MO STOCKER said:
I have enjoyed your discussion about Loomix and would like to continue my education if you would.
First off, I have never fed a liquid feed so I have no personal experience. A good number of producers here do. I've not seen Loomix most I see is QLF ( Quality Liquid Feed). We do supplement yearlings and calves that are on fescue at certain times of the year. $300-$350/ ton will buy about anything we want to feed. DDGS, various commodity blend pellets, grind and mix corn/SBM, etc. At $600/ton what is the advantage of the liquid over the dry feed? What is the percent dry matter ? It would seem that on a dry matter basis the liquid is priced at a disadvantage.
It sounds as though you service the tanks on an as needed basis. That would be extremely handy. We graze most of every year and some years we graze all 12 months. With daily moves, how hard is it to move the tanks?
How many head per tank? Are the tanks furnished with the product? Rent, own?
Thanks in advance for your response.
I'll stick my oar in (since i just used it to paddle home from a certain island

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A point: it ain't liquid feed! It's liquid feed supplement. Some people do not realize this, will starve their cows then cuss the 'liquid feed'
It's a small part of the ration, than can make the bulk of it work better.
Compared to 'hand feeding' it doesn't 'spike' protein levels.
Compared to tubs, when it's really cold, consumption doesn't drop--more likely to go up.
Compared to tubs--it ain't near as handy to move--but, if the guys servicing them, that's his problem. And yours--he can't do it for nothing.
Service is very important--some meatheads come and go w/o touching base and the bill is the first inkling you got on consumption.
It don't disrupt grazing pattern. Altho it can change it--i rented an 80 from an ol' gal--irrigated barley, you couldn't hardly jump over the straw windrows, some volunteer--nice patch. She told me the well might not keep up--it didn't. I put a lick tank on way to water--they'd come in 2-3 times a day for a drink, either hit it on way in or out---never short on water after that--
I personally like lick tanks with wheels and covered. Loomix uses open tubs, cheaper and can stack a bunch.