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| | Final Year Results of the 1996 to 2000 Alfalfa Variety Trial |
 | | Quality standards based on RFV are: Prime, RFV higher than 151; No. 1, RFV 151 to 125; No. 2, RFV 124 to 103; No. 3, RFV 102 to 87; No. 4, RFV 86 to 75; and No. 5, RFV less than 75 (Undersander, et al. |
 | | A higher RFV means less grain or feed concentrate is required to formulate the dairy ration. |
 | | The 2000 average total yield, in the fifth year of the trial, was 8.91 ton/acre, based on hay at 12 percent moisture content (Table 1). |
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