Balanced Rations and Feed Efficiency in Modern Livestock
An article discusses how stored feed often spoils and is wasted inside animals due to unbalanced rations. It cites modern advances like additives and hormones, and notes improved efficiency in pigs, cattle, and dairy cows with properly balanced protein and trace minerals.
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American Feed Manufacturers Association
Dean W . Henry
Salts and minerals in forage and deicing blends warning
The article discusses mineral content in alfalfa and timothy hay with copper example, notes soil mineral deficiency reduces all hays, cites cobalt from Australian pastures, and recommends mixed minerals with grain. It also warns against excess road salt on sidewalks due to plant and concrete damage and advises cautious use and watering to mitigate harm.
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Ohio
Francis R. Gouin
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The writer compares salts and sands for sidewalk traction, noting salt tracks indoors and harms plants while sand sheds indoors. Coarse sawdust is proposed as a safer alternative that won’t harm lawns and cleans up easily. Mention of nitrogen fertilizers as abrasives is cautioned as damaging to concrete surfaces with repeated use.
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