Crabgrass for Forage: Management from the 1990s/Crabgrass Forage Yields as Influenced by Forage Harvesting Regimes

Table 4. Crabgrass forage yield as influenced by harvesting regimens (regrouped by treatments and residue heights) two-year average¹

Harvest Regimen				Oven-Dry Weights (Lbs./Ac.)

Trt.	Harvested at	Ht. (In.)	Avg. Rec. Per.²	Season Total³	Rel. %
1	4 to 6 in.	1	35	5,994A	100
1 & 2	4 to 10 in.	3	36	6,689AB	112
2 to 5	8 in. to seed maturity	3	46	7,930 B	132
6	Seed maturity	6	58	10,511 C	175

¹ Averaged by statistical difference groups. ² Average recovery period from stand emergence to final harvest. ³ Yields followed by a different letter are statistically different at the .05 level, Duncan's multiple range test.