Selecting Grass Varieties Dr. Dan Undersander University of Wisconsin.

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Selecting Grass Varieties Dr. Dan Undersander University of Wisconsin

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Selecting Grass Varieties

Dr. Dan UndersanderUniversity of Wisconsin

Dan Undersander-Agronomy © 2009

Selecting a Good Grass Variety

Mixed with AlfalfaLess NFC than corn silage or alfalfa

In Pastures

Greater differences exist among grass varieties than among corn hybrids and soybean varieties

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Selecting Grass VarietiesYield range of grass varieties in UW trials

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Selecting Grass varieties -Yield difference among varieties

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Selecting Grasses

Bromegrass not recommended 60 to 70 % of growth first cutting

Overwhelms alfalfa 1st cut – little impact later

Timothy not recommended Short stand life, 2 to 4 years Lowest yielding grass

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Selecting Grasses

Orchardgrass and tall fescue Want winterhardy types

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Selecting Grasses

Orchardgrass and tall fescue Want winterhardy types Want rust resistant types

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Rust in grass trials

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Selecting Grasses

Orchardgrass and tall fescue Want winterhardy types Want rust resistant types Want late maturing types

Dan Undersander-Agronomy © 2009

Selecting Grasses

Orchardgrass and tall fescue Want winterhardy types Want rust resistant types Want late maturing types Want good seasonal

distribution of yield

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Seasonal variation in Orchardgrass variety yield

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Seasonal variation in Tall Fescue variety yield

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% season yield in first cut vs β for orchardgrass varieties, UW Arlington

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% season yield in first cut vs β for Tall Fescue varieties, UW Arlington

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Web Resources

UW Extension A1525

Newspapers

UW Extension Forage Resources

www.uwex.edu/ces/forage