CattleCo said:
Mix 30 is a better product and cost less. As for the BT corn stalks.......do not buy into that one! Hi-Oil and Lysine Corn fodder is best, but I see no problem with BT varieties if I have to feed them.......
Mix 30 does cost less, but as far as being a better product, I have data from independent trials ran by Colorado State University that tell a different story. On rare occasions I have had LOOMIX hauled in to my place by guys who also haul Mix 30. The drivers hate hauling Mix 30, especially when it's cold.
I have been selling LOOMIX for the past 13 years. I first ran into Bt stalks about 10 years ago. Once the corn is off the ground and the cattle have to graze the stalks, you at times could be better off grazing them in a Wal-Mart parking lot than on Bt stalks. That year I had 3,000 head on LOOMIX for one customer, and when they moved them to the Bt stalks they couldn't be controlled on LOOMIX intake, eating 3-5#/head/day of pure bitter. As soon as the cattle were moved to non-Bt stalks, consumption was once again easily controlled. I do think that cattle have began to adapt to the taste of Bt stalks since then to some degree. There was also a bird resistant milo out a few years ago that was very poor for stalk grazing, due to taste.
Jigs was not compensated in any way for his post, but I do appreciate it and hope the rest of my customers feel the same way.