• Select DTX™
• Select Bio Cycle™
• Select Bio Cycle Plus™
• Select Bio Cycle Plus Ultimate™

Many herds are candidates for Select DTX, however, all herds are candidates for Select Bio Cycle.  Most dairymen find that Select Bio Cycle Plus, a combination of Select DTX and Select Bio Cycle, is the best product to use and provides the greatest number of benefits with a return of 4-5 times over cost. All three products are packed in 50lb. heavy duty boxes with sturdy plastic bags inside.  The boxes will be shipped directly to your farm by UPS or your NorthStar representative.  If your usage is large, discounts are available for volume shipments via truck.

Complicated Problems...
Simple Solutions...
On dairies across the country, when it's all said and done, Bio Cycle Plus has clearly surfaced as a solution to trying management problems. It combines yeast with a unique L-form bacteria, microbial sugars, specialized proteins and potassium iodide, four ingredients not often used in other direct-fed microbial packages. Click here to read more about "Complicated Problems...Simple Solutions."

It works...I'm convinced it works or I wouldn't be using it."
-Jack Stamschror
Kellogg, Minnesota     

"In the fall of 1997, the overall herd health started to deteriorate: production dropped to 47 lbs./day on our 200 cow herd, dry matter intake decreased, reproductive problems increased. The cows were losing weight, listless, had rough hair coats and were not showing heats. We had consultants try to pinpoint the problem, but they could not. I had read articles about corn silage toxins in the southern states but was assured by the 'experts' that there were not toxins this far north. We tried many things to correct the problem but it was turning into a devastating situation. Minnesota/Select Sires Technician Phil Woodward thought the Bio Cycle Plus product just might help. Conditions were so bad when Agrarian specialists Dean Jessup and Chuck Howe came to the farm to assess the situation that they recommended feeding both DTX and Bio Cycle Plus until the overall herd health improved. 

We saw results: a week after feeding it, dry matter intake increased; later production started to increase; then the cows' body condition and reproductive health improved dramatically. You really noticed the stronger heats. The Stamschror herd's standard 150 day herd production has climbed beyond levels it had enjoyed before it was besieged with mycotoxin poisoning.

    

"In July, 1998, we switched to feeding straight Bio Cycle because we had fed the last of the problem corn silage. We feed it to the milking cows as well as the pre-fresh group and everything is still going well.  I'm convinced it works or I wouldn't be using it. This product more than pays for itself through improved conception and healthier cows. Our conception rates are up 20%. In 1998, we used 82 less units of semen and my veterinarian bill was $9,000 less than the year before (on the same number of cows). Plus, our culling rates have dropped from 42% to 31%. We have less problems after calving - the cows clean, have good appetites, and peak in milk production faster than before using these products.

The herd is now averaging 75 lbs./cow, with 3.8%F. I'm no longer pushing the cows like I did before to attain that high herd average. Now I'm concentrating on net profit – producing the most milk possible using the lowest possible cost – and breeding for longevity. We will definitely continue to use the product."

— Jack Stamschror, Kellogg, MN