Cattle have pretty good instincts. They will only consume what they need. If they're not eating a "store brand" mineral that means it doesn't have what they need, and continuing to feed it to them is wasted money.
When we had dairy cows, they'd eat the dirt under the fence along the lane from the pasture to the barn. Nowhere else. Completely undermined the fence. We figured the dirt must have some mineral they needed.
I only have slightly less respect for livestock nutritionists than I do lawyers. The only money in agriculture is in selling farmers services and products that they don't need, and nutritionists are right at the forefront of that. They'll tell you anything they think will get you to buy their expensive chemicals and formulas. Increase your input costs 10% to get a 5% gain in yield. Oh but you're making the most milk, averaging the most bushels/tons per acre. Thump your chest in pride as you head to the bank to beg for another loan to pay off the last loan.
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