Administering vitamin B12 injections to livestock, is like positioning the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff, rather than building a safety barrier at the top of the cliff. In regions where there is a cobalt deficiency it is impossible for livestock in the region to obtain sufficient cobalt without a supplement or injection. This signals an issue in our local region, but not one that lacks an alternative solution. Livestock have rumen micro-organisms, that convert cobalt into Vitamin B12.
Vitamin B12 has cobalt at its centre and is literally the engine room for the creation of red blood cells, DNA, nerve tissue, lactation, energy production etc. Cobalt is also essential for nitrogen fixation in clovers (along with molybdenum), pasture root development, overall pasture growth processes and pasture metabolism for internal nutrient transfers.
This is another situation where we run into the idea, that if we need to be injecting B12 into our cattle, then there is something missing from the pasture. If there is something missing from the pasture- what are the opportunities if we act on this path? – the potential is significant. Small increases here and there are always accumulative.
By using Stock Roots trace minerals (with cobalt) on your pasture, you will unlock a building process that will improve grazing livestock growth, reproduction, lactation, immune defence, and energy levels - the backbone of all production. In addition, with supplying your pasture with a more balanced nutrition for growth, you will unlock a building process of increased nitrogen levels, increased fodder protein, and more soil carbon.
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