The Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
The University of Georgia

2001 Soybean, Sorghum Grain and Silage, Grain Millet, and Summer Annual Forages Performance Tests
Research Report Number 676
January 2002

Griffin, Georgia:
Evaluation of Summer Annual Forage, 2001
and Two-Year Average Yields, 2000-2001
Company or Hybrid Name Clipping Dates Season 2-Year
Brand Name   or Number 7-09-01 8-22-01 10-18-01   Total Average
--------- dry matter yield - pounds per acre ---------
Sorghum x Sudangrass
SS FFR211  4320  7854  3611 15786 13639
Coffey Sugar Graze Ultra  3162  7808  3526 14496 12128
Southland Pacesetter  3403  7306  3511 14220     .
Pennington Summergrazer III  3090  6978  4067 14135 11809
Moss Mega Green  3044  6893  2861 12797     .
Moss Century BMR  2877  6047  3347 12271     .
Seed Resource S-003    2344  5468  4135 11947     .
Seed Resource S-98-1  2547  5644  3123 11314     .
SS SS-220  2529  5208  3441 11178 10282
Southland Honey Craze BMR  2999  5154  2911 11065     .
Coffey SG-2000  2546  5183  2449 10178 11039
Coffey Maxigain  2544  3612  1923   8080   8197
Average                         2950  6096  3242  122892 11182
LSD at 10% Level  763  1298  631  1576   N.S.3
Std. Err. of Entry Mean  319  542  263  658  427
Millet 7-10-01 8-22-01 9-28-01
Ga CPES Tifleaf 3  3538  5952  2523 12012 11790
Ga CPES Tif Exp. No. 6  3686  5183  2532 11401     .
CSC Elite III  3094  5101  2140 10334 11197
USDA DMP5SR  3516  4283  2470 10270     .
SS SS-635  3068  4048  2645   9760 10550
Ga CPES Tif Exp 4  3141  4566  1956   9663 12346
USDA DMP4SR  3520  3696  2430   9646 10864
Pennington Pennleaf  3949  3256  2223   9428 10231
SS SS-501      3496  3801  1886   9183   9431
USDA DMP3SR  3996  3024  2081   9101 10924
Seed Resource M-98-1  3559  3189  2182   8930     .
NK  Millex 32   3662  2621  1609   7893     .
Seed Resource M-95-1        2492  3179  1513   7184     .
Average                         3440  3992  2168    96004 10917
LSD at 10% Level   N.S.  1225  500  1171   N.S.
Std. Err. of Entry Mean  309  513  209    490  468
1.  Percent leaf at first clipping.
2.  CV = 10.7% and df for EMS = 33.
3.  The F-test indicated no statistical differences at the alpha = .10 probability level; therefore, a
     LSD value was not calculated.
4.  CV = 10.2% and df for EMS = 36.
Bolding indicates entries yielding equal to highest yielding entry within a column based on Fisher's protected LSD (P = 0/10).
Planted: May 24, 2001.
Seeding Rate: Sorghum x Sudangrass:  125,000 seed/acre in 30" rows.
Millet:  4 lb seed/acre in 30" rows.
Soil Type: Cecil sandy clay loam.
Soil Test: P = High, K = Medium, and pH = 6.6.
Fertilization: 28 lb N, 56 lb P2O5, and 84 lb K2O/acre.
Sidedress:  125 lb N/acre, plus 50 lb N/acre after 1st and 2nd harvests.
Previous Crop: Soybean.
Management: Sorghum x Sudangrass:  Chisel plowed, disked, and rototilled; Aatrex and one
cultivation used for weed control.
Millet:  Chisel plowed and rototilled; one cultivation used for weed control.
Test conducted by P. A. Rose.
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