Now offering:
Broiler – $25.75
Chick Starter – $25.75
Layer – $24.25
Scratch – $24.25

“Eat Healthy. Be Healthy.”

What is Texas Natural Feeds? Texas Natural Feeds is an affordable, commercially grown non-soy, non-GMO, non-medicated feed.

What’s in it? They use peanut meal, sorghum grain, oats, brewer’s yeast, fishmeal, probiotics, diatomaceous earth and a vitamin/mineral premix. Texas Natural Feeds has a 50% increase in vitamin content over standard commercially-grown feed.

Why peanut meal? Peanut meal is highly palatable to livestock. With a 40% protein content and highly digestible nutrients, peanut meal is recommended as a great substitute to soy in most livestock feeds. Non-GMO! To insure our non-GMO standard, Texas Natural Feeds has their feeds tested by an independent lab. Tests show that theirs is one of the purest non-GMO feeds available on the market! Try it!

So if you are looking for an affordable alternative to the high cost of organic feeds and still want the great benefits of non-soy, non-GMO and no medications, try Texas Natural Feeds! For those concerned with the potential health issues of soy and genetically modified products, Texas Natural Feeds is the most affordable alternative to commercial-type feeds.

Come to Dublin, Texas to celebrate 122 years of soda history in the making! Celebrate Dublin Bottling Works!  Birthday Celebration starts Friday, June 7th through Saturday, June 8th.  There will be races, bands, tours, food and more! See below for the schedule of events.

]]> http://www.russellfeedandsupply.com/events/122nd-dublin-bottling-works-birthday-celebration-2013-05-5521/feed 0 http://www.russellfeedandsupply.com/rfi-news/news-updates/fertilizer-and-your-garden-2013-05-5515 http://www.russellfeedandsupply.com/rfi-news/news-updates/fertilizer-and-your-garden-2013-05-5515#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 18:44:49 +0000 admin http://www.russellfeedandsupply.com/rfi-news/news-updates/fertilizer-and-your-garden-2013-05-5515 Fertilizer for gardens means adding nutrients to help your plants grow.  It’s basically plant food with nutrients.  

• Why should you fertilizer your vegetable garden? Healthy, well-fed plants tend to produce more and take in nutrients and water more efficiently.  Looking for a higher yield in your vegetable garden, use fertilizer.
• What does NPK  mean? When you look at a fertilizer package, you’ll notice an N, P and K. These are the symbols for 3 key elements that help plants perform their best.
  • Nitrogen (N) helps plant foliage to grow strong.
  • Phosphorous (P) helps roots and flowers grow and develop.
  • Potassium (K) is important for overall plant health. It regulates metabolism and water absorption.
• How to apply fertilizer in your garden Organic soil nutrients such as compost or aged manure can be added to the soil before planting or side dressed around established plants. Vegetable producers such as tomatoes, squash, peppers and melons need regular feeding. Consider a liquid fertilizer every 7 to 10 days. Remember to hold off on the fertilizer during periods of extreme heat.

Find all your garden supplies, natural fertilizer, gardening tips at Russell Feed & Supply. Need to learn how to start a garden? We can help, our trained staff can help you get off to a great start in growing your own garden.

• Sprinklers, hoses or drips? With the summer heat and drought in our area, drip irrigation systems or soaker hoses work best. They provide a slow and consistent amount of water directly to the root of the plants.  A consistent source of deep watering like this allows the water to reach the roots of the plants, and conserves water.  If you must use a sprinkler consider an attachment that allows you to target the plants and area so the water is delivered where it’s needed.
• Mulch, mulch, mulchLooking for another way to conserve water?  Consider mulch in your garden.  Mulch provides a layer of insulation allowing the water to penetrate deep into the room, avoiding quick evaporation.  There are many types of mulch to choose from.  Find one that you like and keep your garden and plants cool from the summer heat.
• How much water is enough? Did you know that vegetable plants need 1 inch of water per week?  Mother Nature can help, use a rain gauge to measure weekly rain fall and supplement the rest with your soaker hose or drip irrigation system.

Find all of your garden supplies at Russell Feed & Supply! Our trained staff can help you pick out what you need for your garden.

Most people have heard that anti-oxidants are important for health but few really know what they are or what they do. Anti-oxidants fight free radicals. So what are free radicals? Healthy cells are made up of molecules that have an even number of paired electrons. Free radicals are very unstable, reactive molecules that end up with an odd, unpaired electron so they try to “steal” an electron from more stable molecules. This sets up a chain reaction that continues to produce more and more free radicals. The immune system may utilize free radicals to neutralize viruses and bacteria, so in some cases free radicals can be helpful. But, when free radical production becomes excessive, damage to cells and body tissues can occur. Free radical damage occurs with age, stress and environmental pollution. Unchecked, free radicals in the system cause wear-and-tear on organs and body functions. Anti-oxidants such as vitamins A, E and C and the mineral selenium are thought to protect the body against the destructive effects of free radicals. These anti-oxidant compounds donate one of their electrons to the free radicals, stopping electron “stealing” reactions. Anti-oxidants act as free-radical scavengers, helping to prevent cell and tissue damage.

Vitamin E is the most abundant fat-soluble antioxidant in the body. The concentration of naturally occurring vitamin E activity varies considerably in typical feeds used for horses. Fresh forages and immature harvested forages contain the highest concentrations of vitamin E activity, ranging from 15 – 50 IU/lb. Grains, such as oats and corn tend to have lower concentrations, from 10 – 15 IU/lb. Vitamin E content declines over time in stored grains and hay. For example, vitamin E in alfalfa stored for 12 weeks has been reported to decline 54 – 73 percent. Vitamin E intake will be extremely variable in typical, unfortified diets for horses. Therefore, choosing a formulated feed that is fortified with vitamin E will ensure adequate vitamin E intake. Fortification may be accomplished with synthetic or natural vitamin E sources. The natural source, alpha-tocopherol, is more readily absorbed and is more effective at improving vitamin E status in the body, but is usually more unstable than synthetic sources.

According to the National Research Council (NRC) Nutrient Requirement of Horses, the vitamin E requirements for horses have not changed since the NRC was last published in 1989. For a mature horse at maintenance the requirement is reported to be 0.45 IU vitamin E/lb of body weight, which is 500 IU/day for an 1100 lb horse. The vitamin E requirement for pregnant and lactating mares is 0.9 IU/lb of body weight, or 990 IU/day for an 1100 lb mare. Growing horses should also consume 0.9 IU of vitamin E per pound of body weight, or 540 IU/day for a 600 lb weanling.

Mature exercising horses need between 0.72 and 0.9 IU/lb of body weight per day, depending on the workload. This calculates to 792 IU/day for an 1100 lb horse doing light work, to 990 IU/day for the same horse doing very intense exercise. Some research suggests that very hard working horses, such as those running endurance races, might benefit from dietary vitamin E levels as high as 5000 IU/day. This has not been well duplicated in other studies, but there are no reported adverse effects to intakes in that range. Most research supports the recommendation of 0.9 – 1.0 IU of vitamin E per pound of body weight for hard working horses. But, for horses exhibiting some muscle stiffness or elevated muscle enzymes in blood work, the higher level may be of some benefit.

A diet of fresh pasture containing 50 IU/lb of vitamin E activity would well meet the vitamin E requirements of all horses mentioned, except possibly for those doing very intense exercise that may benefit from higher than normal recommended levels. However, when you harvest that pasture for hay or buy hay that has been stored for awhile, the vitamin E activity is greatly reduced. A horse eating fresh alfalfa hay will usually consume adequate vitamin E, but if hay is very mature when it is cut, or is stored for an extended period, another source for vitamin E may be necessary. Well-fortified commercial feeds should contain adequate amounts of tocopherols to meet the vitamin E requirements, even when the forage is not contributing a significant amount. Caution should be taken when adding a vitamin E supplement to a well fortified concentrate because most vitamin E supplements also contain selenium. It is possible to over-supplement selenium to the point of causing harm, so contact your veterinarian or an equine nutritionist for help in determining if you need additional vitamin E supplementation and if the supplement you are using is safe to use with your current ration.

Stop by Russell Feed & Supply for all your horse feed, hay, vitamins & minerals. Your horse’s health is important to us!

Russell Feed & Supply is pleased to sponsor the Happy Tails Ice Cream Social once again. This fun filled event benefits the Don’t Forget to Feed Me-Pet Food Pantry. Join us on May 18, from 2 pm – 4 pm at the Trinity Park Pavilion in Fort Worth. Bring your family and pets and enjoy ice cream, pet costume contest, pet-friendly games, prizes, food, and more.  Please visit www.dontforgettofeedme.org  for more information.

May is shaping up to be a big month for us.  The big part of May is of course Mother’s Day.  In past years, our wave petunias have been a big hit and it’s looking like that will be the case again this year.  We also have some unique gift ideas for the Mother-in-Law that has everything.

On May 11, we are sponsoring the Buffalo Boogie at the Fort Worth Nature Center.  The Buffalo Boogie is a yearly fund raising event with a 1 mile or a 5K run for you and your pets.   1,200 people participated last year and we are hoping to fill the park up with Russell Feed customers.  Please visit http://www.naturecenterfriends.org/buffalo.php for more details.

Russell Feed & Supply is pleased to sponsor the Happy Tails Ice Cream Social once again. This fun filled event benefits the Don’t Forget to Feed Me-Pet Food Pantry. Join us on May 18, from 2 pm – 4 pm at the Trinity Park Pavilion in Fort Worth. Bring your family and pets and enjoy ice cream, pet costume contest, pet-friendly games, prizes, food, and more.  Please visit www.dontforgettofeedme.org  for more information.

On May 25^th, from 9 am to noon, Big Billy Kinder will be making a guest appearance at our Benbrook location.  Stop by and meet Billy and try to win some of his great giveaways.

As always, we appreciate your business.  We know you have many places you can shop and we will continue to provide you the very best customer service we can.

See you around the barn,

Kenny

Russell Feed & Supply
8704 Highway 377 S
Benbrook, TX
Phone: 817-249-1061

Vaccination Station is a mobile, low cost pet vaccination and heartworm-testing clinic.  Vaccination Station has been providing affordable dog and cat vaccinations, heartworm tests, and heartworm preventative for over eighteen years. Vaccination Station also provides vaccinations for ferrets.

The mission is to make quality vaccinations and heartworm prevention available to all pet owners at a reasonable price.

Services include:
Rabies and all other vaccinations for dogs and cats
Heartworm testing for dogs
Heartworm prevention for dogs and cats
Revolution for cats
Advantage Multi & Sentinel for dogs’ felas and heartworms
Comfortis & Capstar flea control
Profender for cats

Pricing:
Rabies Vaccination $11
All other vaccinations given at discount prices

Dog Combo $42
Rabies – DHP – Parvo – Bordetella

Dog Combo Plus $56
Rabies – DHP – Parvo – Bordetella – Lepto

Dog Works $60
Rabies – DHP – Parvo – Bordetella – Heartworm test

Super Dog $74
Rabies – DHP – Parvo – Bordetella – Heartworm test & Lyme

Cat Basic $ 25
Rabies – FVRCP

Cat Combo $38
Rabies – FVRCP – Feline Leukemia

Cat Works $62
Rabies – FVRCP – Feline Leukemia – FIP

RX – Heartworm Preventatives available at discount prices

Heartworm Test (occult) $20

HomeAgain Microchip $35 – includes registration

FREE DOG DIG! (weather permitting)

The clinics accept cash, checks, credit and debit cards.  Free rabies vaccinations for the pets of fireman, teachers & law enforcement officers with picture I.D.

Please direct any questions concerning all other clinics to operation vaccination at 877-494-1001 or visit their website, Vaccination Station.