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<blockquote data-quote="mobgrazer" data-source="post: 627859" data-attributes="member: 9043"><p>I do not want to sound stupid but I know all most nothing when it comes to this. A neutralist comes out and holds a sample cup under the tale and gets a fresh sample before it plops on to the ground. It's fun to watch him run form cow to cow when he thinks there about to drop one. My girls get stage fright unlike a diary cow. </p><p></p><p>He will get 10 samples. He looks at them and tells me a bunch of bull droppings about there diet. 2 weeks latter I get back a 30 page report. It has all kinds of information that I have no idea what it says and compares the samples too the two types of minerals that were out at the time; we will only let them have 2 types of minerals for 30 days before the test. It also looks at the primary types of grasses that they eat. He will also grab a few blood samples.</p><p></p><p>With the different types of grasses they need different mixes. He takes the grasses that are the most different and bases the mixes off of this. The cattle the cattle can chose what mixes they want at any given day.</p><p></p><p>I get custom mixes made to the standards that he wants. When I get in a new batch on minerals I send him test samples of the batches.</p><p></p><p>This is part of the feed testing for some dairies. I am one of the few beef herds that get this done form what I am told. The first 18 months of this I did a test group of 50 cows and every 30 days new samples were taken and the mixed changed. We would mix up the left over in to the other minerals for the rest of our cows. After 18 months he came less often because our feed and water did not change. After a few years the mixes have stabilized out a lot so he comes 4 times a year.</p><p></p><p>I feel that getting 4 test done a year and getting something that is made for my farm cost me less in the long run then letting my cows OD on one thing and not let them get what they need of something else. We fill the mineral feeder a few times a week and I already know how much of what mix I will need before I look in the feeder just by looking at they types of grasses they were primarily on during this time. None of my pastures have a constant mix of grasses so it's always different.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mobgrazer, post: 627859, member: 9043"] I do not want to sound stupid but I know all most nothing when it comes to this. A neutralist comes out and holds a sample cup under the tale and gets a fresh sample before it plops on to the ground. It’s fun to watch him run form cow to cow when he thinks there about to drop one. My girls get stage fright unlike a diary cow. He will get 10 samples. He looks at them and tells me a bunch of bull droppings about there diet. 2 weeks latter I get back a 30 page report. It has all kinds of information that I have no idea what it says and compares the samples too the two types of minerals that were out at the time; we will only let them have 2 types of minerals for 30 days before the test. It also looks at the primary types of grasses that they eat. He will also grab a few blood samples. With the different types of grasses they need different mixes. He takes the grasses that are the most different and bases the mixes off of this. The cattle the cattle can chose what mixes they want at any given day. I get custom mixes made to the standards that he wants. When I get in a new batch on minerals I send him test samples of the batches. This is part of the feed testing for some dairies. I am one of the few beef herds that get this done form what I am told. The first 18 months of this I did a test group of 50 cows and every 30 days new samples were taken and the mixed changed. We would mix up the left over in to the other minerals for the rest of our cows. After 18 months he came less often because our feed and water did not change. After a few years the mixes have stabilized out a lot so he comes 4 times a year. I feel that getting 4 test done a year and getting something that is made for my farm cost me less in the long run then letting my cows OD on one thing and not let them get what they need of something else. We fill the mineral feeder a few times a week and I already know how much of what mix I will need before I look in the feeder just by looking at they types of grasses they were primarily on during this time. None of my pastures have a constant mix of grasses so it’s always different. [/QUOTE]
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