SweetPro Cattle Video Testimonies

"I will tell you what I am going to do with my own calves next summer,"

"I am going to use Kaf Kandi for a month to start, then switch to the SweetPro 16."
Dave Boyce

Faster Pasture Gains with Tubs!

March 1997 • Improved gains, had healthier cattle, made more money! That is the quick summary of a detailed pasture trial with SweetPro lick blocks held adjacent to Stalder Feed Yard , Salem, Nebraska, during the summer of 1996.

Lyle Edelman of Sabetha, Kansas, arranged with Stalder manager, Lonnie Goff, and head cowboy Dave Boyce to put 322 heifers, averaging 479 pounds each, on pasture in early May.

Three different SweetPro lick blocks were tested in the trial: the standard 16% protein block - 16 , the 18% protein Kaf Starter block - Kaf Kandi, and a 27% protein/10% non protein nitrogen block. All groups gained faster than the historical averages on both brome grass and native bluestem. As expected, the lowest consumption - .33 lb/day - was on the 27% protein block. The 16% protein block's average consumption rate was .5 lb/day. Kaf Kandi, the calf starter block, had the highest consumption rate at .69 lb/day.

Overall intake averaged .5 lb/day; daily gains were one third pound MORE than the historical pasture average.

"I will tell you what I am going to do with my own calves next summer," shared head cowboy Boyce, "I am going to use Kaf Kandi for a month to start, then switch to the SweetPro16." Boyce recorded block usage while tending and doctoring the cattle.

"I really think it was a good study," Boyce continued, "Tell you why, we used good cattle - nice enough for anybody. During the study, Boyce did less cattle doctoring, noting that there were "unbelievably fewer problems than normal." Boyce also noticed that the cattle had "good hair coats, lots of shine."

Stalder Feed Yard manager, Lonnie Goff, said he was even more impressed with the trial after talking with others putting grass cattle onto feed. Several ranchers told Goff that their pasture gains were below average in 1996 due to wet and washy conditions. Meanwhile, the SweetPro supplemented calves gained an extra pound every three days.

Goff further noted that the heifers did well in the feed yard. Their extra pasture gains were "framey gains," which helped them fill out well on the finishing lot.

Edelman, who owned the heifers, figures SweetPro barrels earned him an extra $60 per day for a total of $9,500 extra, during five months on grass. His total profit increased by 30%.

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