the leader in controlled feeding
Next Generation Grain Feeder
(NGF800)		 12 Month Management Tool How the feeders can
increase your profit
Next Generation Grain Feeder
Farmers who purchase the feeders soon realize how many other applications they can be used in.
  • Supplementing dry paddock feed
  • Lupin Flushing at joining
  • Increased supplementing in late pregnancy
  • Increased supplementing for twin bearing ewes
  • Starch feeding at lambing
  • Feeding fibre with new pasture and grazing cereals
  • Creep feeding lambs pre weaning
  • Supplementing weaned lambs
  • Confinement feeding
  • Back-grounding for feedlots
  • Feedlotting
  • Reduced mis-mothering, particularly with first bearing mothers. A increased weaning rate of 10% can increase profit by $1500/feeder/year.

  • Labour saving by not having to trail feed. Depending on the ration allocated, feeders may only need to be filled every 40 days. This is particularly beneficial during sowing and harvest.

  • No waste. Depending on current losses of feeding on the ground, savings can often be 10-15%.

  • Extra wool growth and staple strength. Mature sheep have been found to grow an extra 500grams of wool and have stronger staple strength than when the ewe is under stress.

  • Rumen getting supplemented 5-6/times/day. The rumen appears to function better and allows livestock to consume dry pasture better. Better utilization of dry feeds can be far more cost effective than other alternatives.

  • Utilisation of grain screenings. Grain seconds can be helpful in tight finishing. The low rationing of the feeders allow acidosis prone feeds to be fed because livestock can only consume a limited amount in small time period.

  • No contamination due to no grain being left on the ground from trail feeding. If crops are sown dry, with contaminating grains sprout that can't be sprayed out, the harvest may be down graded.

Use: grain and pellets for up to 120 sheep/goats or 25 cattle.
Weight: 130Kg
Assembly time: Depends on the experience of assemblers and the tools available to them. Please call Advantage Feeders to obtain a time estimate for assembly.

Assembled dimensions: 2440 x 1650 x 1170 (LxWxH)
Flat packed dimensions: 1200 x 1160 x 200 (LxWxH)

Prices:
$900+GST, $990inc.GST Flat-packed
$950+GST, $1045 inc.GST Assembled


Volume discounts are available for multiple purchases of 4 or more feeders
Grain Feeders


Advanced Adjustment System
The Dual Adjustment System gives the user superior control over the amount of feed rationed to stock. No other feeder has the ability to move adjusters while the feeder is full of feed like Advantage Feeders. The method of outflow requires the sheep, lambs, cattle or calves lick the grain or pallets out of the lower of the 2 adjusters. The lick action rations the stocks feeding as their tongue gets worn out. Research has shown that the stock lick for 5-10 minutes and then graze when in a supplement situation.

The adjusters have scales on them which allow the user to position them. This control makes Advantage Feeders suitable for ad lib feeder but more importantly, ideal for mobs of sheep and cattle that have access to dry feed and are supplemented by grain and pellets. The dual adjustment system can be closed down to a 200 gram ration for sheep and 2kg for cattle.

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Testimonials

“Advantage Feeders have changed the way we run our sheep. We are able to set the feeders up for exactly what the sheep require and know they are getting the correct rations for two to three weeks at a time while getting on with other seasonal jobs like seeding and harvest. The feeders have also stopped the wastage involved with trail feeding and contamination in our grain crops”
Cameron White, Nepowie Stud WA

“Advantage Feeders have allowed me to reduce my labour inputs while increasing my production from my ewes. The information and service provided has been exceptionally good.”
Adrian Veitch, Kaya Dorper Stud WA

“I chose Advantage Feeders because they were the best value for the size of them and the adjustment system was the most advanced going around. The functioning of the lid makes checking the feeding outflow easy. We bought 8 of them in flat-pack form and they were straight forward to assemble with the manual.”

Scott Barr, Skipton

Buyer Beware

Advantage Feeders quotes volumes in cubic meters and recommends that potential purchasers of cattle or sheep grain feeders find out the volume of other stock self feeders in this method. Some manufacturers quote volumes in bags and tonnage which inevitably change with bag size and grain density. The discrepancies can be quite large in some circumstances.

Volume Conversions


1 bag = 24 gallons

24 gallons = 3 bushels

3 bushels = 105 litres

800 = 7.5 bags
Feature: Waste Saving

Benefit: The grain is not put onto the ground as most of the feed goes directly into the animals’ mouths. This means that no feed is lost in the dust or mud and the sheep, cattle or goats aren’t consuming dust. This can often be a 20% saving compared to trail feeding onto sandy soil.
  • This system holds the feed in a groove. The livestock have to use their tongue to get the feed out of this area. The majority of the feed is consumed by sticking to the tongue by saliva. Once the saliva reserve from the tongue is depleted, usually after 5 or 10 minutes, the livestock leaves the feeder to graze for an hour or so.
  • The grain is not put onto the ground as most of the feed goes directly into the animals' mouths. This means that no feed is lost in the dust or mud and the sheep, cattle, goats etc aren't consuming dust.

 waste saving
Feature: Built in Lifting Kit

Benefit: The frame of the NGF800 allows the feeder to be picked up full from its ends. One of the ends has 2 loops for FEL tines to go in so the feeder doesn’t dislodge in transport. The NGF800 should be picked up from the side with the tine loops. If the FEL tines are shorter than 1200mm, sleeving tube/pipe needs to be placed over them to extend the length so the lifting force it transferred through the frame and not the trough.
Lifting kit
liftingkit
Feature: Standard Adjuster Guards

Benefit: The Adjuster Guards ensure a consistent ration. It prevents stock being able to walk along the licking area and access more feed than they should. It also prevents stock being bossed out of the way because stronger animals are less likely to walk along the trough and push weaker animals out of the way. See the Advantages page for more information.
 liftingkit
Feature: Standard Creep Panels

Benefit: The Advantage Feeders Creep Panel (Patent application number 2010903466) allows you to implement creep feeding – the process of supplement feeding lambs while excluding ewes, quickly and easily. The Creep Panel is not suitable for Cattle. See the Creep Panel page for more information.
 liftingkit
Feature: Dividing Panel

Benefit: The Dividing Panel splits the hopper into 2 areas and allows different types of feed to be fed. This is beneficial when the NGF800 is used to feed offspring under the Creep Panel on one side of the feeder while feeding mature stock on the other side.
 liftingkit
Feature: Information to set up and manage feed intake and sheep behaviour

Benefit:Advantage Feeders provides 4 information sheets with the purchase of the Grain Feeders.
  • Using the Grain Feeders: this provides information about our ration table, introducing stock to the feeders and positioning in the paddock.
  • Consumption Log: this is a table with some simple formulae on it to calculate feed levels and ration consumption.
  • Assessing Transportation Methods: this provides information about choosing one of the many ways to relocate feeders to suit your own farming set up.
  • Identifying Shy Feeders: this outlines a procedure using blue food dye to identify and manage shy feeders.
Information Sheets
Feature:  Incremental Volume Scale

Benefit: The volume scale allows the user to accurately record grain and pellet outflow. If the feed outflow is too fast then a slight adjustment can be made to the adjusters to slow the outflow and vice versa. This allows changes to be made to outflow sooner than later so excess grain isn't consumed, therefore feed savings can be made. 

Feature: 800 litre volume

Benefit: best value for volume offered across the market. The Next Generation Feeder holds approximately 600kg of wheat or lupins, 500kg of barley or triticale and 400kg of oats.

 Incremental Volume Scale
Feature: Sliding Roof 

Benefit: This provides for easier opening of the roof. It can slide off in 2 directions.
 sliding roof
Feature: Supplementing or Lotfeeding

Benefit: Higher functionality means that the feeders can satisfy situations of feed-lotting and also supplementing. Farmers often use the grain feeders to finish off stock at the end of the season and then put them out with mature stock to supplement them through to the next season.
  
Feature: Flat Packing Feeder

Benefit: The ability of flat packing has a double saving effect - 
1) transport costs; and 
2) assembly costs. 
The transport costs are dramatically reduced because each feeder is flat-packed into a space of 1200 x 1165 x 220 mm. Assembly costs are also saved by following the simple instructions. The assembly of the NGF800 usually takes between 50 and 100 minutes each.
 grain feeder flat pack
Feature: Sight gauges

Benefit: makes it easy to judge the amount of feed left in the feeder at a glance.

Sight Gauges

Feature: Adjustable Height

Benefit: The NGF800 can be set at any trough height between 150mm and 400mm. For farmers with both sheep and cattle, the height of the feeder can be adjusted in about 5 minutes by unscrewing the tek screws, moving the skids up or down and re-fastening the tek screws.

 
 adjustable height
Feature: Plate reinforced skids

Benefit: Made with 3mm plate that has a safety fold on the protruding edge. It allows the Next Generation Feeder to be skidded empty.
Plate Reinforced Skids
Feature: SHS reinforced trough and rain protection standard

Benefit: The NGF has such strong reinforcing that the feeder is suitable for BOTH sheep and cattle.
 SHS reinforced trough and rain protection standard
Feature: Deep and Narrow Trough

Benefit: The depth allows for ad lib feeding, allowing the feed to spill into the trough but not onto the ground. The narrowness allows young lambs to start feeding from a couple weeks of age. If young animals can access starch from supplements through the feeders, their rumens will develop a lot quicker.
Deep and Narrow Trough
Feature: 90mm gap/outlet area

Benefit: The gap allows total mixed rations to be fed through the Next Generation Feeder by taking out the upper adjuster.
90mm gap outlet area