ANNUAL FORAGE — Yield Comparisons Variety BARLEY AC Lacombe (6)π AC Ranger (6F) π AC Rosser (6)π Binscarth CDC Austenson(2)π CDC Cowboy (2F)π CDC Mindon(2) Champion(2)π Chigwell(6)π Desperado(6F)π Lacey (6W)π Robust (6W) Sommerville Virden (6F) Vivar(6)π Xena (2)π Hulless AC Bacon (6) CDC Freedom (2) Falcon (6) π Variety
Manitoba Mean1
Arborg % of Ranger
% of Virden
98 (13) 105 (12) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 95 (12) 95 (12) 100 (28) — — — — — — 97 (11) 93 (11) 102 (2)
— 100 104 98 100 103 97 107 96 105 92 — — 99 99 101 — — — —
— (24) (12) (20) (4) (24) (8) (12) (4) (4) (12) — — (13) (12) (16) — — — —
107 100 99 96 102 101 95 107 87 104 89 105 106 100 97 92 — 140 106 102
(3) (6) (3) (5) (1) (6) (2) (3) (1) (1) (3) (2) (1) (7) (3) (4) — (1) (1) (1)
Manitoba Mean1
Arborg % of Triple Crown
88 95 102 88 93 99 110 — 94 90 99 95 99 100
(30) (11) (12) (11) (20) (15) (4) — (11) (11) (11) (26) (8) (34)
Boissevain/ Hamiota Rosebank Roblin Melita Minnedosa
102 100 109 96 101 97 93 97 97 104 101 94 95 100 97 110 — 97 85 —
(4) (6) (3) (5) (1) (6) (2) (3) (1) (1) (3) (4) (4) (7) (3) (4) — (4) (4) —
91 (4) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 95 (4) 95 (4) 100 (4) — — — — — — 92 (4) 93 (4) — —
— 100 101 102 88 103 94 108 98 104 93 — — 100 96 100 — — — —
— (6) (3) (5) (1) (6) (2) (3) (1) (1) (3) — — (3) (3) (4) — — — —
— — 100 (6) 99 (3) 98 (5) 102 (1) 110 (6) 107 (2) 116 (3) 103 (1) 111 (1) 86 (3) — 94 (1) 100 (3) 106 (3) 101 (4) — — — — — — — —
Yield at Test Sites % of check1
OATS AC Assiniboiaπ Furlongπ Jordanπ AC Medallionπ AC Mustang CDC Baler CDC Bell CDC Boyer CDC Pacer Dumont Murphy Pinnacle Triactor Triple Crownπ
SEED MANITOBA – 2012
Yield at Test Sites % of check1
93 103 94 92 91 106 108 — 99 95 98 99 105 100
(6) (3) (3) (1) (5) (4) (1) — (1) (1) (3) (5) (2) (7)
Boissevain/ Hamiota Rosebank Roblin Melita Minnedosa
95 (9) 91 (4) 102 (3) — — 102 (3) — — 90 (4) 89 (4) 94 (5) — — 99 (4) — — 130 (1) — — — — — — 94 (4) 96 (4) 94 (4) 88 (4) 100 (3) — — 99 (8) 100 (4) 101 (2) — — 100 (10) 100 (4)
83 (4) 75 (2) 94 (3) — — 96 (5) 94 (3) 100 (1) — — — — — — 93 (2) 90 (3) 92 (2) 100 (5)
97 (5) 101 (3) 97 (3) — — 92 (5) 98 (4) 100 (1) — — — — — — 103 (3) 94 (4) 98 (2) 100 (6)
Forage Quality2 RFV CP TDN Beef3 Site (%) (%) (%) (lbs/ac) Years
— 123 108 115 123 112 133 136 115 111 111 — 146 103 127 120 — 136 — —
— 9.8 10.2 10.1 9.6 9.6 9.0 12.1 8.8 7.7 10.4 — 11.0 10.4 9.2 9.5 — 11 — —
— 65 66 65 63 63 64 65 62 61 66 — 66 63 63 63 — 65 — —
— — 1011 (6) 920 (6) 974 (5) 1099 (1) 1018 (6) 1043 (2) 1185 (3) 1038 (1) 1099 (1) 878 (3) — — 948 (1) 910 (3) 1068 (3) 1064 (4) — — 1066 (1) — — — — Forage Quality2 RFV CP TDN Beef3 Site (%) (%) (%) (lbs/ac) Years
107 111 98 — 102 104 100 — — — 97 100 107 113
10.2 11.0 9.3 — 10.8 11.0 10.3 — — — 11.6 8.8 9.2 10.4
62 64 61 — 62 62 61 — — — 59 60 61 61
936 997 1061 — 985 1051 1117 — — — 940 1049 1177 1058
F O R A G E
C R O P S
(5) (3) (3) — (5) (4) (1) — — — (3) (3) (2) (6)
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