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[furrowtickler]

Fog hump over a slough kinda neat

[Blaithin]

I’ll definitely look into the promolas, buying mineral works only if the cows are eating it. I’ll be honest, I’ve asked a few neighbours and it’s really hard getting a straight answer.

I’d just go buy a bag of whatever brands you can find and see what one they like more ???? UFA brand, I think that’s Prostock?, seems to be more palatable.

Do you have salt mixed in with it right now? Could try that quicker than the molasses.

[TSIPP]

I put salt in half the tubs and the cows don’t seem interested, I’ll buy some other minerals, they might like something.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Fog hump over a slough kinda neat

You still have sloughs?

Here, in spite of the daily rain lately, nearly every permanent slough is still bone dry. As they have been all spring.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Once you get the levels back up in the herd, I wouldn't worry too much about summer mineral uptake. I was told that it is the months leading up to calving and breeding that are vital. We used to cut back the mineral after about the first breeding cycle. Do you feed silage with a mixer, or grain, or have any other way to blend mineral with the feed in the winter?

[shtferbrains]

Do you have saline patches in that area?

[TSIPP]

Some saline patches, the biggest one is near a spring fed dugout, I’ve tested the water and it’s good, it’s tests a little high in sulphates but it’s still considered good water and the cows in that pasture have access to better water. Put out a 10 bags of a more palatable mineral and the cows have some interest in it and the bulls are busy so that’s a good sign, two years ago I remember thinking the bulls weren’t hanging around the cows that much and I was unfortunately right.

[Blaithin]

Kochia is a complete dick at work. Almost impossible to get on top of. I’m so sick of weed whacking and spraying every week that this year I tried a new approach.

I threw barley around on any fresh black dirt Lol

Luckily it started raining after I tossed it so now it looks wonderful, hardly any Kochia in that spot.

[TSIPP]

Once you get the levels back up in the herd, I wouldn't worry too much about summer mineral uptake. I was told that it is the months leading up to calving and breeding that are vital. We used to cut back the mineral after about the first breeding cycle. Do you feed silage with a mixer, or grain, or have any other way to blend mineral with the feed in the winter?

I usually feed grain, I could start putting mineral in the mixmill, I bought a new bale processor this winter with a grain tank, I’ll figure something out, I was kinda thinking a high mineral content pellet. The biggest problem I have with grain is allergies, it’s really bad, last winter I got very sick from the dust.
LA200 saved my life.

[TSIPP]

Kochia is a complete dick at work. Almost impossible to get on top of. I’m so sick of weed whacking and spraying every week that this year I tried a new approach.

I threw barley around on any fresh black dirt Lol

Luckily it started raining after I tossed it so now it looks wonderful, hardly any Kochia in that spot.

In south central Saskatchewan we call kochi, Romanian alfalfa, it brought my cows through a few winters.