Support successful fetal programming and set your calves up for stronger growth and lasting performance.
Stress-free fall weaning with CRYSTALYX®
Weaning can be a stressful situation (for the producers and the calves), so taking the time to come up with a game plan is beneficial to making this process as smooth as possible.
You Won't Regret It
Many factors come into play when it comes to pregnancy rates and breed-backs. Bull breeding soundness, semen quality, cow body condition — the list goes on and on. Jill Peine discusses supplemental nutrition that can help avoid the regret of not supplementing.
Your Blueprint® for Fly Control
Flies are here to stay, and with the negative economic impact that comes from the stress they bring and the disease they spread, we must plan ways to control them. Harrison Smith discusses the different fly control options on the market, let this blog serve as a Blueprint® for planning your attack on flies this year.
Are You Tracking Your Calving Distribution?
What was your average weaning weight last year? What was your conception rate? How many calves made it to weaning? These all impact your paycheck, so they are usually top of mind as well.
But calving distribution? What is that? Why track it? Can you improve it, and if so, what does that improvement pay you?
CRYSTALYX® and BLUEPRINT® Targeted Nutrition: Continued Applications and Success
Ryan and Karnell Perry own and manage Treasure Bull Test near Vaughn, Montana, where approximately 150 bull calves are fed, developed, and tested for growth performance and fertility. The CRYSTALYX Blueprint Omega supplement has been part of the nutrition program at Treasure for three years and has delivered great results.
What makes CRYSTALYX® unique?
Today, the large lick tub market consists of literally hundreds of brands and many manufacturing forms, but even after all these years, there’s still only one CRYSTALYX® brand. Fifty years of unmatched experience and quality have built a good reputation in the industry, one we’ll never take for granted.
How much does a pound of supplement earn?
A pound doesn’t seem like a lot, but it is actually worth more today than it ever has been in the history of the cattle industry. Although we operate in terms of 1,200- to 1,500-lb. cows, tons of hay and acres of pasture, the little things really make the difference — and are sometimes the critical factor behind profits or losses at the end of the year.
Three ways to alleviate stress this fall with CRYSTALYX ®
Jill Peine outlines three ways that Brigade® and Battalion® can help during the stressful times of weaning, shipping, grouping or breeding.
The Cost of Not Supplementing
In the series conclusion of "Does CRYSTALYX® Pencil Out?", Jill explains how choosing to do nothing right now in favor of potentially saving a little bit of money will cost a lot more in the long run in terms of both efficiency and profitability.
