Extended Info:
Purchase at your own pace without missing out on multiple purchase discounts. Discounts are applied retrospectively, so as you reach each purchase milestone—4, 8, 12, 20, and 40 feeders – all of your current and previous purchases are discounted at the same level.
Note: Discount program amounts include all grain and hay feeder purchases. Creep panels, creep gates, roofs, and other accessories or attachments are not included.
Extended Info:
Purchase at your own pace without missing out on multiple purchase discounts. Discounts are applied retrospectively, so as you reach each purchase milestone—4, 8, 12, 20, and 40 feeders – all of your current and previous purchases are discounted at the same level.
Note: Discount program amounts include all grain and hay feeder purchases. Creep panels, creep gates, roofs, and other accessories or attachments are not included.
Extended Info:
Purchase at your own pace without missing out on multiple purchase discounts. Discounts are applied retrospectively, so as you reach each purchase milestone—4, 8, 12, 20, and 40 feeders – all of your current and previous purchases are discounted at the same level.
Note: Discount program amounts include all grain and hay feeder purchases. Creep panels, creep gates, roofs, and other accessories or attachments are not included.
An on-farm experiment found that a mob of rising two-year-old steers given access to 1kg of grain, formulated to balance their overall diet, ate significantly less forage crop compared to the control mob which did not have access to the grain
| Duration: | 60 days |
| Quantity: | 60 in each group |
| Stock: | Rising 2 year steers |
| Feed type: | Control group: Forage rape and hay |
| Supplement group: Forage rapes, hay and barley |
Increased profit from higher stocking rates and better fodder conversion
Decreasing forage consumption from 9kg to 6kg per day means that 90 steers with a cereal supplement are able to graze the same amount of forage of 60 steers without a supplement. With an added profile of $32.50/head, the total increased profit is $2,950.
With a consumption of 32,400kgDM, this amount to an added profit of $0.09/kgDM.
Added Income
| Added weight gain (kg) | 30 |
| Value of weight gain/kg | $2.80 |
| ADDED INCOME/head | $84.00 |
| Labour in filling feeders (4 times for 1 hour) | $240.00 |
| Barley cost (60 steers for 60 days at 1kg/head/day for $0.70/kg) | $2,520.00 |
| Depreciation* (15% on a $2200 investment) | $330.00 |
| TOTAL ADDED EXPENSES | $2,190.00 |
| ADDED EXPENSES/head | $51.50 |
*Assumes the annual depreciation is incurred only over this 60 day period
The supplement mob grew an average of 1.5kg/day, 0.5kg/day more that the control mob over the 60 day trial. The per-head cost of the grain was 70c/day and the additional carcass weight gain was worth $1.40/day.
A big surprise was the amount of crop saved.
The control mob was consuming 9kg of forage and 2kg of hay. The other group that had 1kg/day of grain only consumed 6kg of forage – simply because they were using the feed more efficiently.
Area of the South Island have access to cheaper cereal feeds that where this trial was conducted – in the Wairarapa. If cereal feed is purchased for $0.45/kg, profit increases 46% from $32.50/head to $47.50/head.
1. Calves per feed input which was increased from 25 calves to the commercial application of 50 calves per feeder
2. The outputs used the calculator fromwww.advantagefeeders.com.au/calculating-return-on-investment
3. The outputs includes the costs associated with filling, monitoring and depreciation.
The experiment shows that the supplement group grew considerably faster than the control group and were more profitable. The supplement group also consumed less 3kg less forage. Going forward the recommendation is to continue supplement feeding an increase stock by a third.
We conduct on-farm trials to test and demonstrate the effectiveness of our products. Each trial provides practical, evidence-based insights that guide our work and support informed decision-making.

Advantage Feeders was developed in Australia and is now used by livestock farmers in the UK and around the world.
Advantage Feeders are distributed throughout the UK by Wise Agriculture Ltd, a family-run agricultural equipment business based in North Yorkshire.
Our range includes controlled grain and pellet feeders for sheep, cattle, deer and goats, along with creep-feeding and hay-feeding solutions designed to help farmers improve feed efficiency and livestock performance.
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