of 8-24-24 was made on 13 April 00. Ammonium nitrate was applied at 200 pounds per acre on
 17 May and 8 Aug. and at 100 pounds per acre on 22 June 00. Harvests were obtained on 9 May,
 20 June, 25 July, 31 Aug., and 28 Sept. 00. Yield data are given in Table 8.


 Alfalfa cultivar trial.
 A second year's data was obtained from 15 cultivars of alfalfa. These were planted on
 13 December 1998 on a Fuquay loamy sand (Plinthic Paleudult). An application of 400 pounds
 per acre of 0-20-20 and 4 pounds per acre of elemental boron was made on 13 March 00.
 Applications of 200 pounds per acre of 60% muriate of potash were made on 22 June and
 8 Aug. 00. Harvests were made on 1 March, 26 April, 19 June, 19 July, and 18 August. Stands
 in this trial were somewhat less than desired, and variability was considerable. There was no
 significant difference at any harvest (t.05). Yield data are presented in Table 9.


 Perennial peanuts.
 Five selections of Arachis pintoi were set in the field for observation in 2000. In this very dry
 summer none of these made very much vertical growth but they did spread rather well
 horizontally. If they survive the rather cold winter, further observations will be made. Florigraze
 rhizoma peanut old stands did not produce very high yields in the dry season of 2000. They only
 produced one-quarter to one-third as much as in past years.


 Temperate corn.
 A short and a mid and full-season corn hybrid performance trial were conducted at Jay during the
 2000 growing season. High temperatures, drought, and stand loss caused considerable variation
 in performance among plots within the tests. Yields ranged from 19 to 40 and 33 to 57 bushels
 per acre for the short and the mid and full-season entries, respectively. After careful analysis and
 review of the data it appears that the results of these trials may not accurately reflect the
 performance potential of all test entries. Since this data could potentially be misleading if used in
 making decisions concerning hybrid selection, the decision was made not to present them in this
publication. Results from these tests will be provided upon request.


Grain sorghum-Marianna.
Two plantings of grain sorghum were made at NFREC, Marianna in 2000 on Chipola loamy
sand. The early planting of 23 entries was made on 19 April, and the late planting of 19 entries
was made on 12 July. Both plantings were irrigated. Fertilization for each planting included 39
pounds each ofN and P205 and 30 pounds K20 per acre preplant. A sidedress of 85 pounds N
was applied. The harvest from the early trial was obtained on 2 August and the harvest from the
late trial was on 3 November. Data with respect to yield and other agronomic characteristics are
presented in Table 10 for the early planting and in Table 11 for the late planting. Rainfall data
for Marianna are presented in Table 12.