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Sulfate trace minerals: More harm than good, especially on fiber digestibility

December 11, 2020
Sara Kvidera and Michael Miller

In the last few months, the dairy industry has seen significant swings in farmgate milk prices due to COVID-19 disrupting markets. A highly variable milk price puts tremendous pressure on maximizing income over feed cost (IOFC).


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Trace minerals reduce risk of digital dermatitis in heifers, improve dairy performance

October 19, 2020
Adam Geiger

Digital dermatitis, also referred to as “hairy heel warts,” produces painful lesions that can lead to lameness in cows, ultimately resulting in decreased milk production and lowered reproductive performance.


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Mineral blocks

How expensive is too expensive for your mineral program?

September 24, 2020
Stephen B. Blezinger
Every cattle operation has a mineral program, whether they realize it or not.
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High priced cattle mineral feature

High-Priced Cattle Mineral: How Does It Justify Its Cost?

August 11, 2020

High-Priced Mineral: How Does It Justify Its Cost?

This is a great question - and a common one. First off, before we start talking about return on investment, we need to make this clear. Upfront, the Riomax® tub program always has been, and more than likely will always be the highest upfront priced tub on the market. This does not mean it is the most expensive. When you crunch the numbers, do the math, and take a close look at your actual cost to feed (which is your real cost), Riomax® will come out lower cost per day for the vast majority of the time. No different from the way the feedlot and dairy industries look at costs, the true number to focus on is your daily cost to feed.
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West: How to keep cattle cool under the hot Western sun

July 24, 2020
Carmen Willmore
Cattle handle heat differently than a human or dog. Because cattle are ruminants, they produce a lot of heat during ruminal fermentation and digestion of forages.
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South Central: More is not always better part 1

June 24, 2020
Jason Banta
When it comes to cattle production, as well as many other things in life, more is not always better. Too much of some things can lead to unnecessary expenses, reduced performance and even death.
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Antioxidants and trace minerals boost transition cow health

June 19, 2020
Ricardo Rodrigues
Transition cows get a lot of attention as the transition period brings significant challenges. For dairy cows, the transition period is typically the last three weeks of gestation and the first three weeks of lactation, during which cows undergo a variety of metabolic and immunological changes that increase their susceptibility to metabolic disorders and infectious diseases.
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Poll: Producers prefer loose mineral supplements

May 4, 2020
What form of mineral supplements to you use? Loose mineral? Tubs? Blocks?
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Square dancing

Ration balancing is like a square dance

April 24, 2020
Woody Lane
All join hands and circle left;
Circle to the left, eight hands around!
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Nutrition for calving periods: What’s in your toolbox?

December 27, 2019
Heidi Doering-Resch
It doesn’t seem like it’s that time, yet here we are in the new year and the freshness of new birth as calving time is around the corner.
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