Tag Archives: Prussic Acid
Prussic Acid and Nitrate in Forages, Especially Sorghums
Dr. Calvin Trostle, Extension Agronomy, TAMU Dept. of Soil & Crop Sciences, Lubbock, (806) 746-6101, ctrostle@ag.tamu.edu A short version of this item originally appeared in the “Sorghum Insider,” an online newsletter of the Texas Grain Sorghum Association. I have received several calls from growers in the past three weeks about prussic acid and nitrate accumulation in forages. These inquiries are routine in the fall starting in mid-October in the Texas High Plains as the first heavy frosts and freezes occur. Then questions progress downstate as low… Read More →
Fall Concerns about Prussic Acid & Nitrate in Sorghums
Dr. Calvin Trostle, Extension Agronomy, TAMU Dept. of Soil & Crop Sciences, Lubbock, (806) 746-6101, ctrostle@ag.tamu.edu When our next Row Crops Newsletter is published in early November, a large portion of Texas will have seen heavy frost and a freeze on some sorghums. So, this is good time to update Texas on prussic acid (a plant form of cyanide) and nitrates in sorghums. These include sorghum/sudans (haygrazers), forage sorghums, and also grain sorghum where cattle will graze after harvest or on drought-failed grain sorghum (Fig. 1). Sorghum after… Read More →