Himalayan Rock salt yes or no

cacs

I bought Himalayan rock salt last year the cattle could not get enough of it. But honestly I don’t know if it done them any good. They say there is loads of trace elements in it. I seen a guy talking in a feed lot in the US and it was according to him an essential part of the feed plan. What’s your thoughts on it

Lady Haywire

We used it last year for the first time and saw no difference, bar handiness of leaving it at the barrier;they used to puck the salt blocks out. However we also put iodine in the water & use lick buckets so maybe we have them covered anyway!

Never wrestle with pigs

I was a non believer! Ha. Cows are drinking piss all the time in the shed. Can't be good when near calving. They all get two allsure bolus on turn in and turn out. So it shouldn't be a mineral issue except sodium. No drinking piss anymore.

I left some in the field to see would they take it and they didn't until about a month ago when they were starting to get under pressure. Now I did spread some 18/6/12+s trough out the year following the cows.

It's supposed to be good for finishing cattle. Makeing them drink more water and in turn more feed.

I will continue to use it at winter time. The best price I found was €400 tonne from rocksalt.ie in Laois.

cacs

Never wrestle with pigs wrote: »

I was a non believer! Ha. Cows are drinking piss all the time in the shed. Can't be good when near calving. They all get two allsure bolus on turn in and turn out. So it shouldn't be a mineral issue except sodium. No drinking piss anymore.

I left some in the field to see would they take it and they didn't until about a month ago when they were starting to get under pressure. Now I did spread some 18/6/12+s trough out the year following the cows.

It's supposed to be good for finishing cattle. Makeing them drink more water and in turn more feed.

I will continue to use it at winter time. The best price I found was €400 tonne from rocksalt.ie in Laois.

That’s a better price than I got it at. I was told there is different grades of salt also lower grades contain higher levels of sand which causes more problems down the road. My vet reckons bolus don’t work as they don’t stay down. He says powder on the silage. I don’t know everyone seems to have an opinion. I just want to go one way and stick to it

RobinBanks

I used it last year but it didn't stop a cow drinking pi**. The cattle go mad for it so there obviously something in it they need. I often notice when I'm feeding lick buckets at certain times of years cows tear through them other time they barely touch them. It made me think that cows obviously needed them. Same with the salt. I can't say it made any difference to health but certainly there must be something lacking in the cows that make them go mad for it. Salt probably!!

ganmo

Never wrestle with pigs wrote: »

I was a non believer! Ha. Cows are drinking piss all the time in the shed. Can't be good when near calving. They all get two allsure bolus on turn in and turn out. So it shouldn't be a mineral issue except sodium. No drinking piss anymore.

I left some in the field to see would they take it and they didn't until about a month ago when they were starting to get under pressure. Now I did spread some 18/6/12+s trough out the year following the cows.

It's supposed to be good for finishing cattle. Makeing them drink more water and in turn more feed.

I will continue to use it at winter time. The best price I found was €400 tonne from rocksalt.ie in Laois.

Normal salt would of done the same job for you and be 40-50 quid a tonne cheaper

kerry cow

Ya met a guy from Cork at ploughing and it was 600 euro . So who's fooling who .
Is it different quality or greed ?

CloughCasey1

kerry cow wrote: »

Ya met a guy from Cork at ploughing and it was 600 euro . So who's fooling who .
Is it different quality or greed ?

Did ya buy?

alps

kerry cow wrote: »

Ya met a guy from Cork at ploughing and it was 600 euro . So who's fooling who .
Is it different quality or greed ?

Cork would have a better class of salt....

CloughCasey1

alps wrote: »

Cork would have a better class of salt....

Twud be that auld Kerry sort that would be costing 400.

Sam Kade

Snake oil.

patsy_mccabe

€400 a tonne. That's 40cents a kilo. Buy it, grind it and resell for €16.65 for 750gr. That's some mark up.

https://ie.pipingrock.com/himalayan-salt/himalayan-pink-mineral-salt-6764?prd=21af1489&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1rKV-9fm1gIVETwbCh27swi5EAQYAiABEgLa_PD_BwE

Muckit

It's damn near €1/kg in local store near here!!

cacs

But is it any good or is it a bit like the eircom shares. Told a load of bull s**t

Who2

Tried it here and i didn't think much of it. i definately wouldn't be giving it on its own without minerals.

cacs

Who2 wrote: »

Tried it here and i didn't think much of it. i definately wouldn't be giving it on its own without minerals.

Thats my thoughts aswell

kerry cow

any one else using the himalayan salt , I didn't go for it but am thinking of it for this winter , along with feeding the usual minerals , has anyone seen the benifits , and as a guide how many cows and days will a ton , on average do .thanks

Good loser

kerry cow wrote: »

any one else using the himalayan salt , I didn't go for it but am thinking of it for this winter , along with feeding the usual minerals , has anyone seen the benifits , and as a guide how many cows and days will a ton , on average do .thanks

Complete waste of money I'd say.

cacs

Good loser wrote: »

Complete waste of money I'd say.

Honestly I used it a winters. I did not see much benefit with but if you have animals coughing up the cud. Give the the rock salt. It usually settled it down. Honestly that was the only benefit I see when I used it

kerry cow

cacs wrote:

Honestly I used it a winters. I did not see much benefit with but if you have animals coughing up the cud. Give the the rock salt. It usually settled it down. Honestly that was the only benefit I see when I used it

ya cuss coughed up from time to time

farmer2018

Alot of farms in the UK use it so it most be doing something.

Nekarsulm

Salt is salt.
Doesn't matter if its white, grey, or pink.
Dosen't matter if it comes from Carrickfergus ( where most of our road salt is mined) , Germany, Poland, the Himalayas or the mountains of the friggin moon....
The Himalayan stuff is currently popular because A) it's from far away, and it's colour.
And good marketing of course!
Take a look at "Himalayan rock salt lamps" in your local "Angel" shop.
You know, the shops selling dream-catchers, ying and yang pendants, guardian angel figurines "healing crystals" and other holistic junk.
Check out the prices of a bit of salt with a bulb inside!
Better off buying a few bags of mineral powder, at least there is some degree of manufacturing accountability...

patsy_mccabe

Exactly Nek.

Hard Knocks

Good point by Nek
What mineral powder do people use?

Say my name

You don't know what goes into the mineral licks or powders either as evidenced from a few days ago. :pac:

Processed salt is processed to only have sodium chloride.
Sea salt is seawater evaporated.
Rock salt is the evaporation of a lake or closed sea in times past and compressed by time and rock and heat with leachings into from surrounding rock and soil.