Beef Cattle

Cattle are foraging herbivores…

In nature cattle met their nutritional needs by roaming to find plants, licking on mineral deposits and other plant material and consuming fresh, clean water free choice. Farmers now confine their cattle to dry lot paddocks or pastures. Our product choices support feeding cattle either free choice or scheduled feedings.

Help choosing how to feed:
Many people believe that animals know what their bodies need and when they need it.  In nature they would find it.  Dairy cattle certainly can’t roam far to meet their nutritional needs.   We offer products that support free choice feeding for your herd.  Additionally, dairy cattle put nutritional stresses on their bodies in producing milk.  Free choice options give them the ability to replace needed nutrients as their individual bodies require.

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Free-choice feeding options:
SweetPro cattle lick tubs are an all-natural, non-UREA, non-molasses*, non-starch free-choice lick tub.  It contains protein, vitamins, minerals, yeast, live enzymes, and pre-biotics, for improved digestion and feed efficiency.  We offer tubs for your calves, heifers or adult cows and/or bulls.  Our tubs are designed to be fed year around for desired health benefits and weight gain.

Lick Blocks for Every Stage of Growth

• KafStarter: 250 to 450 lbs. Light calves and receiving cattle.

• KafKandi: 450 to 650 lbs. Heavier calves, receiving cattle and for starting stockers on grass.

• SweetPro 16: 650 to 1,000 lbs. First calf heifers, stockers on grass, purebred operations.

• FiberMate 18: 900 to 1,400 lbs. Cow block for average forage conditions, cows in stalks and stubble.

• FiberMate 20: 1,000 to 1,450 lbs. Cow block for low consumption and tough forage conditions.

• Super 25  1,000 to 1,450 lbs .  For low consumption and tough forage conditions.  Higher protein & fat levels than the Fibermate 20.

• Magnum: “The Stopper” Slows consumption in harsh forage conditions.

• Pasture Ranger: Stocker cattle and brood cows on bloat prone wheat pasture and alfalfa (High oil surfactant bloat block which helps slow digestive passage rates).

• PowerMate and PowerMate II: All natural supplement for first calf heifers, brood cows, stocker cows, stocker cattle, and goats. Contains Diatomaceous earth.  May provide an all-natural fly control.

• Dry Cow: Anionic dairy dry cow and beef breeder block.

• Redmond Naturals consist of sea salt and volcanic ash (toxin binder) conditioner, products that can be fed free choice or in scheduled feedings. If you are looking for salt, we recommend Redmond Natural’s sea salt with over 50 trace minerals.  The Redmond salt blocks come in a 44lb Lick Block version or bagged salt in 50lbs bags or 2,000lb totes. There are over 8 types of salt in fine, medium or coarse grade size.

• Redmond Conditioner is a wonderful source of mineral and binder of toxins.  This product comes in 50lb bags or 2,000 totes.

Scheduled feeding options:

• SweetPro’s Fresh Start with Diatomaceous Earth is great if you prefer to feed your cattle in a TMR format we suggest feeding.  Fresh start is an all-natural, non-molasses, non-starch loose supplement that is intended for hand feeding.  Fresh start contains all the protein, vitamins, minerals, yeast, live enzymes, pre-biotics and diatomaceous earth for your cow’s nutritional needs.  Fresh Start can be ordered in 50lb bags or 2,000 lb totes.  Please note that Fresh Start is suitable for all ages of cattle.  Fresh Start is fed at 1 oz. /100lbs of body weight per day.

• Redmond Naturals provide a sea salt, and volcanic ash (toxin binder) conditioner. The salt and conditioner are available in 50lbs bags or 2,000lb totes.

• Mountain Sunrise makes all natural (no additives/binders) hay pellets in alfalfa, various types of grass hay (Bermuda, Bermuda plus, oat, and timothy) and a combination of alfalfa/Bermuda, alfalfa/oat and alfalfa/timothy. We offer 8 kinds of hay for you to choose from in 50lb bags.  We also carry the Mountain Sunrise 80/20 pellets that contain 80% alfalfa & 20% corn, also in 50lb bags.

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Success Stories:

Chris Frasier of Frasier Ranch in Woodrow, CO, has seen higher returns with his herd that started on SweetPro tubs and Redmond blocks in 2012! Click here or on the Success Story below for a larger image>>

More feedback:

Click here to hear about how AJ Starr  has seen improved conception rates, heavier calves and more with SweetPro cattle blocks!

Video Testimonials:

Click here or on the video below to hear about how SweetPro DiatoMate and Fresh Start help with show cattle>>

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