Last week was the 18th Annual Nebraska Grazing Conference. The theme this year was being a steward of the land and managing for diverse plant and wildlife populations through the incorporation of multiple grazing species. There were three speakers this [...]
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 [...]
The two most common issues that occur when feeding ruminant animals are bloat and acidosis. Bloat is the result of gases not being able to escape from the rumen. It can occur on a forage-based diet due to rapid fermentation [...]