P ratios available to best match your feeding system. Custom minerals are designed to specifically match your analyzed homegrown feeds. Any changes in feeds will drastically affect the combination of your custom mineral with home feeds. Specific compounds such as sulfur may be routinely added to rations containing urea as this mineral is an important component of several amino acids and B vitamins. However, it is important to remember that once urea is removed from the diet, so should the sulfur source.
Excess sulfur can be severely toxic when fed with diets high in protein.
There is no such thing as one mineral mix that is good for all animals and all feeding situations. Once you have chosen your mineral package the next step is to determine how you are going to feed it to your livestock. It has been scientifically proven that animals are unable to determine the proper balance and amount of minerals required when fed free choice. Some animals may consume more of what they do not need, while others will not consume any, even if they are required. It is therefore recommended, that minerals be thoroughly blended with the ration wherever possible to ensure proper supplementation.