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 found that ewes supplemented with Advantage Feeders for several years, produced significantly more lambs than those that were trail-fed their supplement.
| Duration: | 107 days |
| Quantity: | Approx. 220 in each mob |
| Ewe age: | 2½ year old |
| Mating period: | 15/2/15 to 29/3/15 |
| Scanning date: | 21/5/15 |
| Duration: | 135 days each year |
| Quantity: | Approx. 2350 ewes |
| Stock type: | Merino ewes |
| Feed: | 250g/day of corn for single-bearing ewes 400g/day of corn for twin-bearing ewes |
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 from www.advantagefeeders.com.au/calculating-return-on-investment
3. The outputs includes the costs associated with filling, monitoring and depreciation.
Pat Hegarty, the experiment operator had the following observations throughout the experiment.
“We had been pregnancy testing for ten years and we knew we were getting consistent conception rates around 95 percent. But it wasn’t translating into live lambs.
Wild dogs were a serious issue for us, but after this grain feeding experience, I now ranks nutritional influence around 70 percent and predation 30 percent.
When we attempted to trail feed, the flock would panic to get to the feed resulting in serious lamb mis-mothering and a lot of grain was trampled into the dirt.
Our investment in equipment has been about $50,000 which will for years and pay for itself many times over.”
| Days of feeding | 135 |
| Feed quantity (kg/day) | 0.3 |
| Corn cost (tonne) | $300.00 |
| Feed expense/head | $12.15 |
| Depreciation/ewe* | $1.28 |
| TOTAL EXPENSES | $13.43 |
| Added weaning rate | 24% |
| Weaner value | $75.00 |
| Increased weaner value | $18.00 |
| Increased wool production (kg) | 0.5 |
| Price of wool (kg) | $6.00 |
| Increased wool income | $3.00 |
| TOTAL INCOME** | $21.00 |
| PROFIT/HEAD | $7.57 |
* This assumes that the feeder is only used for this sole purpose throughout the year.
**This doesn’t include the benefits of increased wool sample strength, increased weaner survival and performance, increased numbers of wool producing wethers and the increase in pace of genetic gains within the flock.
Following the introduction of Advantage Feeders’ supplementary feeding system, weaning rates increased by 24% and 27% compared to the prior decade average.
Ewes were also cutting an average half a kg more wool with better staple strength
Lambs were weaned in better condition, increasing their production and survival rate
Rearing more lambs from better quality ewes, has allowed them to run more wethers boosting wool production and also improving the barrier with older stock, protecting the lamb from predators.
We can now bread our flock replacements from about 3000 ewes instead of 5000 – increasing the speed of genetic gains within the flock.
The experiment shows that the gain feeding ewes over a 100 days increased weaning rates by up to 27% compare to the prior decade. With these results the recommendation is to continue with this suppliment program across the farm.
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.

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