AGam in Kansas - Winter Mineral Supplementation - March 10, 2016
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0:01 - 0:03- This segment brought to you by
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0:03 - 0:05Kansas Regenerative Medicine,
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0:09 - 0:10- I'm Chris Reinhardt,
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0:10 - 0:14Extension Beef Specialist
with Kansas State University. -
0:14 - 0:15We've been traveling around the state
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0:15 - 0:18the past couple of months talking
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0:18 - 0:20with producers about key issues,
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0:20 - 0:23we call it the Winter
Ranch Management series, -
0:23 - 0:26but we're trying to cover everything that
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0:26 - 0:29commercial cow/calf producer
in the state of Kansas -
0:29 - 0:30might have concerns with.
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0:30 - 0:33With specific respect to this winter,
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0:33 - 0:35in my case I'm talking about
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0:35 - 0:38year-round supplementation of mineral.
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0:38 - 0:41And that would include
both the macro minerals -
0:41 - 0:43as well as trace mineral supplementation.
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0:43 - 0:44In the winter time,
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0:44 - 0:46when we're feeding cows,
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0:46 - 0:48especially for feeding supplemental feeds,
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0:48 - 0:50good quality hay,
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0:50 - 0:53and supplemental feeds
such as distillers grains, -
0:53 - 0:54gluten feed,
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0:54 - 0:55soybean meal.
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0:55 - 0:56Things to that nature - they've got a
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0:56 - 1:00tremendous amount of
phosphorous as does corn, -
1:00 - 1:01sorghum,
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1:01 - 1:02and silages.
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1:02 - 1:05But what we still want to
make sure we're supplementing -
1:05 - 1:07are the trace minerals because
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1:07 - 1:10trace minerals that
are passed to the calf, -
1:10 - 1:12through the placenta is really
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1:12 - 1:15all that calf is going to be born with,
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1:15 - 1:16and unfortunately,
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1:16 - 1:20mothers' milk carries very
little if any trace mineral -
1:20 - 1:22nutrition whatsoever,
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1:22 - 1:24so until that calf is old enough
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1:24 - 1:27to start consuming good quality forage,
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1:27 - 1:28and supplement,
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1:28 - 1:31and supplemental feed and maybe mineral,
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1:31 - 1:32a calf is gonna have to rely on the
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1:32 - 1:34storage of trace minerals
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1:34 - 1:36that it has in its liver and other places;
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1:36 - 1:38its gonna draw off those stores,
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1:38 - 1:42and so we've got to cognizant
to supplement trace minerals -
1:42 - 1:45to the cow throughout gestation
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1:45 - 1:47up until and through calving time.
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1:47 - 1:49Other times of the year that are critical
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1:49 - 1:51in the Spring of the year,
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1:51 - 1:52our native forage,
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1:52 - 1:55if we get ample rainfall,
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1:55 - 1:56or native forage in Kansas,
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1:56 - 1:59all across Kansas is tremendous source of
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1:59 - 2:02both protein energy as well as minerals.
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2:02 - 2:04However in late summer,
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2:04 - 2:06after the rain shut off,
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2:06 - 2:07grass will harden up,
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2:07 - 2:09mineral content wanes,
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2:09 - 2:12and so at the very time we're
approaching leaning time, -
2:12 - 2:15when we're hoping that calf is loaded with
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2:15 - 2:17trace minerals is the
very same time when the -
2:17 - 2:19forage is supplying less and less,
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2:19 - 2:21and so we've got to make
sure to supply both the -
2:21 - 2:25cow and the calf during that period.
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2:25 - 2:26Number one,
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2:26 - 2:28to make sure that cow breads and settles,
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2:28 - 2:28but then number two,
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2:28 - 2:31to make sure that calf
is weaned during that -
2:31 - 2:35stressful transition and
has an adequate supply of -
2:35 - 2:38trace minerals both in its feeds,
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2:38 - 2:40as well as in its storage.
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2:40 - 2:43There's a number of forms that mineral,
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2:43 - 2:45both trace mineral and macro minerals like
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2:45 - 2:47phosphorus and calcium,
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2:47 - 2:50can be supplemented to
cows and calves whether -
2:50 - 2:53that be in the form of
loose mineral or block form. -
2:53 - 2:55One thing that we've noticed is
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2:55 - 2:58we want to make sure in
the Spring of the year, -
2:58 - 3:00when grass is really rapidly growing,
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3:00 - 3:03and lush and loaded with
lots of good nutrients, -
3:03 - 3:07magnesium deficiency or
grass tetany can occur. -
3:07 - 3:11Two minerals we want to
play special attention to -
3:11 - 3:14if that's a critical concern in your area,
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3:14 - 3:17seek out the council of
your nutritionist and -
3:17 - 3:18veterinarian to make sure,
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3:18 - 3:21but if we're in a grass tetany area,
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3:21 - 3:23we want to make sure we get magnesium to
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3:23 - 3:26those cows in the form
of a high mag mineral, -
3:26 - 3:28but we also want loose salt available.
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3:28 - 3:30There's recent data that's come out,
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3:30 - 3:32just in the past year or so,
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3:32 - 3:35that says if cows are adequate and
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3:35 - 3:37have abundant access to salt,
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3:37 - 3:42loose salt and water to
help dilute out that salt, -
3:42 - 3:44as well as the magnesium,
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3:44 - 3:46it can be very effective in preventing
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3:46 - 3:50issues of grass tetany in
the Spring of the year. -
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- Title:
- AGam in Kansas - Winter Mineral Supplementation - March 10, 2016
- Description:
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(Chris) I'm Chris Reinhardt, Extension Beef Specialist with Kansas State University. We've been traveling around the state the past couple of months talking with producers about key issues. We call it the Winter Ranch Management Series. We're trying to cover everything that a commercial cow/calf producer in the state of Kansas might have concerns with specific respect to this winter. In my case I'm talking about winter, year around supplementation of mineral and that would include both the macro minerals as well as trace mineral supplementation. In the wintertime when we're feeding cows, especially if we're feeding supplemental feed, good quality hay, and supplemental feeds such as distillers grain, gluten feed, soybean meal, things of that nature. They've got a tremendous amount of phosphorus as does corn, sorghum and silages. But what we still want to make sure we're supplementing are the trace minerals because trace minerals that are passed to the calf through the placenta is really all that calf is going to be born with. And unfortunately Mother's milk carries very little if any trace mineral nutrition whatsoever. So, until that calf is old enough to start consuming good quality forage and supplement and supplemental feed and maybe mineral, that calf is going to have to rely on the storage of trace minerals that it has in its liver and other places. It's going to draw off those stores. And so we've got to be cognizant to supplement trace minerals to the cow throughout gestation up until and through calving time. Other times of the year that are critical is in the spring of the year, our native forage, if we get ample rainfall, our native forage in Kansas, all across Kansas, is a tremendous source of both protein energy as well as minerals. However in late summer after the rains shut off, grass will harden up, mineral content wanes and so at the very time we're approaching weaning time when we're hoping that calf is loaded with trace minerals is the very same time when the forage is
supplying less and less. And so, we've got to make sure to supply both the cow and the calf during that period number one to make sure that cow breeds and settles, but then number two to make sure that calf is weaned during that stressful transition and has an adequate supply of trace minerals both in its feeds as well as in its storage. There's a number of forms that minerals, both trace minerals and macro minerals like phosphorus and calcium can be supplemented to cows, and calves whether that be in the form of loose mineral or block form. One thing that we've noticed is we want to make sure in the spring of the year when grass is really rapidly growing and lush and loaded with lots of good nutrients, magnesium deficiency or grass tetany can occur. Two minerals we want to pay special attention to. If that's a critical concern in your area, seek out the counsel of your nutritionist and veterinarian to make sure. But if we're in a grass tetany area, we want to make sure we get magnesium to those cows in the form of a high mag mineral. But we also want loose salt available. There's recent data that's come out just in the past year or so that says if cows are adequate and have abundant access to salt, loose salt and water to help dilute out that salt, as well as the magnesium, it can be very effective in preventing issues of grass tetany in the spring of the year. - Video Language:
- English
- Duration:
- 04:28
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