Cattle Feed and Supplements
QLF Quality Liquid Feed
Liquid Feed Supplements for Pasture Cattle
QLF offers a full line of molasses-based protein supplements for beef cows and stocker cattle. Customers realize the ultimate convenience and time- and labor-savings when QLF products are fed free-choice in lick wheel feeders. Management goals of other operations are best met with direct forage treatment or inclusion of QLF liquid feed supplements in bunk mixes.
Lick Tanks
- Several small meals over the course of the day
- Opportunity for less dominant animals to come to the feed unchallenged
- Virtually no waste
- Intake can change as conditions dictate
- Diverse animals in a herd can match intake to individual needs.
Liquid Feed for Treating Forages
Applying QLF directly to forages can enhance the utilization of harvested roughages.
- Treating Large Round Bales
Dispersing liquid feed supplements throughout a big bale will significantly enhance the nutritional value AND palatability of hay, straw, or stalks. Simply pour on, or probe into, the face of the bale. Application rate is typically 7-10%, by weight. - At the bale processor
Mounting a tank and pump directly on the processor allows addition of QLF to the hay as it is fed. Additional benefits include dust reduction, and ability to deliver forage and supplement in a single trip.
QLF Liquids in Bunk Mixes
QLF liquids in mixed diets offer nutrition . . . and more.
- Diet Uniformity. When liquid feed supplements are included in a total mixed ration, ingredients with varied particle size and density are held in place. And trace nutrients and additives contained in the QLF are distributed evenly throughout the ration.
- Reduced Animal Sorting.
- Improved Ration Characteristics. QLF liquid supplements tie up fines, reduce dustiness, and increase ration density.
- Increased Palatability.
- Convenience. QLF liquids can meet any or all supplemental needs with a single easy-to-incorporate product. Liquid feed supplements offer ease of application and storage simplicity.
- Cost Savings.
Low Moisture Blocks
QLF Ignite Low Moisture Blocks are convenient and easy-to-use to make certain your livestock are getting what they need-when they need it.
- Controlled, Consistent Consumption
- High Energy/Nutrient Dense
- Vitamin & Mineral Fortified
- Highly Palatable
- Increased Forage Digestion
- Weather resistant
Liquid Feed Supplements for Feedlot Nutritional Management
Liquid Supplements Provide a Range of Benefits to Feedlot Nutritional Management:
- Enhanced Nutrition
- Improved Palatability
- Ration Conditioning
- Reduced Fines/Sorting
- Convenient
- Cost Savings
Starters:
# 1 Goal of Starting Cattle: Get Them Eating! Bottom Line – – – QLF animal feed supplements provides Essential Nutrition for Optimal Health and Performance.
The receiving period is the most critical time in the feedlot. Calves experience the greatest amount of stress and disease challenge leading up to and during this period while feed and nutrient intakes are the most depressed. Proper nutrition is important to supply the immune system with the needed tools to respond effectively to eliminate or lessen the severity of the disease challenge.
Finishers:
# 1 Goal of Finishing Cattle: Efficient, Profitable Gain! Bottom Line – – – QLF Liquid Feed Supplements Enhances Feed Efficiency and Greater Additive Efficacy.
Finishing cattle is done with one primary goal in mind: Efficiency! Feed efficiency is largely dependent on a consistent supply of nutrients and additives to the rumen. Therefore, improving ration consistency promotes more efficient gains. QLF Liquid Feed Supplements have been shown to increase ration consistency.
Co-Products Ration Enhancers:
QLF CORE Supplements:
- Designed to balance rations containing corn by-products
- High in Calcium
- High in Trace Minerals
- Low in Phosphorus
- Available with approved ionophores and additives
- Address the specific nutrient concerns of corn by-product diets
- Offer flexibility to address specific nutritional concerns
Loomix®
Loomix® Liquid Supplements
“Loomix is a brand of liquid feed supplements manufactured and distributed by Quality Liquid Feeds, Inc. Loomix supplements are designed to balance cattle diets, enhancing production. With Loomix products this is done by balancing the ration with supplemental protein, vitamins, and minerals in a liquid form. Providing needed nutrients to balance the diet enables cattle to perform better. The concept behind Loomix products is to enhance the ability of the rumen bacterial population to digest forage; thereby increasing the fiber digesting capacity and efficiency of the animal. Increased fiber digestion by cattle consuming Loomix supplements has been proven by university testing, private research and internal company testing. Loomix supplements feed rumen bacteria. These bacteria provide a significant amount of the animal’s energy and protein needs. Since rumen bacteria have very short life spans (some as little as 20 minutes), it is important to maintain a high functioning rumen bacterial population, and Loomix supplements do just that. Fueling the rumen bacterial population enables the animal to more fully utilize consumed forage; thus, increasing the overall efficiency of digestion. Loomix supplements are known for controlled intake. The palatability of Loomix supplements can be easily altered from very sweet to very bitter products to control intake based on grazing conditions. A combination of sweet and bitter products are on every Loomix dealer’s delivery truck that supplies Loomix supplements direct to producers’ cattle operations. Loomix products are blended onsite to ensure consumption control; ensuring cattle only received the needed amounts of supplemental nutrients. When you purchase Loomix liquid feed supplements you get more! Loomix supplements fill the gap between what forage delivers and what cattle require.
- Readily available source of phosphorous, trace minerals, proteins, and vitamins
- Formulas can be customized to meet an operation’s specific needs
- Loomix supplements provide a great carrier for approved medications and additives
Loomix supplements are delivered directly to cattle.
- A highly trained dealer delivers Loomix supplement
- The delivered cost is the fed cost
- Less labor and associated costs with supplementing cattle
- No truck, storage tanks, or large inventories are required
Loomix supplements are available 24 hours a day
- Proven consumption control eliminates overconsumption which helps contain supplement cost
- Fed in an open-top trough, allows easy access for all cattle
Loomix feeds the rumen bacteria to get the most out of roughage.
- Loomix products have been shown in research trials to increase forage digestion by as much as 34%
- In many cases, feeding Loomix supplements make it possible for cattle to effectively utilize lower quality roughage
Service
- Save on labor. Loomix dealers do the work of filling troughs
- An efficient management tool — records efficiency maintained by dealer
- Nutrition services available
- Fed price is delivered price
- Year-round supplementation program
Liquid
- Easy-to-handle and store
- Approved additives can be easily added and effectively used
- Nutrients are more easily accessible to cattle in open-top troughs
- When used as a top-dress, easily mixes into the ration
- Makes other feed more palatable
- Improves odor and taste of ration when used as a top-dress
Consumption control
- Flexible to each operation
- Control cost
- Adjust nutrients to cattle’s needs
- Work within a budget
- Pasture management
Open Trough Feeding
- More even consumption
- Easier for timid cattle to access supplement
- More cattle can gather around the trough at the same time versus tubs or blocks
Cost
- Control cost by controlling consumption
- More nutrients available from entire diet
- More nutrients per dollar spent
- Utilize other feedstuffs
Fiber digestion
- Enables cattle to obtain more nutrients from existing feed
- Stretch feed cost
- Better performance from available forages
- Utilize poorer quality feed
Phosphoric acid
- One of the highest biological value of phosphorous sources
- Reproductive benefit of meeting cattle phosphorus requirements
Experience
- Reliability
- Problem solving
- Distinguished track record with proven customers
- Support