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Best salt blocks for steers??
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<blockquote data-quote="IluvABbeef" data-source="post: 318074" data-attributes="member: 3739"><p>99.5%???!! No, no, no...the blocks that Peavey Mart sells contain a minimum of 96.5% salt, and the rest of the 4.5% is trace mineral. And the same's for the loose mineral bag.</p><p></p><p>Okay, now I'm confused. If an average growing steer only needs about </p><p>0.08% Sodium (% of feed (100 g <?>))</p><p>(no min requirement of chlorine for cattle), </p><p>0.10 mg/kg Copper, </p><p>0.5 mg/kg Iodine, </p><p>50 mg/kg Iron, </p><p>20 mg/kg Managese, </p><p>0.1 mg/kg Selenium,</p><p>30 mg/kg Zinc, and</p><p>?? mg/kg Cobalt;</p><p> </p><p>and the 20 kg block/trace mineral mix has:</p><p>Salt (NaCl) - 96.5% (minimum),</p><p>Zinc (Zn) - 4000 mg/kg (actual),</p><p>Iron (Fe) - 1600 mg/kg (actual),</p><p>Manganese (Mn) - 1200 mg/kg (actual),</p><p>Copper (Cu) - 330 mg/kg (actual),</p><p>Iodine (I) - 70 mg/kg (actual), and</p><p>Cobalt (Co) - 40 mg/kg (actual),</p><p></p><p>You folks are saying that this ain't enough to meet the animals' needs?? Maybe it's me or else my math is a little rusty, but that just doesn't sound right. :?: :help: :?:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IluvABbeef, post: 318074, member: 3739"] 99.5%???!! No, no, no...the blocks that Peavey Mart sells contain a minimum of 96.5% salt, and the rest of the 4.5% is trace mineral. And the same's for the loose mineral bag. Okay, now I'm confused. If an average growing steer only needs about 0.08% Sodium (% of feed (100 g <?>)) (no min requirement of chlorine for cattle), 0.10 mg/kg Copper, 0.5 mg/kg Iodine, 50 mg/kg Iron, 20 mg/kg Managese, 0.1 mg/kg Selenium, 30 mg/kg Zinc, and ?? mg/kg Cobalt; and the 20 kg block/trace mineral mix has: Salt (NaCl) - 96.5% (minimum), Zinc (Zn) - 4000 mg/kg (actual), Iron (Fe) - 1600 mg/kg (actual), Manganese (Mn) - 1200 mg/kg (actual), Copper (Cu) - 330 mg/kg (actual), Iodine (I) - 70 mg/kg (actual), and Cobalt (Co) - 40 mg/kg (actual), You folks are saying that this ain't enough to meet the animals' needs?? Maybe it's me or else my math is a little rusty, but that just doesn't sound right. :?: :help: :?: [/QUOTE]
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