• Prosponse^® Yeast in all dairy diets to assist in maintaining intake, appropriate rumen pH and fiber digestibility.
• Buffer Pak providing a combination of buffering agents to support butterfat formation, maintain intake, and rumen pH.
• DCAD Plus or Energy Booster K helps maintain potassium lost in hot weather conditions which helps to maintain butterfat production and milk production
• Hay & Hay Silage Preservatives -- Nothing will provide a more significant return on investment than ensuring that the foundation of the diet is of high-quality and provides the potential for maximum productivity.  It begins with good forage harvesting, packing and storage management. Our preservative line will do an excellent job in helping maintain good-quality forage whether that be leaf retention and quality of hay or optimizing haylage fermentation.
• Ration Guard^®* -- If TMRs are fed once daily and begin to heat, secondary fermentation can occur.  Ration Guard introduction into the TMR during the summer can prevent this secondary fermentation from occurring, resulting in improved intakes and maintenance of feed quality.
• Enertia^® -- To optimize energy intake once degradable fat levels are met in the diet.
• Natural-Source Vitamin E -- As intakes are suppressed under heat stress conditions, we need to optimize the antioxidant levels in the diet.  Natural -source vitamin E provides the best bioavailable source of E to help support this need.
• Thermal Care™ -- There is nothing better on the market to help minimize the adverse financial effects of heat stress.  This is one of those products where its cost can be spread across several impactful areas including milk production support, optimizing rumen function and bolstering animal immunity.

• Always wear your safety belt and use hands-free communications; preferably pull over when making or returning phone calls to be safe.
• Always keep your cell phone charged.
• Maintain your vehicle in good repair including tires, windshield wipers and oil changes.
• Have an emergency road kit in your vehicle.
• Be aware of farm equipment, employees, children and others when pulling into farms.
• Always let someone know when you are conducting herd evaluations and preferably have someone with you.
• Always know when there is a bull being housed on the farm and where it is at all times.  Don't enter pens with bulls.
• Be aware when taking silage/forage samples as falling silage can kill. Never enter an upright silo without having someone else present.

• $15.00 off the purchase of 20 bags of Patriot^® feeds
• $5.00 off one bag of GLO feeds or GROSTRONG^® feeds (includes Ultra-Fiber™ and StaySTRONG™)
• Coupons with new expiration date are being mailed directly to dealers and sales team members who are currently participating in our coupon programs.
• Additional coupons available through Sandy Chatten.
• GLO and GRO coupons are to be used on the day of the event.
• Coupons' expiration date is 12/31/16.

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