Re: Buying Foodgrade DE in bulk for livestock

 We are a small organic dairy farm in Canada. We are thinking about doing a little experiment of putting De in the drinking water for the livestock, Maybe we can have see more healthy Cows and less vet bills. also one horse has weak hoofs and this might help her. Where is a good place to get quality product in bulk


what is this

http://www.vgdllc.com/pharmacy/Chelated-Minerals-Silicon-chelate/1171-Silicon...


can i use this to replace DE?

I am not sure why they are calling that a chelate. Chelates are bound to amino acids, and I don't see anything to do with an amino acid in that description. That is also outrageously expensive. I know several raw material suppliers here in the US that carry silica and silicon citrate for a lot less, but the shipping to Canada would likely be pretty hefty. And you do not need much at all for the water so I would go with a Canadian source at least to start. If you are going to use large amounts in the long run then a raw material supplier would be a better bet.