TABLE 15. NORTH CENTRAL ZONE - SILAGE EARLY MATURITY TRIAL. (MARSHFIELD=MAR, VALDERS=VAL) (90 DAY RELATIVE MATURITY OR EARLIER, BASED ON COMPANY RATING) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1999 1998 AVERAGE AVERAGES KERNEL MAR VAL MAR VAL 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 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Carhart's Blue Top CX184A 7.4 56.6 40 7.3 21 45 76 47 1950 * 14500 7.0 7.8 7.9 * 49.8 2070 16500 7.5 * 8.3 Kaltenberg X888LF 7.3 58.4 50 7.7 23 48 75 49 1780 13000 7.2 * 7.4 Garst 8966 6.9 58.5 30 7.3 23 46 75 46 1870 13200 6.0 7.8 Trelay 2008 8.4 * 58.6 30 7.0 21 44 78 51 2120 * 18000 * 7.5 * 9.3 * 85-DAY HYBRID TRIAL AVERAGE## 59.2 Trelay 2006 7.8 * 59.3 50 7.6 21 43 77 47 2080 * 16200 * 7.1 8.4 7.3 56.5 2130 15600 6.9 7.7 Carhart's Blue Top CX290A 6.9 59.4 50 7.4 22 45 75 46 1880 * 13200 6.2 7.6 8.4 * 55.0 2090 17700 * 7.7 * 9.1 * Kaltenberg X890LF 7.7 * 59.7 40 8.1 23 47 76 48 1840 14300 7.3 * 8.2 LG Seeds LG2367 8.0 * 59.8 40 7.3 21 44 78 50 2080 * 16800 * 7.6 * 8.5 8.6 * 54.3 2190 19000 * 7.6 * 9.6 * Novartis N2555BT 7.7 * 60.6 30 7.3 21 43 77 47 2120 * 16200 * 8.0 * 7.3 Renk RK386 7.4 61.2 50 7.7 23 48 74 46 1710 12800 6.9 8.0 Golden Harvest H2387 8.0 * 61.3 40 8.1 20 43 77 48 2090 * 16300 * 7.0 9.0 * Kaltenberg K8084LF 6.7 61.6 50 9.2 21 45 78 52 2050 * 13900 6.2 7.3 Carhart's Blue Top CX1187A 7.1 61.8 40 7.4 22 45 77 48 1980 * 14200 6.8 7.3 7.1 54.6 2230 15700 6.3 7.9 Dairyland Stealth 1289 7.6 62.5 50 8.2 23 47 75 47 1850 14100 7.5 * 7.7 8.2 * 56.8 2170 17900 * 7.8 * 8.6 * Pioneer 36H75 8.5 * 63.8 60 8.0 22 45 76 47 1920 * 16500 * 8.2 * 8.8 * Carhart's Blue Top CX9500A 7.9 * 64.3 60 7.8 23 47 76 48 1850 14300 7.5 * 8.3 Dairyland Stealth 1493 7.0 66.5 60 7.4 23 47 75 47 1820 13000 6.4 7.6 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ MEAN 7.5 60.8 50 7.7 22 45 76 48 1940 14700 7.1 8.0 8.0 55.2 2230 17700 7.3 8.6 LSD(0.10)** 0.8 3.0 10 0.6 2 3 2 2 240 1900 1.0 0.5 1.0 2.8 180 2700 1.1 1.3 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________