2004 – 2006 Cereal Silage Harvest – Francois Lake
| 2004 Aug 11 |
2005 Aug 17 |
2006 Aug 3 |
3 Year Average | ||
| DM Yield in kg/ha | 2004-2006 | % of check | |||
| OATS | |||||
| CDC Bell | 6308 | 6855 | 2922 | 5362 | 111 |
| Waldren | 6352 | 6832 | 2823 | 5336 | 111 |
| Derby | 6044 | 6058 | 2328 | 4810 | 100 |
| CDC Baler | 5353 | 6020 | 2965 | 4779 | 99 |
| Morgan | 5968 | 5015 | 2600 | 4528 | 94 |
| Boyer | 6413 | 6570 | – | – | – |
| Mean | 6073 | 6225 | 2728 | 5218 | . |
| CV | 12 | 16 | 13 | 15 | . |
| LSD | NSD | 1079 | 253 | 602 | . |
| BARLEY | |||||
| Ponoka | 7491 | 10,468 | 3345 | 7101 | 136 |
| CDC Cowboy | 7604 | 9067 | 3636 | 6769 | 129 |
| Seebe | 7872 | 8409 | 2906 | 6396 | 122 |
| Helgasen | 7467 | 8790 | 2419 | 6225 | 119 |
| Manny | 6849 | 7979 | 2575 | 5801 | 111 |
| CDC Dolly | 7656 | 7122 | 2513 | 5764 | 110 |
| Xena | 7236 | 7324 | 2619 | 5726 | 109 |
| CDC Bold | 6552 | 7374 | 2553 | 5493 | 105 |
| Vivar | 6793 | 6749 | 2325 | 5289 | 101 |
| Trochu | 6415 | 6814 | 2500 | 5243 | 100 |
| AC Lacombe | 7145 | 6467 | 2107 | 5240 | 100 |
| Dillon | 6181 | 6235 | 2254 | 4890 | 93 |
| Westford | 6150 | 6139 | 2070 | 4786 | 91 |
| Niska | 6588 | – | – | – | – |
| FB 006 | – | 7961 | – | – | – |
| FB 414 | – | – | 2886 | – | – |
| FB 013 | – | – | 2752 | – | – |
| FB 012 | – | – | 2350 | – | – |
| FB 416 | – | – | 2627 | – | – |
| Mean | 7000 | 7636 | 2651 | 5748 | . |
| CV | 11 | 20 | 22 | 14 | . |
| LSD | 670 | 1570 | 530 | 569 | . |
Note: Maple and Parade peas were grown in mixtures with Ponoka barley in 2006, but produced little pea growth due to drought conditions.
CV = Coefficient of variation
LSD = Least significant difference
NSD = F tests indicate that there were no significant differences between variety yields at alpha = 0.05
AC Lacombe was used as the barley check variety; Derby was used as the oat check variety.
