TABLE 11. SOUTHERN ZONE - SILAGE EARLY MATURITY TRIAL. (ARLINGTON = ARL, LANCASTER = LAN) (105 DAY RELATIVE MATURITY OR EARLIER, BASED ON COMPANY RATING) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2000 1999 AVERAGE AVERAGES KERNEL ARL LAN ARL LAN YIELD MST MILK CP ADF NDF IVD CWD STARCH MILK PER YLD YLD YIELD MILK PER YLD YLD BRAND HYBRID T/A % % % % % % % % TON ACRE T/A T/A T/A TON ACRE T/A T/A ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Kaltenberg K8104LF 7.9 52.7 10 6.9 25 49 73 44 30 2700 21200 8.2 7.5 9.3 * 2940 27500 * 9.7 9.0 * Dairyland Stealth 1406 8.8 * 55.1 20 6.2 22 46 74 43 35 2700 23800 * 10.1 * 7.5 9.2 * 2900 26800 10.2 * 8.3 Pfister 2025 8.6 * 55.9 20 6.6 26 52 71 43 29 2520 21600 9.7 * 7.4 Growmark FS4481 8.7 * 56.1 40 7.2 22 44 76 45 32 2940* 25200 * 9.8 * 7.6 Cornelius C518 8.5 * 56.2 20 6.3 25 51 71 44 29 2580 22100 8.9 8.2 Pioneer 36D14 8.4 * 57.7 20 6.7 24 50 72 44 31 2670 22500 * 9.3 * 7.4 Pioneer 35R60 8.7 * 57.9 30 6.6 25 51 72 45 31 2690 23300 * 8.3 9.0 * Pioneer 35R58 9.2 * 58.5 20 6.4 25 50 72 45 30 2710 24700 * 9.4 * 8.9 * 9.8 * 3090 * 30200 * 9.5 10.1 * Dairyland Stealth 1492 6.2 60.0 10 6.3 28 56 70 47 26 2610 15800 8.1 4.3 Cornelius C408YG 9.5 * 60.3 40 6.6 24 49 73 44 32 2760 26300 * 9.3 * 9.7 * 105-DAY HYBRID TRIAL AVERAGE## 60.5 NK Brand N48-V8 8.7 * 60.5 40 6.3 27 53 71 45 26 2620 22700 * 8.8 8.6 * Pioneer 35N05 8.6 * 61.1 40 6.4 26 51 72 45 28 2710 23200 * 9.7 * 7.5 10.0 * 2850 28400 * 10.4 * 9.5 * Geertson GS1049 8.4 * 61.3 40 6.3 24 48 73 44 32 2810* 24100 * 8.4 8.5 * Trelay 7002 7.9 61.8 30 6.7 23 47 73 43 32 2810* 22300 * 8.3 7.5 US Seeds USC1051ND 8.4 * 62.5 30 7.6 23 48 73 44 32 2840* 24000 * 8.4 8.4 * Wyffels W4920 8.3 * 63.1 30 6.4 24 49 73 44 30 2820* 23500 * 9.8 * 6.7 Trelay 6900 8.4 * 63.6 30 6.5 22 44 75 43 34 2970* 25000 * 9.0 7.8 Carhart's Blue Top CX1056A 8.2 * 63.6 40 6.6 24 48 73 44 31 2880* 23600 * 8.4 8.0 Trelay 7004 8.1 * 64.2 30 6.4 25 50 72 45 28 2830* 23200 * 9.3 * 7.0 9.6 * 2900 27800 * 10.3 * 8.8 * LG Seeds LG2526SP 9.0 * 64.2 30 6.5 24 48 73 44 30 2850* 25600 * 10.3 * 7.7 9.5 * 2900 27500 * 10.3 * 8.6 Pfister 2024 8.2 * 64.2 40 6.6 25 50 72 43 29 2750 22900 * 9.0 7.5 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ MEAN 8.4 60.0 30 6.6 24 49 73 44 30 2750 23200 9.1 7.8 9.3 2900 27100 10.0 8.7 LSD(0.10)** 1.4 5.2 10 0.6 3 4 2 2 5 190 4000 1.2 1.3 1.0 100 3100 1.2 1.4 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________