Waterfowl Feed Recall 7/2012

[Amiga]

I wonder if the weather has really fouled up sourcing for animal feed.

 

[ChristineR]

I wonder if the weather has really fouled up sourcing for animal feed.

I know my local feed prices have gone up. They say it's because of the corn.

 

[Amiga]

I am kind of a weather and agriculture enthusiast, and I just keep reading about rough weather and crop failures the last several months. I know this kind of thing happens somewhere every year, just seems this year much of our grain growing areas are hit.

So, hey, field peas and flax and oats aren't that hard to grow on a small scale. Just sayin'.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Amiga if you havent read this before its a nice one on field peas. http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/ansci/livestoc/as1224w.htm

 

[Goin Quackrrs]

Purina Mills Undertakes Limited Recall of Strategy

Horse Feed and Layena

Poultry Feed​

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Contact:
Jeanne Forbis: 651-481-2071 or 612-308-5441
David Karpinski: 651-481-2360

Products Distributed in Mississippi, Arkansas, Kentucky,Tennessee, Alabama, Indiana, Missouri and Virginia​

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- St. Louis, Mo., April 16, 2010 -- Purina Mills, LLC, is voluntarily recalling two specific lots of 50-pound bags of Strategy

Professional Formula GX horse feed and one lot of Layena

SunFresh

Recipe Pellet poultry feed. The recall is being implemented due to the discovery of metal fragments in a limited number of bags from one of the Strategy

product lots. At the time the recall was issued, five customer complaints had been received. No animal health issues had been reported.
The products being recalled were manufactured in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 24-25, 2010. They were shipped to retailers and dealers in Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Missouri and Virginia.
Only the following specific products and lot numbers are involved in the recall:

Formula No. Item No. Description Lot Number
35SS 0066547 Strategy

Professional Formula GX 0MAR24NST1A1
35SS 0066547 Strategy

Professional Formula GX 0MAR24NST2A1
61R3 0056922 Layena

SunFresh

Recipe Pellet 0MAR25NST2A1

The lot number is found on the sewing strip of each bag and is interpreted as follows:
0=Year / MAR=Month / 24=Day of Month / NST1A1=Plant Code.
Customers with products that do not have the specified lot numbers are not affected by the recall.
Customers who have purchased the recalled products should not store or feed the products and are asked to return unused product to their dealer for replacement.
Customer questions or concerns may be directed to the company's Nashville Customer Service Office at 800-424-5234.

Yikes! Metal shavings. That's a death sentence for waterfowl.

I am kind of a weather and agriculture enthusiast, and I just keep reading about rough weather and crop failures the last several months. I know this kind of thing happens somewhere every year, just seems this year much of our grain growing areas are hit.

So, hey, field peas and flax and oats aren't that hard to grow on a small scale. Just sayin'.

Speaking of agriculture, the heat wave isn't the only farming catastrophe. Our bipolar weather near Seattle has caused all kinds of weirdness in our crops this season. The kale bolted, the cabbage bolted, the kohlrabi bolted. The CORN is bolting! It's three feet tall and thinks it's time to pollinate. Unheard of. I work on a farm. I want to scream and then cry like a baby.

 

[RubberDuckee]

Woah! I am glad I don't feed that to my horses.. or my ducks!

 

[newbyduckmom]

I talked to our local feed store yesterday. They said our Purina Flockraiser comes out of Portland mill - but no guarantees that they don't get some of the ingredients from elsewhere. Anybody in WA know of a local mill? Scratch and Peck? but that's quite pricey.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Newby your feed you listed isn't part of the recall, only the low end sunfresh layer feed from purina for chickens, it is the lowest (and least expensive) in their line of feeds.

 

[ChristineR]

I talked to our local feed store yesterday. They said our Purina Flockraiser comes out of Portland mill - but no guarantees that they don't get some of the ingredients from elsewhere. Anybody in WA know of a local mill? Scratch and Peck? but that's quite pricey.

There is Excel Feed in Tacoma and they make a Duck & Goose pelleted feed. I've been trying them out. I'd be interested to hear others' experience with Excel.

 

[newbyduckmom]

ChristineR, I tried their feed for a month because it was considerably cheaper. Double the duck poop (at least - if not more!) and ducks just didn't seem as healthy. I switched back after only 1 month.