Average Analysis of Fresh Plants: Alfalfa, Barley Hull-Less, Barley Six Row, Barley Two Row

 
 
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 The contribution of the feedname forage (or crop name) was at least 90% for fresh plant samples. Means, Standard Deviation and number of samples for Years 1984-1994 Except for moisture, all values are on a dry matter basis
Alfalfa
Barley Hull-less
Barley Six Row
Barley Two Row
Mean
S.D.
N
Mean
S.D.
N
Mean
S.D.
N
Mean
S.D.
N
Moisture %
51.9
22.1
320
66.9
-
1
56.8
23.3
267
55.0
22.6
28
Protein %
20.0
3.6
298
10.3
-
1
15.7
5.8
209
14.0
5.1
21
Calcium %
2.16
0.67
284
0.62
-
1
0.61
0.25
199
0.49
0.23
21
Phosphorus %
0.23
0.07
291
0.14
-
1
0.29
0.13
208
0.25
0.05
21
Acid Det. Fibre %
27.5
10.2
300
36.8
-
1
20.0
15.0
242
25.7
11.2
24
Selenium mg/kg
0.94
3.81
70
-
-
0
0.10
0.09
25
0.12
-
1
Sulphur %
0.32
0.07
64
-
-
0
0.43
0.25
52
0.42
0.18
6
Neutral Det. Fibre %
32.3
2.3
13
-
-
0
-
-
0
-
-
0
Lignin %
0.0
0.0
13
-
-
0
-
-
0
-
-
0
Iron mg/kg
180
133
76
-
-
0
132
103
88
312
59
6
Copper mg/kg
5.6
2.3
83
-
-
0
6.0
5.2
88
4.9
1.5
7
Manganese mg/kg
37
21
82
-
-
0
43
35
89
39
15
7
Zinc mg/kg
26
10
82
-
-
0
41
17
89
17
2
7
Magnesium %
0.35
0.13
79
-
-
0
0.29
0.10
86
0.21
0.03
7
Potassium %
1.89
0.65
79
-
-
0
1.71
0.68
89
2.53
0.44
7
Sodium mg/kg
222
476
75
-
-
0
1100
2283
56
0
0
6
Molybdenum mg/kg
1.8
1.7
39
-
-
0
2.0
2.1
55
1.1
0.6
5
Cobalt mg/kg
1.0
0.9
37
-
-
0
0.8
0.8
23
-
-
0
 
 
 
 
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