TABLE 11. SOUTHERN ZONE - SILAGE EARLY MATURITY TRIAL. (ARLINGTON = ARL, LANCASTER = LAN) (105 DAY RELATIVE MATURITY OR EARLIER, BASED ON COMPANY RATING) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1999 1998 AVERAGE AVERAGES KERNEL ARL LAN ARL LAN YIELD MST MILK CP ADF NDF IVD CWD MILK PER YLD YLD YIELD MOIST MILK PER YLD YLD BRAND HYBRID T/A % % % % % % % TON ACRE T/A T/A T/A % TON ACRE T/A T/A ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Kaltenberg K5788RR 7.7 51.5 20 7.0 22 46 74 43 1790 13800 7.9 7.6 Dairyland DST10408 8.6 53.1 30 7.3 23 45 75 45 1860 * 16100 9.6 7.6 Carhart's Blue Top CX1080A 10.2 * 55.9 30 6.9 22 44 76 45 1950 * 19800 * 10.6 * 9.7 * Carhart's Blue Top CX50A 8.9 56.7 50 6.6 23 45 75 45 1870 * 16700 10.1 * 7.8 Renk RK648Bt 9.6 * 58.2 40 7.1 23 45 76 46 1930 * 18500 * 10.0 * 9.2 * Wyffels W427 8.9 58.2 30 7.0 22 45 75 46 1890 * 17000 * 9.0 8.8 * Kaltenberg K8104LF 9.3 * 58.8 40 7.3 22 45 76 46 1940 * 18200 * 9.7 9.0 * Dairyland Stealth 1406 9.2 * 58.9 20 7.1 22 45 76 45 1930 * 17900 * 10.2 * 8.3 11.5 * 53.7 2350 * 27100 * 11.5 11.5 * Croplan Genetics 562IMI 9.0 59.7 50 7.5 22 46 75 46 1870 * 17100 * 9.8 8.3 Brunner S5474 9.4 * 59.7 30 6.9 23 46 75 45 1830 * 16900 10.5 * 8.2 12.1 * 54.7 2320 28200 * 12.8 * 11.3 * 105-DAY HYBRID TRIAL AVERAGE## 60.0 Cornelius 336X 9.2 * 60.3 30 7.4 23 46 75 45 1810 16600 10.2 * 8.3 Pioneer 35N05 10.0 * 60.7 50 7.0 24 48 74 46 1700 16900 10.4 * 9.5 * Dairyland Stealth 1507 10.1 * 61.0 50 6.7 22 45 76 46 1930 * 19500 * 11.2 * 9.0 * Golden Harvest H8250 9.2 * 61.5 50 6.8 21 44 77 48 2050 * 19000 * 9.5 9.0 * Pioneer 35R58 9.8 * 61.5 50 7.2 22 44 77 48 2010 * 19900 * 9.5 10.1 * Pioneer 35P12 9.4 * 61.6 30 7.5 23 47 75 46 1800 16900 9.8 9.0 * Dekalb DK591 9.9 * 61.7 40 6.9 24 47 74 46 1760 17500 * 10.4 * 9.5 * 12.1 * 61.8 2190 26500 * 13.3 * 10.9 * Trelay 7004 9.6 * 63.0 40 7.4 24 48 74 45 1710 16500 10.3 * 8.8 * 9.2 69.5 2280 21100 10.9 7.5 LG Seeds LG2528 9.1 63.1 30 6.9 24 47 74 45 1730 16000 10.4 * 7.8 LG Seeds LG2526SP 9.5 * 63.7 30 6.7 24 48 74 45 1710 16200 10.3 * 8.6 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ MEAN 9.3 59.4 40 7.1 23 46 75 46 1850 17300 10.0 8.7 10.4 61.4 2320 24300 11.6 9.3 LSD(0.10)** 1.0 3.9 10 0.5 2 3 2 2 220 2900 1.2 1.4 1.6 8.0 150 4100 1.7 3.5 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________