Davison Feed and Farm Supply

08/28/2025

Davison Feed & Supply
Braddyville, IA
Will be closed
Labor Day 2025

08/24/2025

Make sure your mineral works as hard as you do.
When you raise cattle, you put in everything you’ve got. That’s what we put into the Right Now Mineral program. All the expertise we have. The highest-quality ingredients. Precisely designed to suit your weather, region, and nutrition. We’ve given it all we have so you can give your cattle all they deserve.

Give your cows the best mineral nutrition. Talk to Scott at Davison Feed And Supply today!

08/24/2025

Nothing prettier than a sunset on the farm!

08/22/2025

For animals, health and happiness go together and are a result of the quality of care they get from owners raising them to be their best. And much of that comes from the quality nutrition they’re being fed. Our feed sustains the animals you care for. What’s inside them, literally, counts.

08/21/2025

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY TO SCOTT!

07/18/2025

https://youtu.be/NJcLFNkR_7c?si=De_JIqFxiVVTW1GO

Scott talks to us live from Davison Feed and Supply in Braddyville, Iowa.

07/12/2025

NutreBeef® Starter Creep feed has a balanced formula which contains vitamins and minerals essential for growth and development.

Guaranteed Analysis Nutrient Level:

Crude Protein, minimum
14.0%
Crude Fiber, maximum
15.0%
Crude Fat, minimum
2.5%

07/11/2025

Vitamins are an essential part of relieving the summer stress on your herd. We have everything you need right here!

07/04/2025

We’re so thankful for the freedom we have and the country we love — God bless America! 🐄❤️🤍💙

07/04/2025

WHAT IS HEAT STRESS?

Producers can’t change the weather, but there are many proactive steps that can help reduce hot weather’s negative impact upon the comfort and performance of the beef herd:

Lots of cool, clean water must be provided. The water surface area should be sufficient for a large number of cattle to drink at the same time, and the water flow within the waterers and tanks should be replenished, quickly. Cows and calves should access to trees and other forms of shade. Open buildings and pole sheds with light-coloured roofs can be used to provide shade. Windbreaks will provide shade, but they reduce air movement and sometimes contribute to heat-stress.

Adjust pasture management. Under rotational grazing systems; rotate the cattle through pastures more quickly. This change allows cattle to graze more digestible pasture forages which lowers their internal generation of heat from fiber fermentation.

Feed a nutritious and palatable creep feed to nursing calves. It is also a good idea to frequently check the creep feeders, and not allow them to go empty. Provide salt and a good commercial mineral at all times. Pasture studies suggest cattle need more sodium, potassium, and magnesium under heat stress.

Implement a good fly-control program. Many producers implement insecticide ear tags and use cattle back-rubbers, dusters and oilers. Eliminate shallow pools, muddy areas and other fly-breeding spots.

06/30/2025

05/24/2025

There’s an old pony in the pen by the barn. No one rides him. He’s not a companion to another horse. We don’t have shared memories or a long history. He simply ended up here—by chance. I owe him nothing. And yet, he’s kind. He nickers to me each morning as I step outside.
He eats expensive, soft feed. He has a round bale of premium hay that the others just dream of. His water is always clean and warmed in winter. I’ve gone out into the dark cold night just to check on him. And after my first coffee, he’s still the first thing I tend to.
Why not send him to auction? He’d fetch enough to buy dinner and drinks in town. But then he'd be loaded onto a trailer with a crowd of forgotten animals—knees giving out, jostled and stepped on—destined not for new homes, but for a rendering plant.
There’s also a scrawny little calf in our scale house tonight. He’s too small for the herd, with a runny nose and a crusted tail. We’ve got a heater running, keeping him warm. Tomorrow morning, I’ll mix him a bottle and try to tempt him with the old pony’s food. Bob will lay down clean bedding, and we’ll do it all again.
And there’s a wild kitten in the barn. Probably jumped off a utility truck and never left. We leave food for him and keep the heated water dish full so he doesn’t have to climb up on icy troughs to drink.
Maybe we sound soft—two aging ranchers with creaky knees and gentler hearts. But we’ve come to believe that kindness isn’t weakness—it’s purpose. That care isn’t something to ration out to the profitable and strong, but something to offer to those who simply need it.
We didn’t seek these animals out. They found their way here. And maybe that’s enough of a reason. So off I go to work, grateful that it allows me to buy pony feed, hay, and calf milk replacer.
Maybe it’s karma. Maybe not. But when all is said and done, we’ll rest knowing we did our best for those who couldn’t ask—only hope.
Peace. Really, I mean it. 🐴

~Lovely USA