Customers report accelerated weight gain, improved feed conversion, and upgraded meat quality.

A stockyard producer of meat cattle reports:

When they used a wet potato silage they added AZOMITE™ to the ration at 2% of the weight volume due to the heavy water content. When they later fed a dry formula of alfalfa, barley and some dry potato silage, they used AZOMITE™ at 5% of the formula. In the non-AZOMITE™ time frame their historical average for weight gained per head per day (feeding time was 120 total days), they never averaged greater than 3 lbs/day/head and the total cost averaged approximately $140/head. Since AZOMITE™ was started the average weight gained has never been less than 4 lbs per day per head and the total cost averaged $95.00/head.

The quality of the meat also improved with the use of Azomite, and prior to using AZOMITE™ the Holsteins averaged 50% choice grade, but the last two groups of Holsteins averaged 75% choice grade after being on AZOMITE™. The Herefords and Angus cattle averaged @ 65% choice grade prior to eating AZOMITE™, and in the last two groups after being on AZOMITE™ they averaged 85% choice grade. At the time of the report, an increase in Choice grading of 1% raised the value of the beef by $0.04/lb for premium cuts. Overall, improved grades averaged an additional $45.00/head in profits. Taken together, the lower cost of feeding and improved profits makes the use of AZOMITE™ very economical.

 

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