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What is a Mineral Block?

Updated: 11/14/2022
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A mineral block is a block that contains salts and other minerals for livestock to lick. Mineral blocks are provided as a supplement since a lot of the feed that livestock eat do not contain enough micro-minerals such as cobalt, iron, manganese, or iodine.

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