Haying Millet

[cornstalk]

Hello all,

Neighbor offered me a good price to bale up some of his millet. Anybody ever done this? Need to worry about nitrate levels or anything when fed to cattle? Still looks a little on the green side. Best time to cut if going to hay?

Thanks.

 

[alabama]

I have been rolling a little and the cows love it. If in a drought and lots of N fertelizer you need to check nitrates.
Best time to cut is in the doe stage.
I am talking about brown top millet.

 

[denoginnizer]

I have been rolling a little and the cows love it. If in a drought and lots of N fertelizer you need to check nitrates.
Best time to cut is in the doe stage.
I am talking about brown top millet.

What is the "doe" stage?

 

[cattlegrazer]

I think Alabama meant the "dough" stage. I found a really good article put out by the SDSU Extension. The link is below... I hope it helps!

http://agbiopubs.sdstate.edu/articles/ExEx8142.pdf

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