Broad spectrum minerals vital for improved production, with extra calcium and magnesium to help reduce risks associated with magnesium deficiency such as grass tetany, milk fever and scouring for cattle and sheep grazing lush green pasture.
Due to high levels of water and low levels of effective fibre in lush, green pasture, it is common to see stock scouring. Because magnesium is absorbed in the rumen, this increases the risk for magnesium deficiency. In addition, high levels of protein, fatty acids and potassium, commonly found in lush green pasture, can inhibit the uptake of magnesium.
Livestock Benefits Associated with Magnesium
Supplementing livestock with magnesium offers many benefits (Ewing 2007), including:
- Improved weight gains as magnesium supports growth, repair of body tissues and bone development
- Relaxed nerve impulses
- Increased potential for improving meat quality if fed pre-slaughter
- Increased rumen pH and improved milk yield and butter fats
- Improved marbling score in cattle fed fat supplement diets
- Involved in peptidases in protein digestion
- Vitamin D activation
Organic Registration
Select MegaMin products are compliant with either USDA/NOP Standard or Australian Certified Organic Standard. Products that have been certified as Allowed Inputs will be accompanied but the ACO logo.
Extra Magnesium Range
High Magnesium Supplement for Livestock Grazing Lush Green Feed or Winter Cereals
BovaMag Range
High Magnesium Medicated (Bovatec®) Supplement for Livestock Grazing Lush Green Feed
Pre/Post Lambing & Calving Range
High Calcium and Magnesium Supplement to Support Stock Health, Fertility, and Productivity
Pre/Post Lambing & Calving + Bovatec®
Medicated Mineral Supplement with Magnesium and Calcium to Support Stock Health, Fertility and Productivity
Pre/Post Kidding
High Calcium and Magnesium Supplement to Support Herd Health, Fertility, and Productivity
Lush Legume Lick
Medicated Mineral Supplement with Bovatec® to Aid Stock Grazing Lush, Legume Rich Pastures
Backed By Science
In replicated trials conducted at University of New England, MegaMin Mineral Blend (the organic minerals that form the base of all of our livestock supplements) was proven to be:
- an effective dry feed supplement compared to the use of Urea
- an effective pH buffer in comparison to the use of Rumensin for grain fed stock
The Principle of the Primary Limiting Nutrient:
The aim of supplementing livestock is to bridge the nutritional gap between what the pasture can supply and what the animal actually requires to maintain health, growth and reproduction. This is why the principle of the primary limiting nutrient is critical for a successful supplementation program.
Liebig’s Law of the Minimum states that growth is dictated not by total resources available, but by the scarcest resource (limiting factor). For example, the performance of an animal is restricted by the availability of the most limiting nutrient and excess supply of nutrients other than the primary limiting nutrient will have little to no effect on performance.
What Producers Say
Customer Stories
We haven’t lost a cow in over eight years!
Arnold & Aaron Ham, Niangala NSW
“Since using MegaMin Extra Magnesium we haven’t lost a cow in over eight years.
Prior to using MegaMin Extra Magnesium we used to lose up to 30 cows each year. We’re very happy with the MegaMin product because it works.”
Mineral Input,
Mega Returns
Matthew Clark, Millmerran QLD
“We did a paddock trial in 2021 to identify the production difference for cattle receiving MegaMin BovaMag Super Sweet when grazing forage oats over a four-month period. Our supplemented cattle returned an extra $43.71 per head at the end of the trial. We worked this out to be a 271% return on our supplementation investment…”
Increased Weight Gains on Lush Green Feed
Tim Freeman, Denman NSW
“The first big change that we noted was with the cattle grazing beautiful, lush feed turning around from putting on 0.9 of a kg to gaining 1.4-1.5 kg per day just with using the supplement.”
$50 Bonus Cashback
Purchase a full pallet of MegaMin DryMin10 Blocks, MegaMin Dry Season Breeder Blend, or a product within the MegaMin Extra Magnesium Range or MegaMin BovaMag Range to receive a $50 per pallet bonus cash back*