- Cattle Market Signals
- Nitrate Toxicity and Prussic Acid Concerns, Part 1
- Nitrate Toxicity and Prussic Acid Concerns, Part 2
00:01:05 – Cattle Market Signals: Glynn Tonsor, K-State livestock economist, kicks off the show with a cattle market update discussing market fundamentals, harvest capacity and a recent policy development.
00:12:05 – Nitrate Toxicity and Prussic Acid Concerns, Part 1: Continuing the show is K-State beef reproduction specialist, Sandy Johnson, and K-State cropping systems and forage agronomist, John Holman, to chat about the concerns with high levels of nitrates and prussic acid in forages for livestock. They explain what causes the high levels and how livestock will react if they consume dangerous quantities of the nitrates or prussic acid.
00:23:05 – Nitrate Toxicity and Prussic Acid Concerns, Part 2: Sandy and John end the show saying how producers might still be able to use feedstuffs with high levels.
Be Aware of Nitrate Toxicity in Drought-Stressed Forages
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