Small Grain Forage Variety Testing, 2009.
Northern Piedmont AREC, Orange, Va 2008-2009, Soft Dough Stage Harvest.
At the soft dough stage harvest, overall yields in 2009 were 1.6 tons/acre less than in 2008 while crude protein was higher by over 2.2%. At this harvest, oats had the lowest dry matter yield, but high crude protein. Trical 336 ultimately produced the highest average yield at the soft dough stage.