If Thistle Hill has a secret weapon, it may be our mineral program.  It’s certainly not a “top secret”; many natural livestock people do what we do.  But it is not generally used in the commercial industry because of the cost involved. A cow grazing in the wild doesn’t need mineral supplementation.  She can select from the grasses, herbs and even the soil to keep her system in balance and her immune system strong.  But in a fenced pasture, she is at the mercy of what is before her.  That’s particularly a problem in the East, where the land was “farmed out” long ago.  I’ve seen estimates that it would…