Welcome to Dairy-Lyx® CRYSTALXY® Dairy Supplements

Bill Armbrustmacher - St. Johns, MI
“IT HELPS WITH REAL WORLD PROBLEMS.” (read more)

Henry Schmiesing - Minster, OH
"...WE'VE REDUCED OUR VETERINARY AND MEDICINE COST BY NEARLY 70%." (read more)

Dwight Raber - Louisville, OH
"THESE SUPPLEMENTS ARE A SAFETY NET." (read more)

Chad Wieneke - Adrian, MN
“A BIG BOOST IN CONTROLLING MY MILK FEVERS.” (read more)

Dale Carter - Mountain Grove, MO
"THE QUALITY IS THERE, THE PRODUCTS ARE VERY CONSISTENT." (read more)

Jerry & Brian Aschenbrenner - Milladore, WI
"IT'S HELPING US REACH OUR GOALS." (read more)

“IT HELPS WITH REAL WORLD PROBLEMS.”

Bill Armbrustmacher
St. Johns, MI

Bill Armbrustmacher put BUFFER-LYX® to work at his 140-cow dairy. “We are certain BUFFER-LYX® helps get the fresh cows off to a good start which helps our entire milk string,” says the St. Johns, MI, producer. Armbrustmacher has found that cows are peaking sooner and overall herd health has improved. Specifically, foot problems and Subacute Ruminal Acidosis (SARA) have been reduced since using BUFFER-LYX®. “We have had hardly any problems with the milking and fresh cows, fewer foot problems, and our cull rates have improved.” CRYSTALYX® products are not new to the Armbrustmacher Dairy. CRYSTALYX® CLOSE-UP™ FORMULA and REPLACEMENT HEIFER™ FORMULA have been used successfully for nearly 10 years. Bill Armbrustmacher recommends CRYSTALYX® to other dairy farmers. “It helps with real world problems,” says Armbrustmacher.

"...WE'VE REDUCED OUR VETERINARY AND MEDICINE COST BY NEARLY 70%."

Henry Schmiesing
Minster, OH

Henry Schmiesing had an off-and-on relationship with CRYSTALYX® Brand Dairy Supplements. Schmiesing owns and operates a dairy farm near Minster, Ohio. He has used CRYSTALYX® for many years, but not on a consistent basis. In the spring of 2004 CRYSTALYX® supplements were not being used. When feeding changes were made some metabolic problems arose. The dairy was experiencing a large number of retained placentas at calving and freshening.

“Other feed suppliers told me that I didn’t need CRYSTALYX® as everything we needed was already in our feed mix,” Henry said. “It was when we went away from using CRYSTALYX® that we started seeing more problems.”

CRYSTALYX® DRY COW™ FORMULA and DAIRY-LYX® were reintroduced into their feeding program and many of the metabolic problems were reduced.

“Since we began using CRYSTALYX® DRY COW™ formula during the dry period, there have been hardly any retained placentas at freshening. They calve and clean within a half hour. The licking of the CRYSTALYX® stimulates the cows appetite, keeping our dry cows eating well and the digestive system in good tone.”

Henry has found that the reduced metabolic problems help herd health and also keep veterinary expenses low.

“My veterinarian told me this is probably the best my dry cows have ever looked, and we’ve reduced our veterinary and medicine cost by nearly 70%. I have a good vet but he wondered if I had switched to another vet because I was doing less business with him.”

CRYSTALYX® DAIRY-LYX® has also helped Henry’s dairy in recent months.

“We use DAIRY-LYX® in the entire milk string and the cows are now breeding and utilizing feed better.”

Henry Schmiesing has seen positive results from consistently supplementing with CRYSTALYX® and would recommend it to other dairy producers.

“We’ve changed our entire feed program to utilize CRYSTALYX® in the past few months and we’ve watched our production climb ever since.”

"THESE SUPPLEMENTS ARE A SAFETY NET."

Dwight Raber
Louisville, OH

Dwight Raber of Raber Dairy Farms noticed that their cows coming fresh were developing milk fever and ketosis. Raber had tried other products and even purchased outside forages to help eliminate the potassium problem, but nothing was working.

Dwight, who operates the 300-cow Raber Dairy Farms with his brother Bruce, learned of other herds in the Louisville, Ohio, area that were using CRYSTALYX® Brand Supplements and having success. He got some advice from Brian Beck, his nutritionist at Witmer's Feed and Grain in Louisville, and decided to give CRYSTALYX® DRY COW FORMULA™ a try. In mid-October of 2003, the first CRYSTALYX® supplements were placed with the pre-fresh and post-fresh cows. Within two weeks the milk fevers were starting to decline and the ketosis cases were responding much more quickly to treatment of a propylene glycol drench.

One week before Thanksgiving they ran out of CRYSTALYX®. Milk fevers and ketosis problems started up almost immediately. So CRYSTALYX® DRY COW FORMULA™ went back on duty right away and the problems decreased again. Dwight Raber is convinced.

"They give the cows what they need when they need it," he says. "All the cows have slightly different needs, and supplementing with CRYSTALYX® lets them take care of their own needs at their own pace. These supplements are a safety net."

“A BIG BOOST IN CONTROLLING MY MILK FEVERS.”

Chad Wieneke
Adrian, MN

Chad Wienke, along with his father and brother, milk 225 cows near Adrian, MN. He’s relied on DAIRY-LYX® and CLOSE UP FORMULA™ to supplement his nutrition program.

The Wienkes experienced a significant decrease in milk butterfat and protein content during a prolonged period of extreme heat and humidity.

“We put DAIRY-LYX® in the loafing barn and brought our butterfat to 3.5, and it held steady throughout the rest of that very hot summer. Since then we use it year ‘round in the barn,” Chad explained.

They feed CLOSE UP FORMULA™ to dry cows in outside lots. Chad indicates he’s found an easy way to control milk fever. “I’ve tried to feed anionic salts straight out and had a lot of trouble with losing intakes. The CLOSE UP FORMULA™ CRYSTALYX® is a big boost in controlling my milk fevers,” he said.

"THE QUALITY IS THERE, THE PRODUCTS ARE VERY CONSISTENT."

Dale Carter
Mountain Grove, MO

Dale Carter milks 150 cows near Mountain Grove, MO, and utilizes an intensive rotational grazing system on fescue pastures. He’s used FESCUE-LYX™ and CLOSE UP FORMULA™ for six years.

“The FESCUE-LYX™ has really helped us overcome our fescue toxicity problem,” he said. “And the CLOSE UP™ product has minimized retained placentas and milk fever. It’s an easy way to get anionic salts in them.”

According to this Missouri dairyman, “The quality is there. The products are very consistent. I’m real pleased.”

"IT'S HELPING US REACH OUR GOALS."

Jerry & Brian Aschenbrenner
Milladore, WI

Jerry and Brian Aschenbrenner are long-time CRYSTALYX® users who were among the first dairy producers to try DRY COW FORMULA™ and, more recently, ROLYX® PRO for summer fly control.

These Milladore, WI, dairymen credit CRYSTALYX® Dairy Supplements with herd health improvements, better feed intakes and increased milk production.

“We currently have some first lactation heifers milking nearly 100 pounds per day,” Jerry said.

DRY COW FORMULA™ is fed the entire dry period. “It saves us labor by not having to feed a free-choice or mixing mineral, and there’s no waste. The dry cows and transition cows are coming through with minimal health and metabolic problems,” Brian added.

“We definitely recommend CRYSTALYX®. It’s helping us reach our goals,” explained Jerry.