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<blockquote data-quote="kworth1980" data-source="post: 1193417" data-attributes="member: 21740"><p>Also not sure how much Alfalfa you have but your nitrates are going to jump up as well which can cause nitrate poisioning. We have approx. 40% alfalfa pasture and we spoke to an nutritionist for cattle (we had a crazy dump of snow in September about a foot! (we live in Alberta)) and she said once you have that kill frost the nitrates and sugars (re bloat) will rise to the top. It takes 10-14 days for those nitrates to go back into the ground. We had originally called our vet and asked and he said 3 days but at that time your nitrates and sugars could be at the peak. We waited 10 days, turned them back in and they were fine. We weren't willing to take the risk. Its the same thing for Alfalfa when you are cutting it for hay - if you have had a killer frost or hail - anything that damages the plant you either have to cut it within 24 hours or wait the 10 days...</p><p></p><p>We also use Alfasure when they are in that pasture -its expensive but man does that stuff work amazing. Its funny when they come up for water, after you can just hear them all burping.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kworth1980, post: 1193417, member: 21740"] Also not sure how much Alfalfa you have but your nitrates are going to jump up as well which can cause nitrate poisioning. We have approx. 40% alfalfa pasture and we spoke to an nutritionist for cattle (we had a crazy dump of snow in September about a foot! (we live in Alberta)) and she said once you have that kill frost the nitrates and sugars (re bloat) will rise to the top. It takes 10-14 days for those nitrates to go back into the ground. We had originally called our vet and asked and he said 3 days but at that time your nitrates and sugars could be at the peak. We waited 10 days, turned them back in and they were fine. We weren't willing to take the risk. Its the same thing for Alfalfa when you are cutting it for hay - if you have had a killer frost or hail - anything that damages the plant you either have to cut it within 24 hours or wait the 10 days... We also use Alfasure when they are in that pasture -its expensive but man does that stuff work amazing. Its funny when they come up for water, after you can just hear them all burping. [/QUOTE]
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