nitrates infescue

[herefordlover]

seen an ad for fescue hay that was talking about nitrates beeing 530-500 and needed mixed 50/50 from breed cows had never heard this b4 just looking for a little info

 

[Anonymous]

Huh? Whats the question?

 

[herefordlover]

i had just never heard of nitrates in fescue and how would u avoid them when bailing it since thats pretty much all we graze and bail in this area

 

[TexasBred]

seen an ad for fescue hay that was talking about nitrates beeing 530-500 and needed mixed 50/50 from breed cows had never heard this b4 just looking for a little info

is that 530 ppm?? Is so it shouldn't hurt to feed it period.

 

[Anonymous]

Thats pretty high nitrate levels for any bovine.
Cut it ( the hay)by 1/3 and you should be safe.
Someone over fertilized their field.
Tb i havent had to deal with it but what ive read its somewhere at about 300 ppm is considered dangerous for breds. But ill defer to your experience

 

[herefordlover]

it jsut somthing i had never heard of and been bailing the stuff all my life........ just wanting to make shure we are not hurting our cattle with out knowing

 

[piedmontese]

530 is low and safe for all cattle.

 

[Anonymous]

Sorry herf lover. I must have misread the info.

 

[herefordlover]

no problem hook i have heard of it in corn stalks and a few other things but never hay when i seen the ad it just made me think twice about something i have done all my life. i would much rather check than cause harm

 

[TexasBred]

no problem hook i have heard of it in corn stalks and a few other things but never hay when i seen the ad it just made me think twice about something i have done all my life. i would much rather check than cause harm

At least the guy that owns is has already had it tested and is willing to share the information. Says a lot for him.