Normally you can count on getting 3-4 € back for every € you spend on correct mineral supplementation. However, this ratio has only improved, as the price of milk has risen more than the price of mineral supplements. For example, the payment from ARLA has increased by approx. 30% in the last 12 months to the current listing of approx. 0.47 € / kg standard milk (https://farmtalonline.dlbr.dk/Navigation/NavigationTree.aspx). There are signs that the milk price will increase further in 2022 (https://agrocom.dk/maelken-springer-igen-i-vejret/). During the same period, the price of mineral feed supplements has only increased by approx. 20-25%.

The most important success criteria for a good milk production economy remain 1) good management, including care quality, stable environment, feed quality and a balanced feed ration, etc., 2) trading skills, especially the ability to trade feed at the right times and at the right prices, and 3) using production methods according to the wishes of consumers and politicians.

MicroFeeder's concepts for mineral supplementation relate to all three mentioned success criteria: 1) Good management means correct mineral supplementation according to the animals' needs. A practical experiment showed 30% higher daily gain in grazing heifers after shifts to use our MineralRocker - https://www.microfeeder.com/docs/Vildmosen_trial_-_Foged_et_al_2001_en.pdf. We are also told that health is increasing in herds that switch to using our mineral feeders - see https://www.microfeeder.com/Articles/insufficient_intake_molassed_minerals. 2) Using MineralRocker and BasisFeeder means that you can give your grazing animals mineral mixtures instead of molassed minerals, which are typically 4 times more expensive - see https://www.microfeeder.com/News_specific?id=359 and https://www.microfeeder.com/docs/Mineralcalculator_example_en.pdf. 3) Our PitstopPLUS system leads to much better animal welfare and sustainability, eg we have registered 23% fewer diseases among dairy cows as a result of using our PitstopPLUS system for them - https://www.microfeeder.com/News_specific?id=376. Overall, our PitstopPLUS system contributes to six of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals:

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