TABLE 16. NORTH CENTRAL ZONE - SILAGE LATE MATURITY TRIAL. (MARSHFIELD=MAR, VALDERS=VAL) (96 DAY RELATIVE MATURITY OR LATER, BASED ON COMPANY RATING) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1997 1996 AVERAGE AVERAGES KERNEL MAR VAL MAR VAL 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 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ MYCOGEN SEEDS 4120 5.4 61.3 30 7.5 22 46 79 55 2100* 11500 5.2 5.7 4.6 55.0 2220 10300 3.7 5.5 CARHART'S BLUE TOP CX1200A 6.4* 64.2 40 7.2 22 45 79 54 2100* 13700* 6.7* 6.2* PIONEER 37M81 6.3* 65.2 30 7.2 21 43 80 55 2280* 14400* 5.8 6.8* GOLDEN HARVEST H2315 5.7 66.0 20 7.4 23 46 80 56 2140* 12200 5.3 6.0 M/W GENETICS G7010 6.2* 66.7 30 7.2 24 48 78 54 1920 11900 6.1* 6.2* TERRA E987 6.6* 67.4 50 7.6 23 46 78 52 2030 13400* 6.8* 6.4* PIONEER 3757E 5.3 67.4 60 7.5 22 44 81 57 2270* 12000 5.2 5.3 5.3 58.5 2350 12600* 5.1* 5.5 DAIRYLAND STEALTH1203 6.6* 67.5 50 7.5 23 45 79 54 2100* 13900* 6.6* 6.6* 5.9* 62.2 2220 12900* 4.8* 7.0* DAIRYLAND DST10212 6.6* 67.9 60 7.6 22 44 81 57 2260* 15000* 6.8* 6.4* RENK RK617 6.0* 67.9 60 7.6 24 47 79 55 2060* 12100 6.1* 5.9 5.3 61.2 2210 11900 4.8* 5.9 GOLDEN HARVEST H2387 6.4* 68.2 50 7.9 22 45 80 55 2150* 13800* 6.4* 6.4* 6.2* 60.7 2190 13600* 5.7* 6.6* 100-DAY RELATIVE MATURITY AVERAGE 68.4 CARHART'S BLUE TOP CX100A 6.5* 68.4 60 7.7 23 46 80 57 2140* 13900* 6.9* 6.0 RENK RK671 5.7 68.5 60 7.6 22 44 80 55 2210* 12700* 6.1* 5.4 DEKALB DK471 5.7 68.6 50 6.8 24 48 79 56 1990 11600 5.4 6.1* 5.8* 59.7 2290 13200* 5.0* 6.6* GARST 8751 6.0* 69.0 40 7.5 27 52 76 54 1670 10100 6.2* 5.8 5.8* 59.9 2100 12200* 5.2* 6.5* DAIRYLAND STEALTH1500 5.9* 69.5 60 7.4 23 46 79 54 2080* 12400 6.0* 5.9 DAIRYLAND STEALTH1297 5.7 70.4 40 7.5 24 48 79 56 2000 11300 5.3 6.1* MEAN 6.1 67.3 50 7.4 23 46 79 55 2090 12700 6.1 6.1 5.5 60.4 2250 12400* 4.9 6.1 LSD(0.10)** 0.7 2.2 10 0.5 2 3 2 1 220 2500 0.9 0.7 0.8 4.2 140 2000 1.0 0.7 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ## 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.