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To hill dairy, Previously I told you that Potasium Permanganate would be effective in your footbath for a few days, this may not be completely true, I have since spoken to a fish farmer who told me that when it turns from purple to a brown colour it has oxydised and then should be added to or...

To Hill Dairy.In the last blog I told you to use one level teaspoon of Potasium Permanganate in your 200 gallon foot bath, this was wrong, it should have been 1/4 of a level spoonful as this amount will be strong enough, but it does not matter really as P P is not a dangerous pollutant if it...

To durry cows, You dont understand the connection between Trace elements and bad feet,when the T E's are at the correct level all animals consume up to one third less food as they will be contented, as a cow can carry up to 100 kilo's and more in her stomach its no wonder her feet packs up...

To hill dairy, A kilo of Potassium Permanganate will last you for years, simply put a level teaspoonful in your footbath and mix it up, this will be effective for a few days at least, use it also for sterilizing calf buckets, and washing your hands, etc, You can also safely use it as a weak...

The best solution you can walk your cows through daily is without doubt Pottasium Permanganate,this will heal any infections present and keep their feet clean and healthy, I did this for years,and purposely bought incalf cows with poor feet,by the time they had calved down again they were sound...

To Bruce Almighty, You are basically correct the Selenium I understand is in the colouring more in the red than the yellow,farmers are generally very sceptical when it comes to Trace Elements, but it is vitally important to get them at correct levels in you soil at all times, soils are better...

To durry cows, Sorry I have been long coming back to you, the analysis you showed is a typical average showing defiencies across the board, except for Iodine that is extremely high, correct Iodine is very important at all times, so this is probably a mistake that can easily happen, my advice to...

To cfr 1964 .To me an expert has to live 200 miles from home, or its a drop of water that used to be under pressure spurtting all over the place,so much for that, but I did milk cows for around 10 years, and did relief milking, but things were much different those days than now, for one thing...

To Cfr 1964, bad feet due to poor breeding? last week only I spoke to a dairy farmer who was disappointed with the performance of heifers he thought should be better,a breeder will show up to 20 bulls to the buyers that go around for the A I companies, but he will not show them the best 3 or 4...

Somebody tell me please, what do you think is the main cause of all the foot trouble suffered by milking cows, I beleive that I know that cows can produce more milk and that without developing bad feet, tell me what you think, and perhaps we can move on, the three cow guy.

To Clay 52, a valuable new member, if you look back through the thread, I think you will find that no one has asked any questions, they seem to know it all, but they still got cows with bad feet, The three cow guy.

Well well the milk technican guy rumbled me, he must have had my book somehow, but no comment on same so far, Dave grohl seems rather impatient as well, perhaps he would like to think back and tell us how or why he had too much Magnesium in his fodder,then we can discuss this sensibly, firstly...

To Durry cows, I mentioned that farm animals chew on coloured plastic string because they know that they are short of Selenium, I also said they eat newspaper to get Cobalt, so calves also know this, any grass that is short of Magnesium will green up considerably when sprayed with Epsom salts...

Nobody came back regards how to test grassland for Magnesium deficiency,this is an important Trace element because if your grass is short it cannot make full use of Sunlight to make Chlorophyll, this allows grass to absorb energy from the Sun ,the sun's energy is the only thing all farmers get...

Good man Durry cows, Let me know exactly what you are testing for (a full list please)most companies only do a part job that benefits them and not your cows, poor buggers,or your pocket,your cows will milk or fatten much better once you have got your Trace Elements bang to rights in your grass...

At 82 years of age I am not trying to sell you anything,if you all think I am wasting your time think on, how much time are you going to waste on cattle with f----- up feet next year alone, how much profit is in that, dont tell me you dont know once again,so if you wish we will see to...

Sorry I overslept,not ever good to be in a hurry,no Lime in newspaper pals. but your animals know that there is Cobalt in it thats why they eat paper when they are short of same, this is similar to Copper and equally important, if short animals cannot make use of their bulk feeds,the answer for...

Its all about profit and avoiding bad feet, feed your cows properly with grass properly treated,plus enough fibre, you will not get bad feet anyway, ask your vet and tell me what he thinks it is, Clay 52 had 61 likes, but nobody yet has elaborated and said how to avoid bad feet...

Thank you very much to New holland for your kind comments, lets have a few chats if you have a problem i n future, I have only recently started chatting, I throw an idea in here and there,got some abuse that tells me that you farmers are all trying to do too much in too short a time, I told you...

thanks to MF240, and multy power for a little bit of sense, and also to Happy cows, he is on to the correct facts, for a good profit you must reduce unnecesary costs like treating bad feet,if you got to buy straw you are also buying some one elses fertility,some one tell me please how much Lime...