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  1. Keep Forage Nitrate Toxicity in Mind This Year

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-25-issue-5/keep-forage-nitrate-toxicity-mind-year

    slows fermentation. If nitrate levels are reduced in silage in about 3 weeks, it will take 6 or more ... away. We have had multiple reports of high nitrate levels this year. The first reports of high nitrate ... reports of dangerously high nitrate levels in millet hay with the recently dry weather.  Producers have ...

  2. Where to Test Forages for Nitrates.

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-14-issue-4/where-test-forages-nitrates

    death.   Good information on this topic is available in the factsheet "Nitrates in Dairy ... have nitrate testing available.  This list is for your convenience and no labs are intentionally ... omitted.   Check your chosen lab's web site, as many are already posting information about nitrate ...

  3. Potential for Nitrate Problems in Drought Stressed Corn

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/potential-nitrate-problems-drought-stressed-corn

    I have had some questions about the possibility of nitrate toxicity in corn silage this year.  The ... accelerates and within a few days nitrate levels in the plant returns to normal. The highest levels of nitrate ... conditions cause high nitrate levels in plant. If the soil nitrate supply is low in the dry soil surface, ...

  4. John Yost Joins Our Team and Toxic Levels of Hay Nitrates

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/john-yost-joins-our-team-and-toxic-levels-hay-nitrates

    Potentially toxic nitrate levels in hay So enough about me.  There are producer reports out of east central, ... you have questions about nitrate levels in your forages, or any other livestock, forage, or farm ... south eastern, Ohio that hay forage analysis is showing potentially toxic nitrate levels.  The reports ...

  5. Cover Crop Forage Harvest Considerations

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/cover-crop-forage-harvest-considerations

    conditions of high nitrogen levels and drought.  Our recent stretch of dry weather raised concerns about ... potential nitrate toxicity.  Drought stressed forages can accumulate toxic levels of nitrates.  Typically, ... management of potential nitrate toxicity situations: Generally, forage nitrate levels drop significantly 3 to ...

  6. Precautions for Feeding Frosted and Drought-Stressed Forages

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-22-issue-5/precautions-feeding-frosted-and-drought-stressed

    accumulate toxic nitrate levels. This can occur in many different forage species, including both annuals and ... nitrates. Even alfalfa can accumulate toxic nitrate levels under severe drought stress. Before feeding or ... one-third to one-half of the plant or the leaves of coarse-stemmed forages if the nitrate level in these ...

  7. Testing for Nitrates

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-9-issue-2/testing-nitrates

    considering using grain corn for forage. With the dry conditions, concerns have arisen about the potential for ... nitrate toxicity of animals. Conditions favorable to high nitrate concentration and feeding guidelines are ... described in the OSUE fact sheet titled "Nitrates in Dairy Rations" ...

  8. 2016 Corn Silage Crop in Ohio

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-18-issue-5/2016-corn-silage-crop-ohio

    available, and commodities will be less expensive near harvest time. Harvesting Corn Silage Chop at the ... shrink by 2 percentage units has a value of about $2/ton. Homolactic inoculants (these are the ‘standard ... cost-effective with drought-stressed corn.  Check for nitrates.   Because of the growing season this year, the ...

  9. Livestock Need Good Quality Drinking Water

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/livestock-need-good-quality-drinking-water

    but levels below 3000 ppm are generally considered safe to drink.  Nitrates and sulfates should be ... nitrates the level in water should be below 20 ppm as long as feedstuffs contain low nitrate levels.  With ... other than making sure that water is available in sufficient quantity, little thought is given to the ...

  10. New Diagnostic Testing for Johne's Disease in Ohio

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-8-issue-3/new-diagnostic-testing-johnes-disease-ohio

    preparation technique that resulted in more MAP being available to inoculate on the media. An additional ... on solid media, this system utilizes a liquid media, or "broth" as it is sometimes called, ... in a sealed vial of the liquid media along with specific growth supplements and certain antibiotics ...

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