Form-A-Lic Respire Tubs are a definite must during changes in weather.

When Skylar Stiefvater needed help changing the shape of her Hereford Steer, Stanley, her mom, Carie, reached out to Form-A-Feed’s dealer Central Farmer’s Coop. With the help of Austin Langemeier, Skylar and her steer ended up winning Grand Champion Hereford Steer at the 2024 South Dakota State Fair.
Langemeier recommended the Show Day Show Feed products, Grand Finale and First N’ Goal to help maintain her steer’s weight while transforming his shape. In a matter of four weeks, the Hereford steer made a major transformation. Her steer’s rib shape, depth body and overall mass changed dramatically. Skylar and Carie noted that they didn’t change anything else with Stanley besides the switch to Form-A-Feed products.
“If you set out his mixed ration, Stanley will pick through his feed to find the First N’ Goal”
Skylar has always dreamed of having a Grand Champion Steer at the state fair, and it is easy to see the excitement in her eyes as she retells the story.

We started using the Tend-R-Leen 525 NBC product last year on our calves on pasture to make up a creep feed using our corn out of the bin so there wasn’t so much out-of-pocket expense.  We mixed it ourselves and used our seed tender to deliver it to creep feeders on pasture. We feel the Rumensin® in the pellet kept the coccidiosis and bloat problems under control and the consumption stayed steady.  The calves seemed to wean easier than the past because they knew what corn was and went right to the corn silage. The calves didn’t show any more flesh than when we used a conventional creep.

While using CUE II, we have seen significant improvement with grade and yield, and use 25% less corn to finish the cattle.

I am a firm believer in Stealth 5 and so are my customers.

Trent Thoennes is on his third year of feeding Form-A-Feed products to his small beef herd. Two specific products Trent has had luck with are the Encompass Mineral Lic with DE-G and Tend-R-Leen 525. Trent said since he has started on the Encompass Mineral Lic 2 or 3 years ago, he has not had any issues with pink eye in his herd. Since he has started using Tend-R-Leen 525, his calves are weaning better and they are finishing faster and blocking up quicker at a younger age. Trent says, “It’s been pretty awesome” since he has switched.

Cattle fill out very nicely before we market them. I’ve used Hydro-Lac for eight years. We feed one pound per head daily for two consecutive days before we market our cattle. After further discussion with my Form-A-Feed representative, I will consider using Hydro-Lac during times of heat stress too.

We now pay more attention to our operation and are doing a much better job tracking our cattle. We appreciate the individualized attention to our operation that we receive from Form-A-Feed. They actually walk our cattle prior to making recommendations and take the time to discuss them with us. We are able to make necessary changes prior to items becoming a problem.

Stealth 5 in tubs helps start calves easier and healthier with less stress. Stress Lic helped with the rate of gain and health of the calf.