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<blockquote data-quote="Chapin81" data-source="post: 1764330" data-attributes="member: 39180"><p>Good morning LVR, </p><p>When we started grazing cattle the whole property was a forest/jungle. It was never used for anything except cattle grazing, I know the property layout pretty well, around 80% Obviously after many years of over grazing with no imputs I would assume soils degrade over time. Since 2004 up until early 2020 we never provided minerals or supplements, I think we started with cheap mineral in late 2020, in February 2022 I changed to a different mineral and our cows lost body condition and had a few deaths, August 2022 we changed to another mineral and added yeast to their diet and cows are gaining their body condition, I still have a few thin cows but they are getting chunky again, end of august 2022 I was approached to try new mineral which contains protein which I think is urea, is that what's used up here in the states with minerals that have protein?? The representative also mentioned that some minerals like manganese, zinc, copper are protected or covered by amino acids so it has An opportunity to be absorbed and not lost in the rumen. My caretaker was there when they took pics with the drone. No actual soil or foliage samples were taken for analysis. It was just the drone flying overhead and taking pics. Someone did clarify it can take measurements but only if the algorithms are correctly calibrated. I thought it was just a gimmick to try to get us to buy their product. Which is why I asked if anyone knew about this "technology" my actual game plan is to have soil samples taken, however our grasses are growing fine. Next week we are starting to use Multimin 90, we already started to use a b12 with iron, we also started to use a bayer product called Vigantol AD3&E. And As always your detailed insights and opinions are greatly appreciated and valued. Take care LVR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chapin81, post: 1764330, member: 39180"] Good morning LVR, When we started grazing cattle the whole property was a forest/jungle. It was never used for anything except cattle grazing, I know the property layout pretty well, around 80% Obviously after many years of over grazing with no imputs I would assume soils degrade over time. Since 2004 up until early 2020 we never provided minerals or supplements, I think we started with cheap mineral in late 2020, in February 2022 I changed to a different mineral and our cows lost body condition and had a few deaths, August 2022 we changed to another mineral and added yeast to their diet and cows are gaining their body condition, I still have a few thin cows but they are getting chunky again, end of august 2022 I was approached to try new mineral which contains protein which I think is urea, is that what’s used up here in the states with minerals that have protein?? The representative also mentioned that some minerals like manganese, zinc, copper are protected or covered by amino acids so it has An opportunity to be absorbed and not lost in the rumen. My caretaker was there when they took pics with the drone. No actual soil or foliage samples were taken for analysis. It was just the drone flying overhead and taking pics. Someone did clarify it can take measurements but only if the algorithms are correctly calibrated. I thought it was just a gimmick to try to get us to buy their product. Which is why I asked if anyone knew about this “technology” my actual game plan is to have soil samples taken, however our grasses are growing fine. Next week we are starting to use Multimin 90, we already started to use a b12 with iron, we also started to use a bayer product called Vigantol AD3&E. And As always your detailed insights and opinions are greatly appreciated and valued. Take care LVR [/QUOTE]
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