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<blockquote data-quote="Travlr" data-source="post: 1830907" data-attributes="member: 42463"><p>What's your point? Do you think "trace minerals" means free choice gives them only as much as they need? Does it mean they have to ingest more salt than is necessary? Does it mean they can't get their trace minerals by licking a salt block? Is there a point where a cow can indulge in more than they need, and yet still be okay? How much of each trace mineral do they get from both delivery systems? How much do they get naturally from their environment, and how much is really required as a supplement?</p><p></p><p>In my experience ranching is as much about efficient spending as it is about producing a product that brings as much money as possible. Nickels and dimes spent for no real reason can build up until they become dollars. I've seen as many people broken by overspending as by poor management. The mind set that spending to protect your animals from a non-existent threat is cheap insurance, is just as crazy as changing your oil every 3000 miles because the service manager that makes money from upselling every time you get your engine oil changed recommends it.</p><p></p><p>Are there places where some kind of unusual soil conditions make more supplemented trace minerals than ordinary advisable? I hear there are places in Michigan, Arizona, and New Mexico where selenium is deficient. I'd still need to be convinced that a cheap $10 mineral block wouldn't be adequate to deliver the needed amounts to cattle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Travlr, post: 1830907, member: 42463"] What's your point? Do you think "trace minerals" means free choice gives them only as much as they need? Does it mean they have to ingest more salt than is necessary? Does it mean they can't get their trace minerals by licking a salt block? Is there a point where a cow can indulge in more than they need, and yet still be okay? How much of each trace mineral do they get from both delivery systems? How much do they get naturally from their environment, and how much is really required as a supplement? In my experience ranching is as much about efficient spending as it is about producing a product that brings as much money as possible. Nickels and dimes spent for no real reason can build up until they become dollars. I've seen as many people broken by overspending as by poor management. The mind set that spending to protect your animals from a non-existent threat is cheap insurance, is just as crazy as changing your oil every 3000 miles because the service manager that makes money from upselling every time you get your engine oil changed recommends it. Are there places where some kind of unusual soil conditions make more supplemented trace minerals than ordinary advisable? I hear there are places in Michigan, Arizona, and New Mexico where selenium is deficient. I'd still need to be convinced that a cheap $10 mineral block wouldn't be adequate to deliver the needed amounts to cattle. [/QUOTE]
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