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IREDELL COUNTY COOPERATIVE EXTENSION

Livestock News, Updates, and Information: October 2022

Thank you for reading this month's newsletter! This information is intended to be timely and practical for our livestock producers. If you have any questions regarding any information provided, events, or suggestions on topics to be addressed, please reach out to Laura at laura_elmore@ncsu.edu. Be sure to visit our website and our social media sites!
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The Iredell County Cattlemen's Association October Meeting will be on October 20th at 6:30 PM at the Iredell County Agriculture Resources Center. The educational program will be a discussion lead by FSA Director Jamie Bowman of available programs and crop coverage available through the Farm Service Agency

Call the Extension Office at (704) 873-0507 to register by October 17th!
Would you like to be included in the Iredell County Cattlemen's Association Directory? Click the link below to fill out the form!

Printed Copies will be available at this month's meeting!
Pasture Pest Spotlight:
First Frost Brings Toxicity Concerns
With the first frost of the year quickly approaching, we need to be on the lookout for potentially dangerous plants for our livestock!

The main grasses in question are sorghums, sorghum-sudangrass crosses, and sudangrass. The greatest danger seems to be after a drought or a series of frosts; the grasses with the highest potential for problems are the forage sorghum varieties and less so with the sudangrasses. The type of grass is not the only critical factor; the fertility of your soil may also affect the chances of prussic acid poisoning. Those soils that are high in available nitrogen and low in phosphorous tend to be the most problematic.

A few weeks rest between freezing and grazing reduces the risk of poisoning because the cyanide release levels have time to decrease. When plants grow and become mature, the risk is also reduced since the higher levels are seen in the leaves of the plant, rather than the stalk and stem; times of stress (drought or frost) increase the potential of toxicity in plants, even mature ones. On high-risk forage, toxicity will take its toll before you even have a chance to figure out your animals are sick.

Spotted Lanternfly Confirmed in North Carolina

Over the past few years, we have been saying it’s a matter of “when”– not “if”– the spotted lanternfly would invade North Carolina. Well, we no longer have to wonder. Recently, an established population of spotted lanternfly was confirmed in North Carolina for the first time.

Click the link below to learn more about the Spotted Lanternfly!


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