b'silageperformance trials and grower directoryThe cereal trials,presented as compared to the check variety (in bold). Yield of (barley, oats andthe test varieties/mixtures are expressed as wet tons/acre (ie. 65 triticale), were plantedper cent moisture which is typical of silage production). Data at recommendedsets which did not meet minimum quality and experimental seeding density ratesstandards were excluded. with recommended fertility. The pea/cerealTest Yield Categoriesmixture trials wereLow, Medium and High Test Yield Categories (tons per acre) conducted with thehave been defined for each variety and mix. This allows intent of increasing thefor comparison with the check when growing conditions, nutritional value of themanagement regimes and/or target yields are anticipated to be silage while potentiallyof low, medium or high productivity. Caution is advised when reducing futureinterpreting the data with respect to new varieties that have not nitrogen requirements.been fully tested. It should also be noted that the indicated yield These pea/cereal plotslevels are those from small plot trials, which can be 15 to 20 per were seeded with 55cent higher than yields expected under commercial production. kg/ha (50 lbs/ac) ofWhen considering a variety for use alone or in a mixed silage 11-52-0-0. The peablend, be sure to consider the disease resistance and other and cereal varietiesagronomic attributes that may also affect productivity. were seeded at 75 and 50 percent of theirNutritional Analysisrecommended seedingNutrition information was assessed using NIRS for macro-rates, respectively. These mixes were harvested when the cerealnutrient assessments and wet chemistry for the micro-nutrients. was at the soft dough stage.Data submitted in 2019 was summarized by crop or crop mixture. Information collected since 2012 has been included in a separate summary below each table. The information is AAC Synergy BarleyAAC Redberry CWRSNEWAAC Penhold CPSR Sirish BarleyNEWAAC Elie CWRSAAC Lacombe Yellow Peas AAC Connect BarleyNEWAAC Brandon CWRSAAC Carver Yellow PeasNEW CDC Copeland BarleyAAC Crossfield CPSRNEWCDC Amarillo Yellow Peas Canterra Canola SeedAAC Goodwin CPSRNEWCDC Limerick Green Peas Office: 403-556-2890 OLDS, ALBERTAbrianellisseed@gmail .com Cell: 403-994-0290Twitter: @BrianEllisSeed Spring 2020 103'