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.
Growing stock as fast as possible leads to finishing stock earlier. Increasing the live weight per ha increases the efficiency of the system and ultimately leads to greater revenue.
Earlier on-farm investigations reported a reduction in crop intake (9 vs. 6kg, respectively) in the group offered a supplement of barley compared to the control group of steers and an increase in profit of $32.50 per animal.
Our idea of providing a supplement whilst the younger lighter steers were grazing a winter crop, rape, was developed from these results and some personal discussions with producers in the Wairarapa.
Rising two-year-old Angus steers were used in the trial and the control group (grazing rape with no supplement, n=54)) weighed at the start of the trial with the control group weighing 317kg and the ‘treatment’ group (grazing rape supplemented with kibbled maize and palm kernel extract, n=52) weighing 320kg.
The steers were break fed and were moved onto the next break when the utilisation was at about 85%. The treatment group were allowed a period of 5 days to adapt and were allowed a total of 0.5kg/day of the maize and palm kernal extract. The supplement allowance increased to 0.75-1kg/-day after the adaptation period.
All animals were weighed straight off the feed fortnightly and put straight back on to their treatment fed and the trial went for 6 weeks.
Figure 1: Growth rate of the control and feeders treatment over a period of 6 weeks at Whangara Farms during July/August.
The ‘control’ group grew at 0.3kg/day and the ‘supplement’ group grew at 1kg/day. The final weights were 333kg and 365kg for the ‘control’ and ‘feeders’ group, respectively. This is a promising result.
By observation, the ‘feeder’ group consumed two-thirds of the crop compared to the control group. Further investigation needs to be completed however this result shows that beef production increasedby 421% (150% x 45kg gain in the ‘feeder’ group / 16kg gain in the ‘control’ group).
At the current steer schedule at $2.60/kg of live weight, the additional live weight of the ‘feeder’ group would be valued at $83.20 per steer. There were 54 steers in the group which means a mob total of $4492. There were some teething issues at the start of the trial where the steers in the ‘feeder’ group took nearly 3 weeks to adjust to the new feed.
Value of Winter Forage ($/kgDM) – $0.22
Reduction in Winter Forage consumption (kgDM/day – estimate) – 3
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 producers throughout the United States and around the world.
With a head office in Carthage, Missouri, a warehouse in Paden, Oklahoma, and a network of strategically located distributors, Advantage Feeders products are available across the USA.
Our range includes controlled grain and pellet feeders for cattle, sheep and goats, along with creep-feeding and hay-feeding solutions designed to help producers improve feed efficiency, pasture utilization and livestock performance.
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