Lifeline Nourish Colostrum Replacer: A Rancher's Review

Calving season is just around the corner for the majority of our cattle producers in Montana, Washington and Idaho. If you need ear tags, we've got them online and available for delivery to your door, right here.

Most ranchers have already made preparations and are mentally ready for the next few months of long nights and the challenges generally associated with calving in the northwest.

While warm weather makes conditions a bit more tolerable for livestock and producers, the varying temps can also present their own set of challenges as well, but none are as critical to survival of new calves as colostrum.

Colostrum Replacers and Supplements for Calves: Improve Immunity

Colostrum supplement and replacer products are valuable tools to increase calf immunity when supplies are limited.  We recently added two colostrum products by APC Lifeline to help our livestock producers succeed during their calving seasons.

Lifeline includes both LIFELINE Protect Beef Colostrum Supplement and Lifeline Nourish Colostrum Replacer

We have always carried a price point colostrum supplement from various brands throughout the years, but were really attracted to Lifeline because it is the only colostrum supplement and replacer especially made for beef calves.

Lifeline Colostrum Replacer and Supplements Tested on Beef Calves in Montana

But just what does that mean to cattle producers?  We were curious to find out ourselves and gave our customers at L Johnson Inc. both Lifeline Protect Beef Colostrum Supplement and Lifeline Nourish Beef Colostrum Replacer to compare to products they have used in the past.

We checked in on them this last week and while the weather has helped them deliver healthy calves they have had a few opportunities to test out both products.

Overall they quickly could see the benefits of products specially formulated for newborn beef calves.  Both Lifeline Beef Colostrum Supplement and Lifeline Nourish Beef Colostrum Replacer are:

• • Serum-based formulated which mixes well and feeds easily through a calf bottle or esophageal feeder.

• One carton per calf on both products simplifies feeding: mix anywhere with just warm water, a bucket and a whisk.

Lifeline Protect & Nourish Macronutrient Breakdowns

Lifeline Protect Beef Colostrum Supplement provides 50 grams of globulin protein and nutrients for the burst of energy calves need to suck on their own.

Protect Beef is fed in addition to maternal colostrum and will have its greatest impact on the calf when first feeding is given within the first 2 hours following birth.

Lifeline Nourish Beef is a colostrum replacer providing 100 grams of globulin protein, plus added fat, carbs and nutrients.  Colostrum replacers eliminates the need to collect and store, then warm, and feed maternal colostrum.

Nourish Beef replaces maternal colostrum when calves are orphaned, abandoned, or just won't suckle.

Hope the weather continues to be in favor for all our cattle producers in Montana, Washington and Idaho for a healthy calving season.  Stop by our ten store locations for a change of pace, or a cup of coffee and try out Lifeline colostrum supplement and replacer this calving season to help you succeed through those critical times-- or you can order your Lifeline Nourish and Protect products from us online here.