After 1 year of feeding the Form-A-Feed beef program, Corey Groetch is “sold on it”. He started his pregnant beef cows on the Encompass Mineral lic tubs and Stalkbuster tubs while feeding a lot of corn stalk bales and their body conditioning remained strong throughout the winter. After calving, the calves turned around very quickly and he cut his death loss by a big percentage from the previous year. He started the calves on Tend-R-Leen 525 after weaning, and his animals really blocked up. So much so, that Corey’s calf buyer started inquiring about the program he was on and the products he was feeding because they were noticeably better than other calves he was seeing in the market. Other products that Corey feeds in his program are the PowerPro Encompass Mineral, Respire lic tubs, and Tend-R-Leen 529.

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

Hydro-Flexx makes a big difference. I’ve noticed dramatic changes with our live weight. We’re getting about 0.5% higher dressing percentage. Cull cows also dress higher when fed Hydro-Flexx. Heifers used to ship 1350-1425 lbs., but with Hydro-Flexx ship at 1425-1500 lbs.

Stress Lic tubs with Stealth 5 improved my calves. I can see the difference in calves that are on it vs. the ones that aren’t!

I always weigh my cattle locally before shipping. I have experienced shrink as low as 1% on a 160-mile haul to Dakota City, Nebraska when using the Hydro-Lac program. I have used Hydro-Lac on all my cattle I ship for the last eight years.

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.

“After we switched to Tend-R-Leen, our cattle have been averaging 4 lbs rate of gain a day where before it was around 2.5 lbs a day. Some cattle were even up to 5 lbs a day. We’re very excited. It was like getting back on the saddle again.”

Steve values the importance of rate of gain to his operation. “It’s the only number that counts. Your feed helps us a lot to achieve those goals. We were not supposed to finish a group of cattle until October, but we were able to finish them in August due to the increased rate of gain. The cattle grew quick.”

Logan also explained that the cattle seem healthier on Tend-R-Leen and the Tend-R-Leen pellets are much better quality with much less fines than the previous pellet they had been using.

In warm weather, it’s a no brainer! It just makes good sense. Hydro-Lac is a tool that should be in everybody’s cattle feeding toolbox.

Cattle do well on Hydro-Flexx. The added weight is visible on the animals.