Warning about nitrateAgents Corner

Warning about nitrate

Agents Corner

Montana livestock producers should be cautious in grazing drought-stressed cereal grain crops this summer due to potential high nitrate accumulation.

Due to the persistent drought for the past three years, the acreage of annual forages such as hay barley, oat, millets, sudangrass and others have increased dramatically. Also, many acres of drought-stricken wheat or barley will not produce a viable grain crop, and these are being considered as pasture to salvage some value.

Unfortunately, under drought conditions all of these crops, and many weeds such as koch...