Frost Can Cause Forage Hazards – Protect Your Livestock — On Pasture
A rancher recently posted on a facebook group I’m part of that she’d lost 4 cows and one bull to bloat four days after turning them into a frosted alfalfa pasture. via Frost Can Cause Forage Hazards – Protect Your Livestock — On Pasture
Precautions for Harvesting Forages After a Frost
Several forage species can be extremely toxic soon after a frost because they contain compounds called cyanogenic glucosides that are converted quickly to prussic acid (i.e. hydrogen cyanide) in freeze-damaged plant tissues. Others species have an increased risk of causing bloat when grazed after a frost, those are discussed at the end of this […]