58.0 2280 18000* 7.5 8.3* MYCOGEN SEEDS T27392 5.9 65.0 40 7.5 22 44 80 54 2230 13500 7.0 4.9 100-DAY RELATIVE MATURITY AVERAGE 65.2 AGRIPRO SEEDS AP9230 6.9 65.3 40 7.7 21 43 79 51 2180 15400 7.7* 6.1 DEKALB DK527 6.8 65.7 40 7.3 21 42 81 54 2350* 16100* 7.1 6.6 7.9* 56.6 2500* 19800* 8.2* 7.6* CARHART'S BLUE TOP CX1195A 6.5 65.9 30 7.8 22 43 79 51 2180 14200 6.8 6.2 8.5* 58.0 2320 19500* 8.6* 8.3* LG SEEDS LG2499 8.1* 66.1 60 7.6 21 42 81 54 2370* 19000* 7.6* 8.6* BROWN'S 5180 6.6 66.2 40 7.3 22 44 80 55 2220 14700 6.3 6.8 MYCOGEN SEEDS T27509 7.0 66.4 60 7.4 21 41 81 53 2360* 16600* 6.7 7.3 DAIRYLAND STEALTH1297 7.0 66.5 30 7.7 22 45 79 54 2100 14700 7.2 6.7 DAIRYLAND STEALTH1500 7.0 66.5 50 7.5 21 43 80 53 2250* 16400* 6.9 7.1 TRELAY 4600 7.5 66.5 50 7.5 22 44 80 54 2210 16600* 7.3 7.6* PIONEER 35R57 7.5 66.6 60 7.4 22 44 80 55 2210 16600* 7.4 7.5* JUNG HDS95 6.1 66.8 30 8.0 23 46 79 54 2090 12800 6.1 6.1 RENK RK671 6.6 66.8 50 7.7 23 45 79 54 2100 13900 5.4 7.7* PIONEER 3573 7.2 66.8 60 7.0 23 45 80 56 2170 15600 6.9 7.6* 8.1* 60.3 2330* 18800* 7.9 8.2* CARGILL 4111 6.8 66.9 50 7.0 22 44 80 55 2250* 15000 6.7 6.9 DAIRYLAND STEALTH1402 6.2 67.0 50 7.8 23 45 79 54 2150 13200 5.9 6.5 PIONEER 36K27 7.5 67.2 60 6.8 23 45 80 54 2160 16200* 8.4* 6.5 PIONEER 3527 8.7* 67.2 60 7.1 23 45 80 55 2170 19000* 8.7* 8.7* 8.7* 61.5 2240 19400* 8.7* 8.6* BROWN'S 6850 7.7* 67.5 40 7.4 23 46 79 54 2040 15800 8.1* 7.4* 105-DAY RELATIVE MATURITY AVERAGE 67.5 NK BRAND N52-B2 7.7* 67.5 50 6.8 23 44 78 51 2100 16100* 7.3 8.0* RENK RK672 5.4 67.5 30 7.8 23 46 79 53 2060 11200 5.3 5.6 TOP FARM TFsx2103 6.2 67.6 50 7.4 21 42 79 52 2260* 13900 5.5 6.8 AGRIPRO SEEDS AP9300 6.6 67.6 50 7.3 24 47 79 55 2000 13500 6.3 7.0 TRELAY 5004 7.0 67.7 40 8.0 21 43 80 52 2250* 15800 7.1 7.0 MYCOGEN SEEDS T27624 7.4 67.8 60 7.7 24 47 79 55 2000 14800 7.7* 7.0 CARHART'S BLUE TOP CX105A 7.8* 68.5 50 7.3 22 44 79 53 2200 17200* 7.4 8.3* GROWMARK FS2140 6.7 69.7 60 7.6 23 45 79 54 2170 14700 6.5 6.9 8.0* 61.2 2430* 19700* 8.6* 7.5* JUNG HDS105 6.3 71.1 60 9.0 27 49 77 53 1800 11400 6.1 6.6 RENK RK641 6.5 71.3 60 7.6 24 46 79 54 2060 13500 6.3 6.7 7.9* 60.3 2450* 19500* 7.4 8.4* MEAN 6.9 66.5 50 7.5 22 44 79 54 2180 15200 6.9 7.0 8.0 59.1 2330* 18700* 8.1 7.9 LSD(0.10)** 1.1 2.6 10 0.4 2 3 2 1 200 3000 1.2 1.3 1.3 2.9 170 3700 1.7 1.2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ## 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.