Ryan and Karnell Perry own and manage Treasure Bull Test near Vaughn, Montana, where approximately 150 bull calves are fed, developed, and tested for growth performance and fertility. The CRYSTALYX Blueprint Omega supplement has been part of the nutrition program at Treasure for three years and has delivered great results.
What makes CRYSTALYX® unique?
Today, the large lick tub market consists of literally hundreds of brands and many manufacturing forms, but even after all these years, there’s still only one CRYSTALYX® brand. Fifty years of unmatched experience and quality have built a good reputation in the industry, one we’ll never take for granted.
The economics of self-fed supplements: How CRYSTALYX® pencils out
When assessing all of the costs and benefits of a supplement program, the cost per ton, tub or pound is only a small part of the equation. Choosing a supplement is just like choosing a cow: It needs to fit your environment. How easy is it to manage? How practical is it? And is it of a high-enough quality to generate an acceptable return?
Does CRYSTALYX® pencil out for reproductive efficiency?
Understanding reproductive efficiency takes a deeper dive into a lot of parameters that can be measured and improved upon with good nutrition, management and genetics. Jon Albro discusses the factors that define reproductive efficiency and their financial impact.
Choosing the right self-fed supplements for beef cows
One of the reasons CRYSTALYX® is so popular is because it is practical. It’s an effective supplement that’s easy to use with minimal time and labor expense. Yes, there may be other supplement options available that look less expensive to feed, buy in a practical sense would not fit management, the environment or other conditions.
CRYSTALYX and Sustainability: Working Together for a Planet of Plenty
Sustainability—that’s perhaps an overused term these days in both the ag media and the media world in general. Sustainability suggests a lot of definitions and narratives of production such as best practices, social responsibility, good stewardship and economic viability. You get my drift. Sustainability means different things to different people.
Phosphate ingredients in CRYSTALYX from a cost and nutritive standpoint
When you think of a CRYSTALYX supplement, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? For many, what comes to mind is a supplement that provides protein to help their animals better utilize forage — especially low-quality forage.
Garlic: Another option to combat flies
It seems that we are hearing more about the practice of using garlic as a feed supplement for livestock to reduce the negative impact of fly populations. The practice of feeding garlic or garlic-derived compounds isn’t new, but more supporting evidence and research into the benefits is starting to appear.
Set up for success at calving and beyond: CRYSTALYX and Bio-Mos 2
At CRYSTALYX, we often write about the many benefits seen from supplementing livestock with the many nutritional technologies provided by Alltech, our parent company. Some past blogs include topics regarding Blueprint, Bio-Mos, Actigen and Bio-Mos 2. About a year ago, we made some name and formulation changes where any CRYSTALYX product that contained Bio-Mos now contains the next generation product, Bio-Mos 2.
