Probalite Testimonials

Corrine E - Drayton Valley, AB

2019 – 2020 Winter from a Happy Hay Customer:

I have avoided feeding my horses round bales (except for rare occasions) over the last 12 years of owning them. I have found that even when the bales are put up dry, allowed to cure & then were stored under cover they tended to have a fair amount of dust or mold. 2019 in Alberta was very, very wet & it was almost impossible to find any hay bales, square or round, that were put up dry. So, when Lori Summers challenged me to try their round bales of mixed grass hay, which were put up in that miserable rainy weather & treated with BIOAGRONICS PROBALITE HAY SAVER/FEED METABOLIZER I took the risk &

bought 8 bales from her. When we walked through the field, they tested at 24-27% moisture & I had a hard time believing they would dry as they cured. We brought them home a few days after they were baled & set them on individual pallets, with about 1 foot air space between the bales, under an open hay shed. They were left to cure for about 2 weeks before they were stacked & tarped. THE HAY IS SOME OF THE NICEST I HAVE EVER FED! IT IS SO SOFT & MOULD & DUST FREE!

In the past I have had a bit of trouble with colic and this winter, feeding the treated rounds I have had NONE! My horses usually have weight issues & this year, free feeding on a Probalite treated round bale in a hay net, (as we normally feed) they have wintered beautifully & their condition is fantastic! As in previous years through the cold spells, I still fed a bit of soaked beet pulp, soaked Alfalfa cubes mixed with Step 4 pellets & mineral to my seniors.

AFTER MY EXPERIENCE THIS YEAR I WILL BE BUYING MORE ROUND BALES TREATED WITH THE BIOAGRONICS PROBALITE HAY SAVER! In a year when my friends are throwing out bales that are pure mould I have Fed gorgeous hay & have gone from skeptic to believer!

Sharly G - Devon, AB

I just wanted to share a few things I’ve noticed with the animals that we have been feeding bales treated with Probalite Hay Saver to over the last two years. We have a small herd of full-sized horses that range in age from young to middle age, and one Mini. They are all healthy horses that range from pleasure to some penning/sorting on an amateur level. This year we’ve added some bottle calves as well as goats

to my herd. In the past we have always fed good quality large round hay bales in a slow feeder net to my animals, often having to change to hand feeding to shake the dust out of the bales even though they were put up dry and still very green with no rain on them. Last year, 2019 was a very wet year here in Alberta and I was concerned about getting quality bales. Rightly so, there were very few around. After learning about the benefits of Probalite, (baling safely with higher moisture, no dust, no mold, palatability, etc) and seeing the success others were having with the Probalite treated bales I decided to give them a go. I am very glad that I did. The differences were pleasantly surprising and my first experience in feeding the bales was such an eye opener. A few of the notable differences asap were, the horses had no bloat or “hay belly” as they usually did, and the bales had zero dust and no mold at all. In the past, even with the hay nets the horses would sometimes still cough all winter long. The second thing observed was the nice healthy shiny coats they were all sporting. They were very active and playful all winter, no matter what the weather. Bonus, no coughing at all, whether running around playing or working in an arena. We had a flu go through the area, and many horses had to be Vet treated on Antibiotics, etc. Ours had a tiny snotty nose and recovered on their own. That was something our vets were very surprised at and pleased with as were we. Another thing we observed was little to no waste of the bales. Even with the net, there had always been some waste at the end when we would put a new bale in. With these bales the horses would clean it all up before they went to the new bale. The horses all held stable weights through the winter, even the mini (which is unusual for them) and came into spring very nicely. We temporarily had a small pasture due to a property move and the horses were supplemented during the spring and summer with the hay so they would keep their condition up and not kill the grass. It was very surprising to find that the horses would hardly graze at all and waited for their daily hay feed. Several times they broke into the hay pen to eat with long fresh green grass growing all around them. Even at a year old the bales still smelled fresh and looked as good as the day we got them. Still green, with no dust or mould. One other thing I happened to notice was the healthy bowel movements in the horses with great gut noises. One big fear on free feed I always had was the risk of Colic. I am highly impressed to see the healthy signs of bowel movements as though they were on summer pasture. It didn’t take long for me to decide I wanted Probalite Bales from this point on and I share it with everyone I knew. It was another wet year this year (2020 hay season) and good quality hay was again hard to come by for most people, but we had zero concerns as we had already secured our hay from our Probalite using supplier! The Horses are thriving this year again. This year our additions of bottle baby Angus/Jersey cross calves, and a couple of Pygmy goats to our little farm. The 4 calves

are now 8 weeks old and are self-weaning as they prefer to eat the probalite hay instead of drinking their Milk Replacer. They are strong, healthy calves with shiny coats and tons of energy. They are growing at a rate you would normally see in calves still on their mother and

we are already seeing muscle development in the bulls. As an added bonus, we had a little issue early on with catching an early sign of scours, we were advised to give the calf 3 mls of Probalite in their bottle, and we nipped it in the bud quickly and had no issues after that! It will be interesting to compare them over the winter and into spring to bottle baby siblings that were not fed the treated hay. As for the goats, well they love it and are doing very well on it as well. Again, we are seeing no waste whatsoever of the hay no matter which animals are eating. We are dedicated Probalite treated Hay users for life!

Lori. S- Carvel, AB

Harvey and I operate Prairie Pride Ag and Hay Solutions. What we do is put up and haul hay. We feed some to our own livestock, and we sell and haul the rest to customers. We also work with some very good farms who put hay up for us to purchase and haul all across the Prairies once our supply is gone.

Throughout our lives both Harvey and I have farmed Cattle, Grain, Hay, Greenfeed, etc. and as well as owned horses and raised most other farm animals. One common factor in all of these endeavors is putting up or supplying them the best feed we possibly could. We have only recently put acres back into hay, (2019) as we didn’t have enough need after Harvey sold his cattle and I am beyond happy that we have. I no longer have to search each year for horse hay or feed non probalite treated hay.

One of the biggest problems we and most other producers have been running into these past few years is how the weather is becoming more volatile and less and less predictable, It seems like we are either in a drought or a year that is constantly wet.

Micro burst storms, daily small rains and heavy dews are becoming a normal occurrence. This moisture makes it so hard to have a good window in which to put up good Hay, Greenfeed, etc. All of this affects not only the supply and demand, but creates a loss of money for the producer, an increase in the cost for the end user, and often hay or feed is difficult to find in large geographical

areas. Then there’s the added cost of trucking on top of the increased cost of the feed. And hope when the feed gets to you it is

the quality you expected. Sadly because of these issues there’s been too many fiascos of dishonesty, theft and crooked behavior in the industry.

For us even though the wet weather has been challenging, it has not prevented us from putting up quality hay on our acres. This is where the Probalite Hay saver and Feed Metabolizer from BioAgronics comes in. We have a liquid preserver kit mounted on our baler and we apply Probalite to every bale we put up, whether its grass, alfalfa, greenfeed, silage, etc. Harvey has used this

product every year he has put up feed. (The feed metabolizer benefits are substantial, so we put it on even in the dry years). The product is very affordable, easy to use, is made of food grade ingredients, comes as a concentrate, so no large containers need to be lugged around, and it is noncorrosive to the machinery. Most of all we can bale at a higher moisture, up to 25%, starting earlier in the morning and finishing later in the day, giving us more baling time in the field. We can start baling a day earlier in most cases as well. The Probalite doesn’t dry the bale, it just keeps the environment such that the molds can’t grow, and the grasses or legumes don’t break down, so the result is no dust either. The bale cures naturally as it normally would. We have also used the product on bales that had rain on them, most of the 2019 and 2020 bales did, and we still had great results with the feed quality. The bales were baled at 25+/- we have never had mold, there was minimal dust if any at all. Almost all of our hay was sold to very happy horse owners. The rest was sold to Cattle operations who very pleased with the quality in such tough years.

The bales stored properly, inside or outside, last for years, they are well preserved, smell very fresh, stay as green as when they were baled, are nice and soft (never crusty), and very palatable. There is minimal to no waste ever on these Probalite treated

bales. All livestock seem to find it very tasty. We received all kinds of wonderful feedback from not only our longtime customers, but many new ones as well.

The cost of the product, approximately 4.00 per 1500 lb round bale together with the baler Kit that Harvey built and mounted was minimal to the amount of loss we would have endured if we wouldn’t have been able to put up good quality hay. Not only did our animals get good food but as I mentioned before, we also kept our customers and their animals very happy. The animals thrive with the added benefits of the feed metabolizer, which is easily observed. (I’ll share one example of that in a later testimonial)

and because of this our customer base is continuing to grow. We supply hay to Dairies, Feedlots, Competition Horse farms and acreages, Racing stables, Breeding Facilities, Cattle operations, Rescues, Boarding Facilities, Sheep and Goat operations, and places like Ft Edmonton Park in Edmonton, AB along with our pleasure horse owners and hobby farmers. The need is so great that

several of the other farms we work with have installed kits on their balers and are supplying us with beautiful treated hay. It’s a win win for them too. They have sold almost all of their2020 hay in a year where little untreated hay is moving.

Picture 2 is hay I pulled out of a year old bale that saw a light rains on days 2 and 3, only cloudy days to dry and was baled at 25% moisture +/-, stored outside all year, and it still held its color, smelled very sweet, and had no dust or mold in it at all.

Curtis & Sarah- Onoway, AB

I am a young farmer with a small cow calf herd, a couple of horses, and some pigs, and like everyone else in Alberta in 2019 I had a hard time getting good hay. I ended up buying some for 65.00 per bale that was so crusty hard, full of mold and black inside that the cows wouldn’t even attempt to eat it. They had a hard time even trying to pull it off the bale. Or didn’t want

to even try. It was pretty damn frustrating as there was just no hay around. I did end up buying some from my aunt, who put her hay up in the wet conditions too, and it was green, smelled fresh, was soft to the touch and the cows and Horses loved it. We chatted about how nice her Treated bales were compared to the others. She said the product she uses doesn’t dry the bale out, it just helps keep the mold from growing. I couldn’t believe hers were baled at 25 % moisture and they looked like this, certainly better than the ones I had bought previously that were baled at less? And what was I to do with that hay? I hated to burn good money spent. My aunt decided we should try an experiment with it, even though I thought it was a

waste of time, I thought, might as well. I was so surprised at the results.

We took one of the crusty bales and attempted to roll it out with the tractor. It was so hard that we had to slice it with a

knife to get each layer off. You can see how hard it was the pics and the video we took. It was full of mold, some areas were even wet inside still. No wonder the cows couldn’t eat it. After we finally got it rolled out we grabbed a simple hand held garden sprayer and put a couple of ounces of Probalite in it. We topped it up with PH adjusted water (added some citric acid she brought too) and decided to spray ½ of the rolled out bale. We had a large tree as the middle marker. We sprayed about 1/5 of the liquid onto the top of that half. The cows were already on grass so I didn’t think they would even come back to the hay. To my surprise, within an hour and a half the calves had come back and were eating it. The cows followed right behind. They were eating the sprayed half and bedding down in the other half. Within a day and a half most of the sprayed side was gone. At my aunt’s suggestion I went and sprayed a bit more on what was left. Only the ½ mind you, they were still laying in the unsprayed side. Sure enough in a day they cleaned it all up. Gone, not a trace. So the next step was I sprayed the side

they were laying in. Fluffed it and sprayed the last half of the jug. It wasn’t long before they cleaned all of that up too. If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes I would not have believed it.

Not only did I not have to burn the hay, I noticed a couple of things as they were eating it. I had a couple of heifers that had sallow looking guts and I was worried about them, after the second day of them eating this sprayed hay they started to fill

out and shape up nice. They had brighter eyes, and just seemed stronger all around. I decided then I wanted the treated hay in my food program from this point on.

We are now halfway through 2020 winter feeding, and again non-rained on hay was at a premium. I bought all my hay from my aunt, it had rain, but was Probalite treated. The hay I got was timothy, prairie grass, and a bit of red clover, so nothing fancy. It was soft, still somewhat green, no mold and minimal dust. The horses are loving it and never leave the feed spot waiting for their daily feed. My cows and calves are doing amazing. They all have healthy good winter coats. The calves are growing at a really good rate. I did have a few heifers calf through the winter as well, and had a couple issues with cold. In one case I had a calf come down with milk scours, my aunt suggested I give it a few Mls of Probalite orally. First day, easy to do as he was very weak. By later that day he was already stronger. On the second day, I had to chase him a wee bit to give it to him, but he got it. The milk scours was slowing down. By day three I really had to work to catch him, poops were turning

to normally consistency, but still a little white. By day four, no hope in hell of catching him, and his poops were much more solid and almost normal colored. I have been pleasantly surprised to see that his coat is healthier and shinier than all the other calves, and he seems to be outgrowing the others as well. I can say from this point forward I will ALWAYS have a jug of it on hand, and I will only buy hay that has been treated with it. It is by far the only treated hay my animals will eat, and they seem to excel on it even if the hay isn’t top notch quality. I went from a skeptic to a believer pretty fast.

Curtis Fisher, Lac St. Anne AB

Shawna - MB

My brother and I operate a good sized farm in North Central Manitoba where we farm grain, hay, raise Cattle, Bison, Pigs and Goats. We put up Grass, Grass/Alfalfa and straight Alfalfa hay. Most often than not lately the weather has not cooperated to put up nice dry good quality hay. A couple years ago I decided to invest in a Wet Sprayer Kit for one of my balers and to try Probalite Hay Saver. I liked that it was a natural product that wouldn’t corrode my machinery. We were just unable to get enough drying days to get the hay to test below 18% to bale. We ended up putting up several bales that measured in the mid 20’s for moisture that were treated. The product was very easy to use. The only mistake we made was not putting it on all the bales we put up, including the dry ones. The livestock preferred eating the treated bales over the non- treated ones that were put up dry. We put both in together to see which they preferred. They would clean up every last bit of the treated hay, not so much with the other. The answer was obvious. Even the Bison preferred it. We had quite a cold winter that year and the animals all did very well

throughout. They maintained healthy weights, healthy coats, etc. The feed metabolizer properties speak for themselves. Overall, it’s a product that is very affordable, works well to preserve the bales, and I would definitely say that the investment was worth it. I found it easy to use and beneficial for our livestock. And if we had any questions, we found the rep easy to contact and helpful.

Zak - Edmonton, AB

We used Probalite this year, much better product than the other products in my opinion. Probalite keeps the hay mold free but does not overly dry out the bale, center of a bale can still have a higher moisture content with no mold more palatable). Certain animals prefer the Probalite sprayed hay over the non-sprayed. Cows prefer it, I've heard horses prefer it, goats don't care either way.

We put up some small square bales, 22% moisture at baling, and the bales were good in the stack 2 weeks after baling, a bit heavy to move if fresh . Our bales on the bottom row of our stacks have minimal mold after sitting all summer, maybe 1/2 to 1 inch in, rest of the bale is still good.

We also baled rained on hay, baled it dry but it was brown by the time it dried down, almost no dust

when feeding those bales out. The other products on the market keep drying the hay down, until it's

as hard as a rock, then no animals want that hay.

Amanda - Edmonton, AB

I've had my horses on hay from Lori for 2.5 winters! I cannot say enough good stuff about it! They stay extremely healthy all winter. The body weight is what we like to see in our performance animals through the winter.

Being a bay roan, it’s harder to see the shine but look at her All of our horses look like this, happy coat and happy weight. No big hay bloating, reducing chances of colic. It is way easier to work the winter weight off in the spring, they leg up much easier for show season. The hay is always amazing quality and the horses love it! We will always buy from Lori!

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In end of February 2020 after a winter on the hay! Great body and skin condition. This photo they had a slow feed hay net, the one above they are free feed and have been all winter so far! (2021)