Vigortone doesn't ruin when it gets wet due to particle size. Not that we know much about that this year. So darn dry!
Vigortone has some wonderful poly feeders that anyone can buy and
one of our customers has some older ones and ordered some new ones
(the old ones are fine, but he needed more). Anyhow, when he got
them he was pleasantly surprised and called to tell us, "You know,
these older poly feeders were good, the new ones are even better."
They are on a stand and turn with the wind and have some kind
of good bearing. You can PM me for more information if you wish.
We also have ones that sit on the ground with a cover over them, but
I've not sold any because my area sales manager doesn't think the
calves will lift that cover to get to the mineral. This time of the year
the calves eat as much mineral as the cows do. These sell well in
other areas and they are really tough. I think you can leave the cover
off too, but not sure how much mineral they hold.
What Mr. FH liked was a regular feed trough--those aluminum ones
with the rubber bottom--they are real easy to move and they don't
tip over easy and you can put out quite a bit of mineral at one time.
FWIW