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NOTE* This test was conducted in the USA
Stutzman’s Research Farm
9973 Canaseraga Rd.
Arkport, NY 14807
Ron Stutzman
Research Agronomist
Objective:
To determine the effects of Monty’s Plant Food on silage yield and potential milk produced per acre.
Materials and Methods:
The research trial was set up in a randomized block design with three replications for each treatment, and the three treatments were; Monty’s Plant Food, Liquid Products and Control (no starter). The Liquid Products starter is a material often used in New York State corn production. The trial was planted into Scio silty loam soil with a pH 6.6. The size of the plot for each treatment was 15 by 60 feet.
Each treatment was planted on May 10, 2004 with a John Deere 7240 (6 row) zone till planter with each starter fertiliser treatment being applied over top of the seed. The application rate of Monty’s 4-15-12 was 24 oz. per acre and Liquid Products 9-18-12 was 5 gallons per acre. Monty’s 8-16-8 was applied foliar just prior to taseling with a hand held four foot sprayer boom at a rate of 16 oz. per acre. UAN at 13 gallons was dribbled on behind the two outside coulters of the planter. The rest of the nitrogen and potassium were surface applied prior to planting over all treatments to meet the nutrient requirements for 150 bushel yield. The plant population was 28000 per acre and the herbicide used was Lumax by Syngenta Chemicals. The trial was harvested by hand (the center two rows of 1/1000 of an acre) on September 27, 2004. The sample for forage analysis was thoroughly mixed and placed in a cold ice chest to reduce respiration, it was than frozen and delivered to the Dairy One Laboratory at Ithaca NEW York for analysis.
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Results and Discussion
It was determined that there was no significant difference for adjusted 32% dry matter yield between the two starter fertilizers, but the Monty’s 4-15-12 had a .5 ton per acre edge over the LP starter. There was a significant difference between Monty’s 4-15-12 with a 3.5 ton advantage over the control (no starter).
There was no significant difference between treatments for pounds of milk per acre, but Monty’s starter held a slight advantage over the control by 2900 pounds.
Acknowledgment
Thanks to Dr. Randal Simonson of TSM Services of Catlin, Illinois for running the analysis of variance.
Click here for research data on the Monty's 2004, Corn Silage Test.
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