Minerals

Lancaster Ag products has a variety of minerals and mineral mixes for many types of producers. We offer a full range of free choice minerals and mineral mix components, as well as pre blended minerals to be added to the ration. Each blend has a goal to support the health of the animal . Many products are approved for use in organic production, however, please check with your certifier for specific guidance before using any product .

In all there are 40 minerals that plants need for proper, healthy growth.  Many of these are needed in only very small (micro) quantities.  At Lancaster Ag we call these trace minerals.  Many are abundantly available in the soil, but they need the action of microbes to make them usable by the plants.  The following are five of the most essential trace minerals in the soil.

• Boron:  essential for seed and fruit development, helps in the use of nutrients, regulates other nutrients, aids in the production of sugar and carbohydrates, required so that calcium can perform its metabolic chore

• Copper:  important for reproductive growth, key to elasticity in the plant, controls mold, interacts with iron and manganese

• Iron:  draws energy to the plant leaf by absorbing heat from the sun; essential for the formation, maintenance, and synthesis of chlorophyll and RNA metabolism in the chloroplasts   

• Manganese:  breaks down carbohydrates; aids in nitrogen metabolism; is synergistic with iron; brings the electrical charge into the seed, creating the magnetic force to draw the other elements into the seed

• Zinc:  regulates plant growth and consumption of sugars, essential for the transformation of carbohydrates, contributes to test weight, helps to make acetic acid in the root to prevent rotting