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Yield Results of On-Farm Variety Trials for Organic Soybeans and Wheat 2013-14

 

Soybeans-2013

Variety

Bu/acre

Bu/acre

Bu/acre

Average

NCC06-929 33.9 33.9 33.8 33.9*
NC05-7432 33.5 33.7 33.0 33.4*
NCC07-8138 31.9 32.0 32.7 32.2
NCC06-899 32.7 34.2 26.2 31.0
NCC06-579 30.7 33.5 28.1 30.8
Roy 32.5 29.1 30.4 30.7

*Marginally significantly different at 30% from the variety ranked directly below it. All other rankings are not statistically significant.

Soybeans-2014

Variety Bu/acre Bu/acre Bu/acre Average
NCC06-1090 32.7 43.2 38.0
NCC07-8138 37.4 37.4
NCC06-899 35.1 38.2 36.7
Roy 23.0 33.0 37.5 31.2
Woodruff 29.1 26.8 35.6 30.5*
N7003CN 27.7 28.4 27.3 27.8*
Miller 21.6 25.3 24.1 23.7**
Raleigh 16.6 12.7 18.8 16.0**

*The Roy, Woodruff, and N7003 are not significantly different from each other.
** The Miller is marginally significantly different at 30% from the top yielding commercial variety and the Raleigh is marginally significantly different at 10% from the top yielding commercial varieties.

 

Wheat

Soft Wheat Varieties

Variety Average Bu/acre Test weight (lbs/bu) Falling number Protein (%)
USG 3251 65.0 63.6 330 10.2
USG 3201 63.1* 64.4 364 10.8
Featherstone 56.2 60.9 312 10.8

*USG 3201 is statistically different from Featherstone at 5%. USG 3251 and USG 3201 are not statistically different.

 

Hard Wheat Varieties[1]

Variety Average Bu/acre Test weight (lbs/bu) Falling number Protein (%)
Tam 303 58.3* 61.3 389 11.2
NuEast 46.9 67.8 467 11.3

*Tam 303 is statistically different from NuEast at 5%.


[1] The hard wheat was only tested at two locations.

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