Not all of these plants are good and nutritious. Some plants are toxic and, if eaten, can cause death. Minimize Risk Crops grown and harvested under drought conditions can cause problems. But, using good judgement should keep these problems to a minimum. Introduce suspect forage and feeds gradually over several weeks.
Animals can then adapt to higher levels.
Do not feed suspect materials to hungry animals. Severely restrict or stop intake of suspect materials if problems are encountered. In dry years, most poisoning most often occurs in overgrazed pastures. Check your pastures for toxic plants. Pastures are subject to many potentially harmful toxic plants.