. 2021 Sep 30;63(5):1098–1113. doi: 10.5187/jast.2021.e97

Table 10. Economic income at each cutting and total for alfalfa under different treatments in 2016 and 2017.

Treatment	2016						2017						Total
Treatment	Cut 1	Cut 2	Cut3	Cut4	Cut 5	Annual	Cut 1	Cut 2	Cut3	Cut4	Cut 5	Annual	Total
Harvest interval (Dollars)
28-day	448^a	357^b	354^a	268	212	1,640^a	336	339^b	324	237^b	240	1,476	3,116^a
35-day	290^b	452^a	289^b	274	-	1,305^b	402	468^a	333	336^a	-	1,540	2,845^b
SE	19.7	17.2	10.5	12.0	4.5	38.7	23.9	11.1	12.8	13.8	5.1	35.7	71.3
Seeding rate
17 kg ha⁻¹	374	409	319	275	212	1,483	352	416	314	276	239	1,478	2,960
20 kg ha⁻¹	373	394	325	279	214	1,479	385	404	338	298	247	1,549	3,027
23 kg ha⁻¹	361	412	319	259	211	1,456	372	390	335	285	233	1,498	2,954
SE	19.8	21.1	12.5	14.7	6.8	44.6	27.4	13.6	15.6	14.0	8.5	34.4	60.4
Variety
Hi-Gest 360	376	392	321	298^a	221	1,497	405^a	395	325	297	247	1,545	3,042
Gunner	379	400	306	24^b	205	1,484	372^ab	401	334	281	230	1,502	2,939
RR Tonnica	352	422	337	266^ab	212	1,437	331^b	415	328	282	242	1,477	2,961
SE	18.0	20.3	11.1	11.6	6.8	34.0	21.2	13.6	12.3	14.0	8.5	32.1	59.3

Different letters are significant at p < 0.05.