all over Iowa | eight - 12/2/2016 07:36 I get some mineral tubs, 4% protien. About $90 for 200 lb. About the same analysis as bagged mineral which is slightly cheaper but requires a feeder or you get some ruint in the rain.
Yep.
Another advantage is you can put a weeks worth of mineral out, and you know it will take them about a week to consume it instead of loose mineral which they sometime eat 8 ounces today and none for the next two days. We know from both controlled studies and real life pasture experience that fly control is better if IGR is in a tub instead of a loose mineral, because the cows eat a more even daily dose of it.
There is also some research from the human medicine side that sugar (many tubs are molasses based) helps improve the digestibility and absorption of trace minerals and vitamins. |
Who here relies only on lick tubs for mineral?
