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 trial has showed that using Advantage Feeders to supplement feed weaned deer has achieved significantly higher growth rates and profit compared to a group that were trail fed and a control group that had no supplement.
| Advantage Feeders mob | Trail feeding mob | Control (no feed) mob | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quantity | 200 | 200 | 193 |
| Starting date | 16/3/15 | 16/3/15 | 16/3/15 |
| Finishing date | 1/6/15 | 1/6/15 | 1/6/15 |
| Average daily barley quantity | 300g | 300g | n/a |
We have had eight falls of snow since April when it is common to have only one or two. Access to feeders has been quite fortunate in managing their stock this season. When it hasn’t snowed, it has been very wet – raining most days since mid-April.
It is great that we can still feed barley through the feeders, as there would be a huge loss with trail feeding under current conditions.
The feeders have also allowed us to feed later into autumn and winter when ground conditions don’t allow trail feeding.
In a normal season, we would have had higher growth rates in the trail feeding mob due to being able to feed more grain but this would come at a higher cost due to a lot more grain and labour being used.
The Advantage Feeders group added 13.15kg over the 75 day trial whereas the trail fed group and control group only added 8.98kg and 7.21kg respectively.
Using an equal sale price/kg and taking into account the cost of feed, depreciate and labour, the Advantage Feeders group netted an additional profit of $18/head. Due to the chilled venison price being significantly more than the frozen price and the higher growth rates of the Advantage Feeders mob, the additional profit could be significantly more based on the weaners being ready to be killed earlier.
Other benefits were the ability of the Advantage Feeders system to offer continuous supplementation regardless of the weather conditions.
| Advantage Feeders mob | Trail feeding mob | Control (no feed) mob | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quantity | 200 | 200 | 193 |
| 16/3/15 weight (kg) | 54.16 | 52.57 | 54.28 |
| 1/6/15 weight (kg) | 67.31 | 61.55 | 61.49 |
| Average total weight gain (kg) | 13.15 | 8.98 | 7.21 |
| Average daily weight gain (g) | 171 | 117 | 94 |
| Total feed consumption (kg) | 4313 | 4000 | 0 |
| Average Consumption/head (kg) | 21.6 | 20.0 | 0.0 |
| Feed cost/head ($350/tonne) | $ 7.55 | $ 7.00 | $ – |
| Number of feeds | 4 | 20 | 0 |
| Time each feed (hours) | 0.75 | 0.25 | 0 |
| Total feeding time (hours) | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Cost of feeding ($40/hour) | $ 120.00 | $ 200.00 | $ – |
| Cost of feeding/head | $ 0.60 | $ 1.00 | $ – |
| Depreciation cost/head* | $ 0.90 | $ – | $ – |
| Total feeding cost/head | $ 9.05 | $ 8.00 | $ – |
| Value of venison/kg/LW | $ 4.63 | $ 4.63 | $ 4.63 |
| Added value of venison in trial | $ 60.91 | $ 41.59 | $ 33.39 |
| Added value less Total feeding cost | $ 51.86 | $ 33.59 | $ 33.39 |
| * This assumes the depreciation rate is 15%, the investment of one feeder is $2,400, supplement feeding accounted for 50% of the use of the feeder each year and 200 weaners fed from the feeder. | |||
Supplementation could be extended through Winter and Spring until the weaners reach the desired weight, bring a much higher price per head. Additionally, once sold, this makes available more pasture for maternal stock so increased stocking rates can be achieved.
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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