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<blockquote data-quote="cattle_gal" data-source="post: 57752" data-attributes="member: 643"><p>It is so interesting how each company has there take on how much is the right amount. Some like to have the Cal - Phos ratio at 1:1 and some have it at 2:1 and I have another tag from a mineral I used to use that has it less than a 2:1 ratio. I presume that the Mg you wrote is 1.4% instead of 14%. I hope :shock: </p><p></p><p>For the 27 ppm of Se I don't think that is very high at all. My mineral is 52 ppm of Se for those of us in the no trace of Se areas. I would say that the 27 -30 ppm is a normal level. </p><p></p><p>Now the consumption rate. Most people base the most bang for the buck by just the price per ton. Here's where feed companies can fool those people. If <em>Product A</em> costs 12.95 a bag(50lbs) then that is $518 per ton. Great deal considering when another <u>Product B</u> costs $700 a ton. However how much a cow eats a day will show if your <em>Product A</em> is a deal or a rip off compared to <u>Product B</u>. <em>Product A</em> has a median consumption rate of 4 oz a day. <u>Procduct B</u> has a 2 oz consumption rate/cow/day. If there are 32,000 oz in a ton the 4 oz/cow/day <em>Product A</em> would last 200 cows 40 days and the 2 oz/cow/day <u>Product B</u> would last 200 cows 80 days. It would cost $1036 of <em>product A</em> to supplement the cattle the same amount of days as <u>Product B</u>. That's $336 dollars thrown away using the cheaper per ton <em>Product A</em>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cattle_gal, post: 57752, member: 643"] It is so interesting how each company has there take on how much is the right amount. Some like to have the Cal - Phos ratio at 1:1 and some have it at 2:1 and I have another tag from a mineral I used to use that has it less than a 2:1 ratio. I presume that the Mg you wrote is 1.4% instead of 14%. I hope :shock: For the 27 ppm of Se I don't think that is very high at all. My mineral is 52 ppm of Se for those of us in the no trace of Se areas. I would say that the 27 -30 ppm is a normal level. Now the consumption rate. Most people base the most bang for the buck by just the price per ton. Here's where feed companies can fool those people. If [i]Product A[/i] costs 12.95 a bag(50lbs) then that is $518 per ton. Great deal considering when another [u]Product B[/u] costs $700 a ton. However how much a cow eats a day will show if your [i]Product A[/i] is a deal or a rip off compared to [u]Product B[/u]. [i]Product A[/i] has a median consumption rate of 4 oz a day. [u]Procduct B[/u] has a 2 oz consumption rate/cow/day. If there are 32,000 oz in a ton the 4 oz/cow/day [i]Product A[/i] would last 200 cows 40 days and the 2 oz/cow/day [u]Product B[/u] would last 200 cows 80 days. It would cost $1036 of [i]product A[/i] to supplement the cattle the same amount of days as [u]Product B[/u]. That's $336 dollars thrown away using the cheaper per ton [i]Product A[/i]. [/QUOTE]
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