TABLE 16. NORTH CENTRAL ZONE - SILAGE LATE MATURITY TRIAL. (MARSHFIELD=MAR, VALDERS=VAL) (91 DAY RELATIVE MATURITY OR LATER, BASED ON COMPANY RATING) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1998 1997 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 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Carharts Blue Top CX9500A 8.6* 50.6 40 6.7 22 45 78 52 2100 17900 8.9 * 8.3 Pioneer 38W36 7.7 50.7 20 7.2 20 41 80 51 2340 * 18000 7.7 * 7.7 Growmark 3858 8.2* 52.6 30 7.0 20 42 79 50 2230 18300 7.5 8.8 * Nk Brand N3030BT 8.7* 52.9 40 6.4 19 40 81 54 2460 * 21500 * 8.1 * 9.4 * Nk Brand N29-F1 8.1* 53.3 40 7.5 20 41 80 51 2330 * 18800 8.0 * 8.1 Dekalb DK477 8.5* 53.5 50 6.7 20 42 80 51 2290 * 19200 * 8.8 * 8.1 Nk Brand N3030 8.0* 53.7 40 6.8 19 40 81 53 2460 * 19800 * 7.7 * 8.3 Golden Harvest H2309 7.9* 54.0 30 7.4 20 43 79 52 2190 17000 7.9 * 8.0 Brown 4001VP 7.7 54.1 30 7.1 20 42 79 50 2220 17100 7.2 8.1 Carharts Blue Top CX1200A 8.2* 54.3 30 6.8 22 46 78 52 2030 16800 7.6 8.9 * 6.4 * 64.2 2100 * 13700 * 6.7 * 6.2 * Renk RK552 8.1* 54.4 20 6.7 21 43 79 52 2220 18000 7.0 9.1 * Golden Harvest H2343 8.0* 54.9 40 7.4 20 44 79 52 2170 17300 7.7 * 8.2 Kaltenberg X486 8.1* 54.9 40 6.9 22 45 78 52 2060 16900 7.3 9.0 * Dahlco 348WX 8.1* 54.9 30 7.0 21 44 78 50 2130 17200 7.8 * 8.4 Golden Harvest H2387 8.3* 55.1 30 7.4 21 43 79 51 2170 18100 8.1 * 8.6 6.4 * 68.2 2150 * 13800 * 6.4 * 6.4 * 95-DAY RELATIVE MATURITY AVERAGE 55.2 Top Farm TFsx 3199 7.2 55.6 50 7.2 21 43 79 51 2190 15900 6.8 7.6 Brown 4144VP 6.9 55.7 40 7.2 22 45 78 50 2030 14000 6.3 7.4 Dairyland Stealth 1595 8.4* 55.8 50 6.9 22 44 78 50 2080 17500 8.2 * 8.6 Top Farm TFsx2196 7.7 55.9 40 6.7 22 45 78 52 2050 16000 6.9 8.5 Carharts Blue Top CX100A 7.7 55.9 40 6.7 20 43 80 53 2280 * 17600 6.9 8.5 6.5 * 68.4 2140 * 13900 * 6.9 * 6.0 Pioneer 37R71 8.7* 56.3 40 7.1 19 40 80 51 2400 * 20800 * 8.6 * 8.7 * Carharts Blue Top CX1195A 7.6 56.3 40 7.0 22 45 77 49 2010 15400 7.1 8.1 100-DAY RELATIVE MATURITY AVERAGE 56.4 Dairyland Stealth 1203 8.0* 56.7 40 6.9 21 43 79 52 2240 18100 7.1 8.9 * 6.6 * 67.5 2100 * 13900 * 6.6 * 6.6 * Pioneer 37J99 8.7* 56.7 40 7.0 21 44 79 52 2160 19000 * 8.2 * 9.3 * Renk RK543 7.5 56.8 40 6.8 20 41 81 52 2390 * 17900 7.0 8.0 Dahlco 351 6.9 56.8 30 6.9 21 44 79 52 2190 15300 6.2 7.6 Trelay 4600 8.0* 56.9 60 7.1 21 42 79 51 2250 18000 7.7 * 8.4 Payco 468 7.7 57.4 50 6.8 21 43 80 53 2230 17000 7.3 8.1 Renk RK546 8.5* 57.5 50 6.3 21 43 81 55 2280 * 19600 * 7.5 9.6 * Pioneer 36H36 8.4* 57.8 40 7.0 22 45 79 52 2100 17800 7.8 * 9.0 * Mycogen TMF94 8.1* 58.3 60 7.0 21 44 79 52 2200 17800 7.9 * 8.2 Lemke 4031 8.4* 58.8 60 6.8 21 42 80 52 2270 * 19000 * 7.7 * 9.1 * Dahlco 5101WX 7.4 59.2 40 7.0 21 43 79 51 2220 16400 7.0 7.8 Dairyland DST10208 8.2* 59.9 50 7.4 22 45 78 51 2060 16900 7.9 * 8.5 Cargill 3711FQ 7.6 60.4 70 7.0 23 46 79 54 2070 15800 7.5 7.7 Dairyland DST10212 7.7 60.9 70 7.3 22 46 79 54 2030 15700 6.9 8.5 6.6 * 67.9 2260 * 15000 * 6.8 * 6.4 * Growmark 3969 8.7* 61.0 60 7.1 22 44 79 53 2130 18900 7.9 * 9.5 * Dekalb DK449 7.4 62.1 50 7.1 22 45 79 53 2130 15700 7.0 7.8 MEAN 8.0 56.1 40 7.0 21 43 79 52 2190 17600 7.5 8.4 6.1 67.3 2090 12700 6.1 6.1 LSD(0.10)** 0.8 3.5 10 0.4 2 3 2 2 200 2500 1.2 0.9 0.7 2.2 220 2500 0.9 0.7