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<blockquote data-quote="faster horses" data-source="post: 1799113" data-attributes="member: 17524"><p>"I'm puzzled by all the upset. All I'm advising is least cost option instead of most cost automatically and without reason". What you are doing is speaking to a bunch of producers who don't want to take a chance on having problems that could be easily solved by feeding a loose mineral. The average age of livestock producers is near 60 years old. They don't want to doctor sick cattle. You don't want to feed mineral, fine. Others might and do feed loose mineral; your business, their business.</p><p></p><p>FWIW we have taken grass samples in a good part of SE Montana. Remember, I mentioned that. ONE RANCH--(1)--had to have a custom mineral made. A good mineral sales manager/dealer won't just SELL you mineral. They will work to earn the business. They can show research, take grass samples, soil samples, run forage samples, take bunk samples, run fecals, all FREE. It's not like you are buying mineral from a retail store and pack out a bag or two at a time from a sales clerk who hasn't any idea what he is selling.</p><p></p><p>I'd like to add one more thing: the heifer calves retained from cows that were on a year round mineral program do better in many ways-better health and body condition score, are a couple of examples.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="faster horses, post: 1799113, member: 17524"] "I'm puzzled by all the upset. All I'm advising is least cost option instead of most cost automatically and without reason". What you are doing is speaking to a bunch of producers who don't want to take a chance on having problems that could be easily solved by feeding a loose mineral. The average age of livestock producers is near 60 years old. They don't want to doctor sick cattle. You don't want to feed mineral, fine. Others might and do feed loose mineral; your business, their business. FWIW we have taken grass samples in a good part of SE Montana. Remember, I mentioned that. ONE RANCH--(1)--had to have a custom mineral made. A good mineral sales manager/dealer won't just SELL you mineral. They will work to earn the business. They can show research, take grass samples, soil samples, run forage samples, take bunk samples, run fecals, all FREE. It's not like you are buying mineral from a retail store and pack out a bag or two at a time from a sales clerk who hasn't any idea what he is selling. I'd like to add one more thing: the heifer calves retained from cows that were on a year round mineral program do better in many ways-better health and body condition score, are a couple of examples. [/QUOTE]
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