Often, Ward Laboratories, Inc receives sorghum samples and producers want us to test prussic acid and nitrates. My recommendation would be to send two separate samples when testing for grazing purposes because prussic acid and nitrates accumulate in different parts [...]
Last week I attended both the Colorado Cattlemen’s Annual Convention and the Sandhills Ranch Expo at the Ward Laboratories Inc tradeshow booths. At both locations, producers had concerns about nitrates. The climate and weather however were contrasting conditions. Colorado producers [...]
Recently, the University of Nebraska and Arrow Seed put on a forage production and quality clinic. Dr. Nicolas Cafaro La Menza presented data comparing summer forage quality – yield, protein, total digestible nutrients (TDN) and relative forage quality (RFQ) – [...]
We all know the importance of testing forage for nitrates during a drought year. But there are two other key concerns producers should watch for in a wet year. During wet years, hay producers may have difficulty getting hay dried [...]