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<blockquote data-quote="Jafruech" data-source="post: 1701430" data-attributes="member: 24025"><p>Agreed. If you're worried about a tub for heat tolerance, you've gone down a wrong path genetically.</p><p></p><p>Aside from that, the purina tubs are junk. Not a huge fan of most vitalix tubs either. A couple are ok. RIOMAX tubs are great, but the cost vs value added isn't there. If I'm supplementing dead forage or something like CRP hay, I use Rancher's Choice 21% Protein Tub with Chelated Minerals. Copper Deficient pastures and water sources with high iron/sulfur are common here, so the higher copper content really helps. It's important to keep in mind when comparing dry mineral to tubs you need to calculate out consumption. A tub with 1500ppm copper is going to equal to or higher than a 5000 ppm copper dry mineral when you figure in consumption. Chelated or Protein bound minerals are going to be much better than those that aren't. I throw a salt block in the top too. if they are mineral starved let them tear through a tub or 2 or put out good dry mineral first. After that, those tubs will last a LONG time. They are about double the price of vitalix, but they last about twice as long and far better mineral package. If you have to use a tub, that's how I would go, for any reason. But there's no reason for a tub unless you are feeding really poor forage. I typically feed dead stockpiled forage in the winter when I can, and prairie or CRP hay the rest of the winter, so I'll throw tubs out vs dry mineral. Just more cost effective at that point when you combine the cost of extra protein with what I'm paying for dry mineral.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jafruech, post: 1701430, member: 24025"] Agreed. If you're worried about a tub for heat tolerance, you've gone down a wrong path genetically. Aside from that, the purina tubs are junk. Not a huge fan of most vitalix tubs either. A couple are ok. RIOMAX tubs are great, but the cost vs value added isn't there. If I'm supplementing dead forage or something like CRP hay, I use Rancher's Choice 21% Protein Tub with Chelated Minerals. Copper Deficient pastures and water sources with high iron/sulfur are common here, so the higher copper content really helps. It's important to keep in mind when comparing dry mineral to tubs you need to calculate out consumption. A tub with 1500ppm copper is going to equal to or higher than a 5000 ppm copper dry mineral when you figure in consumption. Chelated or Protein bound minerals are going to be much better than those that aren't. I throw a salt block in the top too. if they are mineral starved let them tear through a tub or 2 or put out good dry mineral first. After that, those tubs will last a LONG time. They are about double the price of vitalix, but they last about twice as long and far better mineral package. If you have to use a tub, that's how I would go, for any reason. But there's no reason for a tub unless you are feeding really poor forage. I typically feed dead stockpiled forage in the winter when I can, and prairie or CRP hay the rest of the winter, so I'll throw tubs out vs dry mineral. Just more cost effective at that point when you combine the cost of extra protein with what I'm paying for dry mineral. [/QUOTE]
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