3 Research Forage Plots harvested by Species Alfalfa Fescue Timothy Ryegrass Orchardgrass Red Clover Bromegrass Fescue Type Festulolium Ryegrass Type Festulolium 11,470 plots 3,741 plots 2,632 plots 2,480 plots 1,772 plots 948 plots 924 plots 764 plots 708 plots The World of DLF DLF Pickseed Trial Locations DLF Pickseed Private forage trials DLF Pickseed Private corn trials DLF Plant Breeding DLF Enterprises Trial Design DLF Pickseed research stations in Ontario are home to over 4000 forage plots. Each plot in a trial is three feet wide by seventeen feet long. Each plot represents 1/1000th of an acre. There are 4 randomized replications of all varieties within each trial. Testing DLF Pickseed tests against current products, competitor check and experimental varieties. Each trial runs for three production years. Harvesting Legume trials are harvested three to four times per season. Grass trials are harvested two to three times per season at the appropriate maturities. We harvest using our new RCI Engineering 36A forage harvesters.
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