Mueller Show Cattle
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I figured I would put this out as it was brought up on another topic of hay about fescue being toxic. I knew fescue grass was toxic but some people thought that after the fescue grass was dried and baled into hay that it was no longer toxic. Below is a link showing that fescue is toxic for 2 years or longer even after being baled. The fungus moves up into the seeds when the seed heads are formed in the fescue grass which is where the toxicity comes from. Figured I would bring it up because I was considering going to Missouri to get some hay from family to bring back to Wyoming but my cattle have never had fescue hay before and that can create problems with cattle that has not built up an immune to the toxicity of fescue grass.
http://www.tennesseemeatgoats.com/articles2/fescue.html
http://www.tennesseemeatgoats.com/articles2/fescue.html