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November 12, 2013

"The cows clean well and take off milking."

Larry Wilterdink

Larry Wilterdink milks 80 cows with his family. They work with Barb Grzywinski of Adell Cooperative. They use CRYSTALYX®Dry Cow Formula™with the dry cows. They have been using CRYSTALYX® for 10 years. “The convenience of putting CRYSTALYX® out to balance the mineral and vitamin needs of the dry cows is a big factor for using the product. We feed a blend of corn silage and haylage with some baled hay. The cows clean well and take off milking.” Time savings and piece of mind are factors in choosing CRYSTALYX®. The smaller dry cow group would be hard to get a mineral mixed well into the ration; and with CRYSTALYX® there is no waste. “We don’t have a lot of extra time here, so something that works and is not wasted makes sense.” They house the milk cows in a compost barn with very good cow comfort. CRYSTALYX® products give them a TMR safety net since they feed a “1 group” TMR. “Fresh cows are the ones that seem to use the block the most. I like to see cows that need it going to the block.”