what do you know about sorghum

[rosebudbeef]

We planted sorghum this year. It grew great. We mowed it
day before yesterday. We went to bale it today and it is very dry on top. We wanted to wrap it for the winter but I think it is too dry. If we just round bale it will the girls eat it? Will it be toxic?? Will it keep ? We don't know what to do.

 

[rosebudbeef]

Did you test it for toxicity? Cyanide poisoning was mentioned in a few articles. So you just baled it...did you store it outside

 

[rosebudbeef]

So if it gets wet it becomes toxic ? We will be stacking it outside.

 

[MikeC]

Prussic Acid (cyanide poisons in plants) dissapates when hay is dried.

However, Nitrate Poisons DO NOT!

 

[rosebudbeef]

I guess we need to test now and later as we feed it. I'm afraid to feed it. I read to wrap it.. the moisture content should be about 60 percent. I guess we should have bailed it a
few hours after we cut it. But as we were mowing it the water was just flying out of the haybine.

 

[dun]

sorghum makes great molasses.