Table 2. Yield of the plants per 0.18 m² in falls of 2015, 2016, and 2017 and springs of 2016, 2017, and 2018

	Yield (Mg/ha)		Yield (Mg/ha)
Year		Year
Fall 2015	2.7^b	Spring 2016	6.8^a
Fall 2016	3.5^a	Spring 2017	3.4^b
Fall 2017	1.7^c	Spring 2018	2.8^c
Variety		Variety
RA	2.6^a	RA	4.4^a
A	2.7^a	A	4.4^a
LA	2.5^a	LA	4.2^a
Last cut in fall		First cut in spring
15-Sep	2.4^bc	15-Sep	4.4^a
30-Sep	3.3^a	30-Sep	4.5^a
15-Oct	2.6^b	15-Oct	4.4^a
30-Oct	2.2^c	30-Oct	4.1^a
Last cut in fall (p-value)		First cut in spring (p-value)
Last cut	***	Last cut	NS
Year	***	Year	***
Variety	NS	Variety	NS
Year × Last cut	***	Year × Last cut	NS
Variety × Last cut	NS	Variety × Last cut	NS

Different letters in the same column are significant at α level 0.05.
Significant at α level of 0.01.
RA, Roundup Ready Tonica alfalfa; A, Gunner conventional alfalfa; LA, low-lignin Hi-Gest 360 alfalfaa; NS, not significant.