I have a neighbor that had a bunch of failed milo that did not head out at all.  He did a test chopping for silage and the nitrate levels were 2550 ppm, we are not setup to feed silage and it sounds like a pain in the butt for 30-35 cows.  I asked him if we could just graze the stalks and he said we couldn't because all the nitrates are in the tips of the leaves where it is brown and the cows would eat them first and die.  I may be mistaken but I have always read the nitrates are located in the bottom portion of the stalk, could you please let me know which way it is.  As well he said baling stalks will cause them to be stringy and the cows won't eat them well, is this a problem I should be concerned with?  The protein level on a dry matter basis was 10% with a 111 feed value.  I am interested in this because the price is quite a bit cheaper than prairie hay at 4-6% protein, which I am having a tough time coming up with for less than 110 a ton out of the field.