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What to look for when choosing a mineral supplement

Setting up an effective supplement program is more than simply finding the right mineral at the right price. Knowing your herd’s needs and thoughtfully comparing them to supplement labels will go a long way toward increasing profitability.

May 11, 2023

Laurentia van Rensburg

Selecting a proper mineral supplementation strategy can be quite complicated with all the different product offerings and brands available. In selecting the right program for your herd, it is helpful to not only have an understanding of your forage quality but to also think about what goals you want to achieve.

Managing minerals during summer grazing months

It can be difficult to ensure your cattle get the proper nutrients when they’re out on grazing pasture. But steps can be taken to give them a better chance of getting the nutrition they need.

April 10, 2023

Chance Farmer

The main factor determining cow herd profitability is optimal reproduction. Furthermore, nutrition is the main factor in determining reproductive success. Energy and protein nutrition are paramount in this endeavor, and mineral nutrition is vitally important as well.

Nutrition’s role in udder and systemic health

Nutrition and animal health are “joined at the hip.” Udder health is highly dependent on nutrition, and specific nutrients work to support the immune system as well as reproduction.

March 20, 2023

Stephen B. Blezinger

One area that may not always be linked as directly as it should be to nutrition is animal health. In many cases, we tend to compartmentalize health and nutrition to a degree, handing the health program to the veterinarian and the nutrition program to the nutritionist.

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Minerals: A puzzling part of the foundation in grazing cattle systems

It’s important for cattle producers to consider factors such as source and bioavailability when purchasing mineral supplements and delivering them to their animals.

February 23, 2023

Brian Fieser

Forage is the foundation for grazing beef cattle diets. Unfortunately, the perfect forage simply doesn’t exist, even with ideal growing conditions.

Set your herd up for success with year-round precision nutrition

The best nutrition plans are put in place with both cow and calf in mind. Whether the season calls for a focus on calving, raising a calf or rebreeding, precision nutrition should always remain top of mind.

January 9, 2023

Chris Cassady

The ideal cow is one that weans off a heavy calf each year, breeds back on time and doesn’t significantly add to the annual feed or vet bills.

Taking a good, hard look at minerals

Forage testing is obviously important for achieving optimal livestock nutrition. But understanding the relationships between different minerals is just as vital as knowing the raw numbers.

December 29, 2022

Woody Lane

Let’s look at a forage test report – particularly at the levels of minerals. Lots of interesting numbers. Here are some things to consider when I look at those numbers.

Trace mineral supplementation, a worthy investment

Trace mineral supplements protect health, reproduction and growth for your beef herd. But the type of trace mineral you introduce to your herd plan is important.

August 29, 2022

Hannah Tucker

Within a vitamin and mineral pack, there are different classes that are supplemented to cattle.

What the revised trace mineral recommendations mean for hoof health

July 20, 2022

Daryl Kleinschmit

Earlier this year, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM), previously known as the National Research Council (NRC), released new guidelines around nutritional requirements of dairy cattle.

Feeding minerals: Pay now or pay later

April 24, 2019

Carrie Veselka

When operating costs are high and cattle prices are low, cutting back on nonessentials is often the first step to tightening the purse strings. So what counts as a necessity? What should be cut? Answer: Not minerals.

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