date:Aug 16, 2012
ight be forced to eat because of limited pasture or hay available as forage for livestock.
Farmers should test the nitrate levels of their crops and pastures before allowing their animals to eat any of the plants, Evans suggests. Corn plants being harvested early for making silage, which generally contain lower concentrations of nitrate, should also be tested for nitrate before and after fermentation to determine the concentrations of nitrate being fed to cattle.
Missouri farmers should definite