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

Table 6. Crabgrass forage yields as influenced by residue height at harvest (Two-Year Average)¹

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

Treatments	Harvest Residue Height (In.)	Avg. Rec. Per²	Season Totals	Rel. %
1	1	35	5,944	100
2 to 5	3	46	7,930	132
6	6	58	10,511	175

¹ Total yields averaged by residue height at harvest regardless of other differences. ² Average recovery period from stand emergence to final harvest.