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01/20/14, 04:00 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
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Cargill Right Now Onyx Mineral
Hi Everyone,
I have not posted here in quite some time but I was just told today that Cargill is planning to discontinue their Right Now Onyx mineral or only have it on a Special Order basis. My feed store can no longer get it. I just call the company and spoke to a rep. I asked them to reconcider keeping on the market. I was thinking that if enough of us called they might change there decision. I don't know how you all feel but I feel it has made a huge difference in my goats.
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01/20/14, 04:02 PM
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More dharma, less drama.
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: Texas Coastal Bend/S. Missouri
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Phone number? I'm googling, but haven't found it yet.
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01/20/14, 08:26 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Idaho
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Oh my!!! NOOOO!
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Nancy Boling
Frosted Mini Goats
Alpine and Nigerian Dwarf goats
2 Jersey heifers
1 guard llama
And whatever else shows up... 
http://www.swfarm.net/
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01/20/14, 08:27 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Idaho
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That site is not working for me.
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Nancy Boling
Frosted Mini Goats
Alpine and Nigerian Dwarf goats
2 Jersey heifers
1 guard llama
And whatever else shows up...
http://www.swfarm.net/
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01/20/14, 08:32 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Idaho
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Looks like their whole website is down right now though...maybe HT'ers are crashing it. 
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Nancy Boling
Frosted Mini Goats
Alpine and Nigerian Dwarf goats
2 Jersey heifers
1 guard llama
And whatever else shows up...
http://www.swfarm.net/
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01/20/14, 09:48 PM
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More dharma, less drama.
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: Texas Coastal Bend/S. Missouri
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I left a message on the local rep's phone. He's supposed to call me back.
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Alice
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"No great thing is created suddenly." ~Epictitus
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01/21/14, 12:01 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Mountain Home, Arkansas
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I think I'm going to buy the feed store out of what they have on hand.
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01/21/14, 01:02 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Washington
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Okay. I did my part. I wrote to them just now using the link above.. i hope they reconsider.
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01/21/14, 01:26 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Idaho
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Okay, I wrote to them. If the minerals are going to be difficult to obtain, I am going to order a bunch now!! I normally have to special order them from a local farm store anyway, but it sounds as though they might not be as easy as that to get in the future. We'll see what they say.
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Nancy Boling
Frosted Mini Goats
Alpine and Nigerian Dwarf goats
2 Jersey heifers
1 guard llama
And whatever else shows up...
http://www.swfarm.net/
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01/21/14, 02:12 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Mountain Home, Arkansas
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Filled out the form too.
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01/21/14, 07:40 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Central Texas
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I wrote to them as well and asked them to please reconsider.
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01/21/14, 08:57 AM
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Join Date: May 2002
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The Cargill rep for this area just called. He said he has *not* heard of plans to discontinue Onyx, but admitted that it is not one of the high volume sales items. He asked really good questions about where the HT goat forum people lived. 
He's arranging for delivery of two bags to the feed store in the next town over, as they carry their products. YIPPEE!
Please continue to talk to Cargill. I told him we are an important niche market.
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Alice
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01/21/14, 09:09 AM
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Wait................what?
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Montana
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I just finished the last of mine and now have to find another mineral as the nearest Cargill dealer is 3 hours away. 
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01/21/14, 09:23 AM
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Katie
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i haven't been able to gtet it here in about 2 years now. I called them but still no luck. They told me no rep's in my area.
I'll send them a message for all of you though. It's a good mineral, wish I could still get it.
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01/21/14, 10:21 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2013
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Alice In TX/MO
The Cargill rep for this area just called. He said he has *not* heard of plans to discontinue Onyx, but admitted that it is not one of the high volume sales items. He asked really good questions about where the HT goat forum people lived.
He's arranging for delivery of two bags to the feed store in the next town over, as they carry their products. YIPPEE!
Please continue to talk to Cargill. I told him we are an important niche market. |
Did you mention Hirshs? That's where I get mine.
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01/21/14, 10:55 AM
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Actually, he's having it delivered to Jackson County Feed in Edna, Texas. That's near where I am during the winter.
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01/21/14, 12:01 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Alice In TX/MO
Actually, he's having it delivered to Jackson County Feed in Edna, Texas. That's near where I am during the winter. |
I thought you meant the rep up here was sending it to you down there.
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01/21/14, 02:26 PM
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Rep out of Giddings, Texas.
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01/21/14, 02:31 PM
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I had a call into my local rep. She just call me back and explained that they are not discontinuing Right Now Onyx but that in the North East because of low demand it will be a special order. She told me that I would need to order a pallet (40- 50lb bags). My feed store does not sell enough of it to order a pallet at a time. She is looking into finding a store that might ship it to me.
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