Luiquid Feed

[Whfarms]

Do any of the old timers on here have a liquid feed recipe for bringing cows through the roughest winter days on poor stockpile.

Curious if anyone has made a protein, molasses, mineral type mix before?

 

[SBMF 2015]

I use Mix 30. At work we use QLF. The mix 30 is free choice. The QLF is a different formulation and use in a TMR ration.
I happen to have the feeders, so the Mix 30 is about a wash in price between the liquid and good quality tubs.

Are you close to any bi-products? They work great to fill the nutrition gaps.

 

[Whfarms]

Byproducts for us are hard to come by where we are at. We use tubs now but when it gets cold we grain a bit. Thought maybe there was some liquid. Tubs rock but get a bit pricey.

 

[SBMF 2015]

The two I mentioned are the two types of liquid that I know about. There may be others.

 

[Brute 23]

Do any of the old timers on here have a liquid feed recipe for bringing cows through the roughest winter days on poor stockpile.

Curious if anyone has made a protein, molasses, mineral type mix before?

Where are you located?

 

[Brute 23]

If you go to the magnifying glass in the top right and type liquid feed, then select titles only, and search it will bring up quite a few threads on the subject.

 

[midTN_Brangusman]

Do any of the old timers on here have a liquid feed recipe for bringing cows through the roughest winter days on poor stockpile.

Curious if anyone has made a protein, molasses, mineral type mix before?

Might give proteint tubs a try.

 

[daneg]

https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/a...making-your-own-protein-blocks-for-cattle.pdf

 

[Whfarms]

Where are you located?

Sw WI

 

[Whfarms]

https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/a...making-your-own-protein-blocks-for-cattle.pdf

I actually have seen this article in the past. It interest me. Has anyone you know tried it. Today we feed Purina, Kent or Vitalix tubs. Mostly the 25% protein tubs but also some high energy tubs.

Honestly I don’t think they are expensive if you are feeding stockpiled grass. I think they become much more expensive when feeding poor quality hay. The grass is “free” so using it by means of a tub seems economical compared to paying for hay and then still needing a tub supplement.

 

[daneg]

I don’t know anyone who has made and fed them, I just may try it myself. Ddg would probably work for the protein meal.

 

[Whfarms]

There is a company from Ohio that has 1000 lb. Blocks made in the large white bag totes. I think it would be great to be able to make them like this.

Mineral Max I believe.

 

[SBMF 2015]

There is a company from Ohio that has 1000 lb. Blocks made in the large white bag totes. I think it would be great to be able to make them like this.

Mineral Max I believe.

You can get Purina Accuration blocks in 500lbs