SweetPro Cattle Video Testimonies

"One pound of SweetPro blocks replaced nearly 4 pounds of range cubes with no reduction in performance."
Ronnie Glover of Elgin, Oklahoma

Golden Glover - Not Your Average
Cow Puncher

Dec. 1997 • Ronnie Glover of Elgin, Oklahoma, has made quite a name for himself in cattle circles as an outstanding operator. His operations range from club calves to purebred black Maine Anjou. He has commercial cattle, big name bulls like Pay Off and Pistol Pete, and numerous yearlings on summer grass and wheat pasture.

One might think that he would be too busy to tackle much else, but this is not the case.

Glover has taken on distribution of SweetPro lick blocks after rigorously testing them on his own 450 cow herd and several hundred yearlings on grass.

He demonstrated first to himself that SweetPro's cost-cutting claims of improved feed efficiency were true. He also showed his company that SweetPro block could compete with range cubes and beat them, despite the comparitively low cost of range cubes.

Glover approached the use of the lick blocks from a producer's vantage point, comparing the costs of putting out range cubes daily to the costs of putting SweetPro blocks out weekly.

Glover appreciated the savings on labor and reduced wear-and-tear on equipment, but his first priority was on performance.

His test proved that the overall improvement in forage utilization offset any benefits of feeding several pounds of cubes. Cattle simply got more value out of the grass; one pound of SweetPro lick block replaced 3.5 to 4 pounds of range cubes, with no reduction in performance.

In fact, rate of gain improved slightly while the day-cost of supplement dropped 10 cents per head. Glover added the labor saving benefits to the reduction in daily expenses and improvements on gain while assessing the value of the SweetPro lick block.

Glover had spent 30 cents per head per day on the range cubes. His day-cost for SweetPro blocks was 20 cents per head. The cattle's rate of gain improved from 1.85 pounds per day to 1.95 pounds per day. He also observed a general improvement in herd health.

Glover is now a successful SweetPro distributor. This may be because he approaches distribution as he does his cattle operations Ð seeking quality and economy, with a willingness to work hard.

Perhaps he does it by pumping all the time he saves by using SweetPro blocks into distributing them. Whatever the ingredients are, they have combined to put him at the top in sales. He sells an average of 10 to 12 semi-trucks full of SweetPro lick blocks per month.

Ronnie Glover can be reached for comment at 405-492-4612.

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