 As such, it would require a human to eat a considerably large amount of raw sorghum before experiencing adverse effects.In arid environments, sorghum is the best option for cereal grain and fodder as it can withstand extreme drought conditions.Animals consuming the raw sorghum as fodder are much more likely to eat an amount that would contain a lethal dosage of dhurrin for their respective species and can result in animal loss due to hydrogen cyanide poisoning.