Gavins Point Veterinary Services PC, Farm/Feed Supply

07/08/2025

07/07/2025

The Cedar County Fair is less than 10 days away! Stop by and grab all of your fair necessities! We have everything you need from saddle soap to livestock shampoo to equine grooming kits! Don't forget your cowboy boots!! - New styles coming available to you soon!🤠

06/27/2025

Fair season is almost here!🥳 Time to stock up on all tack, show items, cowboy boots and more!

06/18/2025

Pride of the Farm makes high quality mineral feeders! We have these on hand here at the feed store both with and without the insect-a-sock!

06/16/2025

Pride of the Farm Energy Free Drinkers! We are able to order these handy drinkers!

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06/12/2025

"Reproductive success is the backbone of a productive beef operation. From fertility to calving rates, every detail matters. The right trace minerals can support healthier cows, stronger calves and improved overall performance.​"

Having Zinpro's Availa4 trace minerals in your summer breeding mineral is a great tool to help improve performance!

06/11/2025

Happy National Corn On The Cob Day!!😋🌽

06/11/2025

FLIES!

All summer long the complaints roll in on how bad the flies are and how nothing seems to work.

For the few of you NOT worried about the flies - here are a few reasons that you should be: the constant irritation from flies on cattle can lead to... 1. an increased risk of pink eye 2. disease transmission (Anaplasmosis, Cattle Fever & Blue Tongue) 3. anemia (blood loss) 4. lower weaning weights 5. decreased lactation 6. degraded hides

So, we have established that flies suck (literally). Now what do we do about them?

Routes of summer fly management:
1. Fly Tags
Pros: relatively simple and have consistently shown to lessen the flies on the animal especially around the face
Cons: they only last on average 3 months therefore ones applied in the spring headed out to pasture won't provide protection through the entire pasture season, require extra handling/headgate to put them in
2. Pour On
Pros: relatively simple application process - does not require a headcatch, many types available
Cons: most products only seem last 3 to 4 weeks barring the weather conditions
3. IGR
Pros: simple - just add to your mineral or purchase mineral that already has this in it
Cons: does nothing for the adult flies in the environment only lessens the number of new flies from emerging from the cattles' f***s - does not stop them from emerging from other sources
4. Garlic
Pros: simple - just add to your mineral or purchase mineral that already has this in it
Cons: there is minimal data on efficacy
5. Backrubbers
Pros: helps to apply pour on product more consistently than manually spraying
Cons: have to be placed in a location that will force the cattle to walk under it or they tend to avoid them
6. Insect-A-Sock Mineral Feeder Lid
Pros: helps to apply pour on product more consistently to manually spraying and applies the product directly to the head/neck
Cons: potential source of eye irritation **if wrong product carrier used** ie. do not use diesel fuel as a carrier for this

We have it all on hand here! Multiple types of pour ons/concentrates, back rubbers, insect-a-sock mineral feeder lids (or the entire mineral feeder if you're in the market for a new one!), fly tags, IGR to add to your current mineral, and garlic to add to your current mineral - or even try our great summer breeding mineral that comes pre-mixed with garlic AND availa 4!

06/10/2025

Be sure to drop by and enter your name in the The Best of the Backroad Tour of Northeast Nebraska box for a chance to win a $100 ethanol gas card!

06/09/2025

FAIR PREP!

From the boots to the feed to the halters we have what you need to get your fair animals and kids looking their best this year!