1 / 12

Grass Forage Trials Hancock Research Station

Grass Forage Trials Hancock Research Station. Purpose: Long Term Survival and Weed Suppression Combination of Cool and Warm Season Grasses Seeded July 8, 2004 Harvested 3 times each Year No Fertilizer or Herbicides Applied Weed Control by Harvesting Forage.

gaille
Download Presentation

Grass Forage Trials Hancock Research Station

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Grass Forage TrialsHancock Research Station • Purpose: Long Term Survival and Weed Suppression • Combination of Cool and Warm Season Grasses • Seeded July 8, 2004 • Harvested 3 times each Year • No Fertilizer or Herbicides Applied • Weed Control by Harvesting Forage Hancock Agricultural Research Station, Collegeof Agricultural & Life Sciences, UW - Madison Contact Keith Vander Velde, UW Extension Marquette County-608-297-3141

  2. Grass Forage Trials • Orchardgrass-Cool Season • Seeding Date-July 8, 2004 • Seeding Rate-10 lbs/acre • 2005 Yield-2.5 ton/acre • 2006 Yield-3.4 ton/acre • 2007 Yield-3.6 ton/acre • 2008 Yield-3.5 ton/acre • 2009 Yield-3.9 ton/acre • Weed Control-Excellent Hancock Agricultural Research Station, Collegeof Agricultural & Life Sciences, UW - Madison Contact Keith Vander Velde, UW Extension Marquette County-608-297-3141

  3. Grass Forage Trials • Smooth Bromegrass-Cool Season • Seeding Date-July 8, 2004 • Seeding Rate-15 lbs/acre • 2005 Yield-2.3 ton/acre • 2006 Yield-3.3 ton/acre • 2007 Yield-3.1 ton/acre • 2008 Yield-2.7 ton/acre • 2009 Yield-2.3 ton/acre • Weed Control-Very Good Hancock Agricultural Research Station, Collegeof Agricultural & Life Sciences, UW - Madison Contact Keith Vander Velde, UW Extension Marquette County-608-297-3141

  4. Grass Forage Trials • Timothy-Cool Season • Seeding Date-July 8, 2004 • Seeding Rate-10 lbs/acre • 2005 Yield-2.2 ton/acre • 2006 Yield-2.8 ton/acre • 2007 Yield-2.3 ton/acre • 2008 Yield-2.1 ton/acre • 2009 Yield-1.8 ton/acre • Weed Control-Good Hancock Agricultural Research Station, Collegeof Agricultural & Life Sciences, UW - Madison Contact Keith Vander Velde, UW Extension Marquette County-608-297-3141

  5. Grass Forage Trials • Hakari Mountain Brome-Cool Season • Seeding Date-July 8, 2004 • Seeding Rate-15 lbs/acre • 2005 Yield-2.1 ton/acre • 2006 Yield-2.7 ton/acre • 2007 Yield-3.2 ton/acre • 2008 Yield-3.4 ton/acre • 2009 Yield-3.5 ton/acre • Weed Control- Good Hancock Agricultural Research Station, Collegeof Agricultural & Life Sciences, UW - Madison Contact Keith Vander Velde, UW Extension Marquette County-608-297-3141

  6. Grass Forage Trials • Meadow Fescue-Cool Season • Seeding Date-July 8, 2004 • Seeding Rate-15 lbs/acre • 2005 Yield-2.0 ton/acre • 2006 Yield-2.9 ton/acre • 2007 Yield-3.2 ton/acre • 2008 Yield-3.4 ton/acre • 2009 Yield-3.7 ton/acre • Weed Control- Very Good Hancock Agricultural Research Station, Collegeof Agricultural & Life Sciences, UW - Madison Contact Keith Vander Velde, UW Extension Marquette County-608-207-3141

  7. Grass Forage Trials • Tall Fescue-Cool Season • Seeding Date-July 8, 2004 • Seeding Rate-15 lbs/acre • 2005 Yield-1.9 ton/acre • 2006 Yield-2.8 ton/acre • 2007 Yield-3.2 ton/acre • 2008 Yield-3.4 ton/acre • 2009 Yield-3.4 ton/acre • Weed Control- Very Good Contact Keith Vander Velde, UW Extension Marquette County-608-297-3141 Hancock Agricultural Research Station, Collegeof Agricultural & Life Sciences, UW - Madison

  8. Grass Forage Trials • Big Bluestem-Warm Season • Seeding Date-July 8, 2004 • Seeding Rate-10 lbs/acre • 2005 Yield-1.2 ton/acre • 2006 Yield-1.6 ton/acre • 2007 Yield-1.9 ton/acre • 2008 Yield-2.1 ton/acre • 2009 Yield-2.2 ton/acre • Weed Control- Poor Contact Keith Vander Velde, UW Extension Marquette County-608-297-3141 Hancock Agricultural Research Station, Collegeof Agricultural & Life Sciences, UW - Madison

  9. Grass Forage Trials • Little Bluestem-Warm Season • Seeding Date-July 8, 2004 • Seeding Rate-9 lbs/acre • 2005 Yield-1.0 ton/acre • 2006 Yield-1.2 ton/acre • 2007 Yield-2.0 ton/acre • 2008 Yield-2.0 ton/acre • 2009 Yield-2.1 ton/acre • Weed Control- Poor Contact Keith Vander Velde, UW Extension Marquette County-608-297-3141 Hancock Agricultural Research Station, Collegeof Agricultural & Life Sciences, UW - Madison

  10. Grass Forage Trials • Indian Grass-Warm Season • Seeding Date-July 8, 2004 • Seeding Rate-9 lbs/acre • 2005 Yield-1.2 ton/acre • 2006 Yield-1.3 ton/acre • 2007 Yield-1.5 ton/acre • 2008 Yield-1.8 ton/acre • 2009 Yield-1.7 ton/acre • Weed Control- Poor Contact Keith Vander Velde, UW Extension Marquette County-608-297-3141 Hancock Agricultural Research Station, Collegeof Agricultural & Life Sciences, UW - Madison

  11. Grass Forage Trials • Switchgrass-Warm Season • Seeding Date-July 8, 2004 • Seeding Rate-5 lbs/acre • 2005 Yield-2.3 ton/acre • 2006 Yield-2.9 ton/acre • 2007 Yield-3.4 ton/acre • 2008 Yield-3.7 ton/acre • 2009 Yield-4.3 ton/acre • Weed Control- Excellent Hancock Agricultural Research Station, Collegeof Agricultural & Life Sciences, UW - Madison Contact Keith Vander Velde, UW Extension Marquette County-608-297-3141

  12. Grass Forage Trials • Sideoats Grama-Warm Season • Seeding Date-July 8, 2004 • Seeding Rate-9 lbs/acre • 2005 Yield-1.8 ton/acre • 2006 Yield-1.4 ton/acre • 2007 Yield-1.5 ton/acre • 2008 Yield-1.4 ton/acre • Weed Control- Poor Hancock Agricultural Research Station, Collegeof Agricultural & Life Sciences, UW - Madison Contact Keith Vander Velde, UW Extension Marquette County-608-297-3141

More Related