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.
The primary objective of creep feeding is to transform infant calves to have the ability to convert pasture, other forages and supplements into nutrients they can utilise. This results in higher growth rates. An additional benefit that farmers commonly experience is that the young stock that are creep fed and have a more advanced rumen perform better after weaning. This experiment will measure the additional growth and profit of creep fed calves up to the point of weaning and for an additional 60 days after weaning.
Jeremy Cooper, the experiment operator had the following observations throughout the experiment:
– It took approximately two weeks before calves were regularly feeding from the creep feeder.
– The pelleted feed was purchased from two feed companies. Both flowed well.
– The fires of the 19/20 summer meant that calves were affected by air pollution, some days reaching 2000 parts per million. These fires also meant that calves couldn’t be monitored as closely as planned and the ration could have been reduced slightly.
-The creep fed group adjusted better at weaning to eating.
* Feed conversion: Kilograms fed to achieve 1kg of liveweight gain.
** Note: This does not include filling, monitoring or depreciation costs.
Benefit post weaning with no feed
After weaning, the calves from the creep fed group were run together with the calves from the control group. Without any further supplement, the creep fed calves continued to grow an average of 100g/ day faster than the calves from the control group for the next 60 days. This is a highly profitable benefit because there is no feed input costs to gain this benefit.
Normal feed prices will have a significant impact on profit
The pellets used in the trial were $875/tonne. This price is much higher than the non-drought time average price of approximately $400/tonne. If the pellets in the trial were purchased for $400/tonne, this would increase profit for 50 calves, more than double to $9268.30. Expected profit if Wagyu calves weren’t used If other calves were used that had a value of $3.50/ kg and the average feed price of $400/tonne was used, the profit still remains significant at $2814.40 over the feeding period.
Creep feeding has a high return on investment
The experiment shows that the creep fed group grew considerably faster than the control group and were more profitable in both the pre and post weaning periods. Using the values observed during the experiment and calculating the possible profit from feeding a commercial quantity of 50 calves, a return of $4518.13 is possible for a feeding period of only 213 days. This return would see an Advantage Feeders 3800HD with Creep Gates paid off in as little as 6.4 months.
Holding weaners after weaning receives the benefits of creep feeding before weaning
This experiment has shown that weaners that have been creep fed continue to grow an average of 100g/day faster than weaners that have not been creep fed for 60 days after weaning. If there is a decision to sell or keep weaners that have been creep fed, the future benefit of faster growing weaners should be a factor in this decision.
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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