So, thankfully we got some much-needed rain, but with that rain has come some calls into my office with concerns of poisoning in livestock.  Two things to be cautious of occurring with rain after drought are Prussic Acid Poisoning and Nitrate Poisoning. Prussic Acid Poisoning primarily occurs in sorghums commonly less than a foot and half tall (johnsongrass, grain sorghum, sorghum-sudan), wild cherry, and occasionally on white clover and birdsfoot trefoil.  It does not occur in pearl millet or corn. Poisoning is associated with consumption of plant parts… Read More →