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Forage From Small Grain Crops
William W. Fuller, Forage Agronomist
Fred W. Boren, Station Superintendent
In our annual evaluation of current varieties of winter cereals for
forage last year, we tested nine
varieties of wheat, four of barley,
six of rye, three of triticale,
three of oats, two wheat x wheatgrass crosses, two annual ryegrasses
and one perennial ryegrass.
The
ryegrasses were included because
many farmers are starting to use
them in lieu of some of the small
grains.
The test was planted September
13, 1972. A broadcast application
of 50 pounds of N, 100 pounds of
P205' and 50 pounds of K20 (50-10050) was disced in prior to planting
and 50 pounds of N was applied
April 6. All plots were harvested
when they were tall enough to be
cut with a sickle mower.
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Floyd W. Smith,
Director
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1973 small grains forage yields, tons per acre.
Avg.
yie1ds4
Rank
0.09
0.30
0.76
0.19
29
27
19
7
22
1.73
0.57
1.25
2.42
0.61
12
27
20
4
25
3.38
1.91
1.66
0.72
1.70
1
2
5
18
3
2.07
2.87
1.75
1.02
2.09
3
1
4
6
2
7.18
5.44
4.96
4.92
4.60
0.82
0.33
0.70
0.69
0.07
6
18
8
9
28
1.79
2.22
3.20
1.84
3.16
11
5
1
10
2
0.84
0.91
0.46
0.63
0.78
15
13
28
22
17
1.01
0.90
7
10
18
5
18
4,45
4.36
4.35
4.23
4.01
3.15
5.02
3.55
2.89
3.71
Winter graze 9290 ('"x wg)
Kerr barley
FasGro (t)
i'iintergrazer70 rye
Triumph 64 wheat
0.1;7
0.85
1.55
1.29
2.57
1.87
2.18
13
17
3
9
6
0.97
1.25
1.01;
0.62
0.67
11
1.00
0.22
1.00
0.56
16
4
29
2
15
9
17
18
18
18
3.98
3.62
3.61
3.1;9
3.n
3.00 (2 )
3.37 (4 )
2.83 (6)
Sturdy wheat
Kaw 61 wheat
Paoli barley
FasGro 385 (t )
Danne "'heat
0.82
0.63
0.58
0.13
0.34
5
12
14
26
17
1.29
1.19
1.08
1.95
1.88
18
21
22
7
8
0.52
0.68
1.66
1.16
0.70
26
20
4
7
19
12
2.64 (2)
2.94 (2)
2.41 (2)
Cimarron oats
Eagle whe at
Bone1 rye
FasGro Grazer N Blend (t)
Elbon rye
0.59
0.18
0.94
0.16
0.65
13
23
3
24
10
0.60
1.27
1.43
1.49
1.52
26
19
16
15
14
0.90
0.94
0.53
1.14
0.42
14
12
25
8
29
2.86 (5)
Penngraze W rye
IIlillbarley
Nora oats
Arkwin oats
Johnson barley
1.16
0.26
0.64
0.24
0.15
1
20
0.84
0.84
0.15
0.23
0.06
23
24
29
28
30
0.46
0.99
0.59
0.83
0.31
27
10
24
16
30
Linn per. ryegrass
Tetraploid ann. ryegrass
Wintergraze 9090 (w x wg)
Parker wheat
Wintergreen ann. ryegrass
Scout wheat
Chanute wheat
Balbo rye
Centurk wheat
Koo1grazer rye5
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
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1973
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varietl
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Yields and ranks on clipping dates2
Rank
Rank
~. 5
5-3
11
21
25
LSD .05
0.25
0.64
0.39
t
triticale; w x wg
wheat x "'heatgrass cross.
Yields are given in oven dry weight.
Nonsignificant groupings are connected by the SaIDB line.
Numbers in parenthesis are the number of years included in the average.
Late entry.
6
9
23
21
6-11
1.07
Rank
0.73
0.82
11
0.31
18
18
16
3.36
3.33
3.32
3.25
3.23
8
14
18
18
18
3.10
2.96
2.90
2.79
2.60
18
18
13
15
18
2.45
2.10
2.09
1.76
0.53
1.00
0.58
0.72
0.47
0.33
1.00
3.67 (5)
(5)
(2)
(6)
(2)
(3)
3.39 (3)
2.53 (2 )
2.43 (5)
1.24 (2 )
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Summary
Yields did not follow the usual
pattern -- perhaps because winter
and spring (1972-73) were unusually
wet. Top yielders were three ryegrasses; Linn, the perennial; Tetraploid, and Wintergreen; two wheats,
Parker and Scout; and Wintergraze
9090, a wheat x wheat grass hybrid.
Normally the ryes are the high yielders, with some wheats about equal.
Next come the remaining wheat, the
barleys, oats and the triticales.
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Although Johnson barley was the
low yielding entry in the test, its
data do not reflect its potential.
It produced a large amount of forage
in the fall which was not harvested
because the plots were too muddy to
cut. ~ spring, 12-14 inches of top
growth had frozen back to the crowns,
lodged, and partially decomposed.
Johnson barley made considerably
more fall growth than any other entry.
It also winterkilled rather heavily,
so it might be best used farther
south, or in small grain mixtures to
increase fall production.
The time the forage is produced is
often more important to a farmer than
total production.
Consequently, the
varieties have been ranked in the
table for each cutting date so this
factor can be easily determined.
Information in this report is for
farmers, producers, colleagues, industry cooperators, and other interested persons. It is not a recommendation or endorsement and is from
only one year of research.
Contribution no. 36, Southeast
Kansas Branch Experiment Station,
Mound Valley, Kansas Agricultural
Experiment Station, Kansas State
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Fred Boren, Superintendent