With the start of fall comes the risk of cyanide poisoning in ruminants. Cyanide, prussic acid, hydrogen cyanide or hydrocyanic acid poisoning are all terms describing the same condition. A number of ...

University of Missouri Extension specialists urge producers to closely watch cattle grazing pastures with Johnson grass and other sorghum species. Cattle producers in several drought-stressed parts of ...

Many Kansas cattle operations rely on some type of harvested feed to use in the winter months, and common among those sources are forage sorghum, millets, sorghum-sudangrass, and sudan. Forages in the ...

Each fall, prussic acid poisoning is a real concern for Kentucky livestock producers, especially those who grow and graze their animals on sorghum-based forages like forage sorghum, sorghum-sudangrass ...

Prussic acid can form in plants from the sorghum family, especially Johnson grass, which can pose a significant risk to certain grazing and barnyard livestock. The plants produce cyanogenic glucosides ...

FARGO - Livestock may suffer from prussic acid poisoning after feeding on sudangrass, forage sorghums or sorghum-sundangrass crosses under certain environmental conditions. Producers are concerned ...

TYLER, TX (KLTV) - This past week we had our first frost. And it was right on time. According to historical data, the middle of November is our average date. Since Wednesday’s cold snap, I’ve had a ...

It was discovered in the early 1900s that, under certain conditions, sorghums are capable of releasing hydrocyanic acid, commonly called prussic acid. Prussic acid when ingested by cattle, is absorbed ...

University of Missouri Extension specialists find that producers see up to $300 savings in feeding costs per calf when their ...

I would like to remind you that prussic acid poisoning is a non-infectious condition that can kill livestock. This problem is found in in sorghum-type forages such as haygrazer, sudans, sorghum alum, ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A sorghum technology developed at Purdue University improves crop and animal safety. New research confirms that it appeals to the taste buds of grazing ewes. Sorghum is a ...