Average Analysis of Silages: Alfalfa, Barley Hull-Less, Barley Six Row

 
 
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 Silages had at least 60% contribution from the feed crop listed. Means, Standard Deviation and number of samples for Years 1984-1994 Except for moisture, all values are on a dry matter basis
Alfalfa
Barley
Barley Hull-less
Barley Six Row
Mean
S.D.
N
Mean
S.D.
N
Mean
S.D.
N
Mean
S.D.
N
Moisture %
60.0
9.6
309
64.4
7.2
47
61.2
-
1
63.7
7.4
882
Protein %
16.7
3.2
308
11.4
2.0
47
12.8
-
1
11.0
2.7
867
Calcium %
1.64
0.54
304
0.62
0.27
46
0.30
-
1
0.49
0.22
863
Phosphorus %
0.23
0.07
305
0.28
0.08
47
0.28
-
1
0.26
0.07
863
Acid Det. Fibre %
36.0
5.9
304
32.8
3.9
47
26.1
-
1
32.0
6.2
863
Selenium mg/kg
0.23
0.25
91
0.11
0.08
21
-
-
0
0.14
0.12
210
Sulphur %
0.30
0.09
26
0.27
0.12
10
-
-
0
0.24
0.10
65
Neutral Det. Fibre %
34.8
13.1
10
48.2
27.3
5
-
-
0
53.6
4.9
9
Lignin %
0.0
0.0
10
0.7
1.7
5
-
-
0
0.0
0.0
9
Iron mg/kg
355
450
48
199
236
21
-
-
0
300
596
136
Copper mg/kg
6.7
5.7
73
4.2
2.0
21
-
-
0
4.9
2.0
155
Manganese mg/kg
39
15
69
37
14
21
-
-
0
38
20
156
Zinc mg/kg
27
12
70
32
17
21
-
-
0
31
12
159
Magnesium %
0.33
0.09
67
0.29
0.36
21
-
-
0
0.21
0.06
155
Potassium %
2.15
0.88
62
1.73
0.65
21
-
-
0
1.61
0.44
151
Sodium mg/kg
344
614
46
1479
1350
21
-
-
0
978
1257
121
Molybdenum mg/kg
2.3
1.8
30
0.8
0.8
16
-
-
0
1.9
1.6
77
Cobalt mg/kg
1.5
1.9
20
0.5
0.5
16
-
-
0
1.8
2.8
61
 
 
 
 
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