>>> I spoke with our Ag Ext agent yesterday and he said to be very careful of local hay cut this Fall and this coming Spring - he said due to the stress of the drought that the nitrate levels in the hay are going to be dangerously high. You might want to have this batch tested and mix with other hay when you feed it. Just thought you'd want to know
I will be mixing the hay more this year than ever before. I normally feed mostly Bermuda, but this year we have about equal parts first-cutting fescue, Bermuda, and timothy, and a smaller percentage of this late cut fescue. And of course, I have to avoid feeding any fescue to the pregnant mares in their late term... Man, it's always something! Karen Thomas, NC
