Amo
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Well I know option vary by region and there people on here from the Mexican border up into Canada. Options vary by region. I also know unless your to dam honest of a salesman, every salesman thinks their product is the best!
With that being said Northern Nebraska had had our turn with drought. Went to corn stalks last year with pairs. Guy had more stalks than I could use with just cows before winter would get really bad. Weaned late December, and sold late January. Didn't want cows or calf's loose weight, so they had free choice mineral, 30-13 lick tubs with improved biomoss, and creep feed. Had a decent winter and cows and calves did well. He moved them to fresh stalks while they were still passing corn. They are very little creep and I had some late March calves weigh 700# when I sold.
Well high grains and drought most of my supplement options are quite a bit higher. Cows are in decent shape. Tubs are still reasonable, just looking at options. Grains are high and I really can't store bulk cake/cubes. Thought about buiret (urea) or amaferm in the mineral. That'd increase digestibility, but still short on protein. Creep is an option. 130 calves barely ate 6 ton. Which is good and bad. Been thinking some about liquid protein free choice. Nobody real close uses it. About same price per day with different protein and energy levels as well as intakes.
Guess I was just curious if I was missing something as far as a product to consider?
With that being said Northern Nebraska had had our turn with drought. Went to corn stalks last year with pairs. Guy had more stalks than I could use with just cows before winter would get really bad. Weaned late December, and sold late January. Didn't want cows or calf's loose weight, so they had free choice mineral, 30-13 lick tubs with improved biomoss, and creep feed. Had a decent winter and cows and calves did well. He moved them to fresh stalks while they were still passing corn. They are very little creep and I had some late March calves weigh 700# when I sold.
Well high grains and drought most of my supplement options are quite a bit higher. Cows are in decent shape. Tubs are still reasonable, just looking at options. Grains are high and I really can't store bulk cake/cubes. Thought about buiret (urea) or amaferm in the mineral. That'd increase digestibility, but still short on protein. Creep is an option. 130 calves barely ate 6 ton. Which is good and bad. Been thinking some about liquid protein free choice. Nobody real close uses it. About same price per day with different protein and energy levels as well as intakes.
Guess I was just curious if I was missing something as far as a product to consider?