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Next Generation Grain Feeders

REVOLUTIONARY RATIONING SYSTEMThe Advanced Adjustment System gives the user superior control over how much stock eat. This design is unique to Advantage Feeders. It greatly reduces the labour component of supplementary feeding.

The system requires stock to lick the feed out of the groove between the 2 adjusters. Research has shown that when the adjusters are in the most restricted setting the stock lick for 5-10 minutes between periods of grazing. The licking period is limited because the saliva decreases with progressive licks. The Advanced Adjustment System can be closed down to a ration of 200 gram/day for sheep and 2kg/day for cattle.

The lower side panel has a table to show what the intake of sheep and cattle is at each setting. The table is a guide only and is a good starting point for farmers. It is important for farmers to keep track of the amount of feed being consumed and relocate the adjusters accordingly.

HOW ADVANTAGE FEEDERS MAKE YOU MORE PROFIT

✓ Ability to ration the intake of stock

✓ No waste, even when ad-lib feeding

✓ Used for sheep, cattle, deer, goats, pigs

✓ Fully galvanised, stainless steel components

✓ Prevents stock gorging when ad-lib feeding

✓ Lifted with up to 2000kg

✓ Reduce mis-mothering

✓ Volume scale

✓ Sight glasses

✓ Utilise grain, pellets, PKE

NGF3800 NGF1800 NGF800

Total trough lengthCapacity: wheat/peas

Capacity: barley/pelletsCapacity: oats

FEL tine width, centresAssembled dimensions

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4.76m3000kg2400kg2000kg0.6 -1.2m2.44m x 1.65m x 2.1m (LxWxH) 2.44m x 1.17m x 0.3m (LxWxH)365kg

4.76m1400kg1200kg1000kg0.6-1.2m2.44m x 1.65m x 1.4m (LxWxH) 2.44m x 1.17m x 0.26m (LxWxH)300kg

2.32m600kg500kg400kg0.6-1.0m1.16m x 1.65m x 1.2m (LxWxH) 1.2m x 1.17m x 0.22m (LxWxH)165kg

Testimonial We are extremely pleased with the grain feeders. No wastage and great for the goats because they can’t climb into them. Best feeders we have ever had and the palm kernel flows through them nicely.

Debbie Fox, Inglewood

NGF3800 / NGF1800 NGF800■ 150-200 ewes or lambs■ 70 ewes with 120 lambs■ 30-40 cattle■ 20 cows with 20 calves■ 40 calves

■ 75-100 ewes or lambs■ 35 ewes with 60 lambs■ 15-20 cattle■ 10 cows with 10 calves■ 20 calves

Note: these figures are advisory only and can vary depending on conditions

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Both stock are eating an ad-lib ration. Note that the feed is not flowing into the trough.

LABOUR SAVINGDepending on the ration allocated, the feeders may only require filling once every couple of months. If 2400kg of feed is put in the NGF3800 and there are 200 sheep consuming 200grams/head/day, this will last 60 days.

NO WASTEThe exact level of waste that results from feeding on the ground will depend on the type of soil it is fed on. Waste can often be upwards of 10%. If 10 tonnes of feed is fed through a feeder in a year, at $300/tonne, no wastage amounts to a saving of $300/feeder each year.

ADJUSTER GUARD COMES STANDARD WITH ALL UNITSThe Adjuster Guard is an attachment that makes it impossible for the stock to walk along the trough with their tongue in the licking area (between the adjusters). It reduces overconsumption, helps ensure consistent feeding between animals and minimises stock being pushed while licking. The Adjuster Guard slides in and out of position, making it easy to slide in and out when the feed area needs to be cleaned.

BETTER PERFORMING RUMENTrials have indicated that stock that access a supplement more than 5 times a day have the ability to eat more low quality feed than previously thought. This means you may be able to feed stock lower quantities of supplement and use poor quality pasture and feed more effectively.

STRONGAdvantage Feeders are designed to withstand the rough treatment from cattle. The outer surfaces of the trough and weather protection are reinforced to make these vulnerable areas durable.

TROUGH IS ALWAYS EMPTYStock always prefer fresh feed. Advantage Feeders work best at ad-lib feeding best if licking the feed out of the Advanced Adjustment System is slightly harder than eating feed from the trough. This ensures that any feed that falls into the trough will be consumed before accessing the feed from the licking area. With no build-up of feed in the trough, no feed gets wasted.

COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION TO ENSURE THE BEST RESULTSAdvantage Feeders spends a lot of time discussing the operation of our feeders with farmers. The most important findings have been written into our Best Practice Manual – a comprehensive guide detailing how to achieve the best results possible with the feeders. This and other information is supplied with your first feeder.

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Train the weaners with educated sheep. If the

lambs are not trained with their mothers, weaners

are easier to train if they are put in with sheep that

are familiar with the feeders.

Ensure the stock are familiar with the feed. This

is easily achieved through trail feeding. Lupins are a

popular feed because they are safe to feed at a high

level.

Reward the stock for going to the feeder. Sheep

need to receive an immediate reward when they

initially eat from the feeder. Training is most

successful if the sheep can eat ad lib from the

feeder for a number of days with a safe feed such

as lupins. The adjusters should be set so the feed is

not quite flowing into the trough. Other steps that

may attract sheep to the feeder include trail feeding

around the feeder, or placing the feeder close to the

water source. The increased cost in feed is a

worthwhile investment to reduce shy feeders.

Spreading grain around a feeder when training sheep.

Train the stock before they are heavily

dependent on supplementary feed. It is common

to supplement sheep from January onwards. It is

best that the sheep are introduced to the feeders a

couple months before they are dependent on the

supplement. Farmers that started training their stock

a of couple months before supplementation

commenced found there was less pressure on

trough space and potential shy feeders were less

likely to be bossed away. The reward received at

the start of training meant that the sheep were more

likely come up and eat from the feeders later in the

season when they required a supplement.

Encourage the sheep to go to the feeder. Try

using a smaller paddock and ad lib feed. The sheep

will learn faster when they are in close proximity to

the feeder. Placing the feeder closer to the water

source may also help.

Ensure there is enough trough space. Different

farmers will allocate a different ratio of sheep per

feeder. 99% of farmers sit in the range of 100-400

sheep/feeder. It can be common for mobs of 1000 to

have 3 feeders. The feedback from farmers has

been that mobs with 200/feeder have a lower rate of

shy feeders compared to 300/feeder. These results

may have been confounded by the drought.

Condition score and monitor the stock. See

http://www.makingmorefromsheep.com.au/wean-

more-lambs/tool_10.1.htm for a detailed discussion

on how to condition score your sheep.

Don’t train the sheep in a paddock where there

is little or non-existent feed available.

We strongly encourage you to try as many of the

measures described above as will fit into your

farming enterprise.

3. Shy feeders

Anecdotal evidence suggests that the best way to

manage shy feeders is to prevent sheep becoming

shy feeders in the first place. Undertaking the steps

outlined in Training Your Stock is the easiest way to

avoid shy feeders.

If this is your first year using lick feeders, we

encourage you to persist in putting systems in place

to train your sheep onto the feeders. Feedback from

farmers that have used the lick feeders for 3 or more

years indicate they have considerably less shy

feeders than those that have just started using

feeders.

The proportion of shy feeders can differ greatly

between different farms and even between different

mobs on the same farm. One farmer with 6 mobs

said 5 of his mobs have had less than 3% shy

feeders while 1 mob in similar conditions had 20%

shy feeders.

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1. Feeders are not a silver bullet

Limitations of lick feeders – don’t expect the

feeders to do a job that they can’t.

The 2010 drought brought about a noted increase in

the reliance on lick feeders, elevating them from a

role of supplemental to substitution feeding. The

small amount of dry paddock feed available meant

sheep could no longer rotate between grazing the

dry feed and receiving a supplement from the

feeder. Instead the conditions meant that sheep

were heavily reliant on the lick feeders to meet most

of their nutrient requirements.

A significant consequence of the feeders moving

into the role of providing the bulk of the nutrition to

the sheep is that more trough space per head is

required. In a supplementation situation, 2cm

trough space per animal is appropriate. This

amounts to about 240 sheep per feeder.

If the feeders are being used as a substitute for

paddock feed then the circumstances are similar to

lot-feeding. Substitution feeding requires a trough

space of around 4cm per animal, which equates to

about 120 sheep per feeder.

Having enough trough space per animal will help the

feeders work better for you.

Anecdotal evidence suggests that the common

number of ewes per feeder is around 250. Having

such numbers when the feeders are being used for

substitution doubles the demand for access to the

feeder, leading to an increased rate of shy feeders.

Farmer comments suggest that those who fed ad lib

straw as the base diet had lower levels of shy

feeders.

It is important to be aware of whether your stock are

using the feeders for supplementation or

substitution. Keeping track of other feed in the

paddock, the level of feed being consumed from the

feeder and condition scoring the sheep should help

to give an indication of whether the feeders are

meeting the stock’s nutritional requirements.

Monitoring the situation and being prepared to make

changes to the sheep/feeder will give you greater

success with the feeders.

2. Training your stock

We describe below steps that customers have taken

to train their sheep. This is not intended to be an

exhaustive list. Rather it is a set of

recommendations that you may choose to

incorporate into your farming enterprise.

Farmers who have been using lick feeders for a

period of three or more years have found that the

effort involved in training the stock onto the feeders

is essentially a one off effort, provided that they

always train the lambs with the ewes.

Train the lambs with the ewes. The ewes train

their lambs to eat from the feeder from 1-2 weeks of

age. Initially the lamb will lick up the spilled grain

that flows into the trough area. By 3-4 weeks of age

the lamb will be able to access the feed outflow

area. Ewes that lamb in July and August may not

require the additional supplement from the feeder,

but having the feeder available in the paddock at the

time of lambing is the easiest way of training the

lambs onto the feeders.

Young lambs that are familiar with the feeders are

found to have a less stressful transition eating from

the feeders after weaning.

100 sheep/feeder when training. Users of our

feeders have found the training process to be faster

and more successful with a ratio of about 100

sheep/ feeder. This allows more feed access space

per animal, and has the added benefit of spreading

the bossier sheep across a number of feeders. After

the sheep are familiar with the feeders, some

feeders can be removed to create the desired

number of sheep/feeder.

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Advantage Feeders Information Sheet:

Table of contents

1. Feeders are not a silver bullet 2. Training your stock 3. Shy feeders 4. Getting started – setting up the feeders 5. Gorging 6. Lambing 7. Creep feeding 8. Grain types and rations 9. Health problems

Why did we make this guide? Advantage Feeders is passionate about helping farmers in Australia. We choose to invest time and money into research and development, and to share the results with our customers because we like to see people succeed in agriculture.

We decided to write this guide after holding a range of information sessions in June and July 2011, and collating data from our customer feedback calls. We have learned through talking to people over the phone, at field days and at our information sessions that our customers like to be updated about what has and has not worked for other users of Advantage Feeders. Sharing the problems people experience, and their potential solutions, allows everyone to learn from experience. Advantage Feeders is hoping to update this guide every 12 months as new problems, solutions and systems come to light.

We hope that the contents of this guide will provide you with a greater understanding of how Advantage Feeders lick feeders can assist your farming enterprise, and help you to quickly and easily train your sheep onto lick feeders. Once your sheep are confident eating from the Advantage Feeders, the results

that you can achieve are enormous and worth the initial investment of time and money. We would like to thank Dr. John Milton (ILS and UWA) for his support of our lick feeders and assistance in compiling this document. We look forward to hearing of your success with the feeders and any feedback you may have. Gerard Roney Advantage Feeders P: 1300 88 15 75 E: gerard.roney@advantagefeeders.com.au W: www.advantagefeeders.com.au

Best Practice Guide

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HOW ADVANTAGE FEEDERS CREEP PANEL MAKES YOU MORE PROFIT

✓ Easy to set up and adjust

✓ Safe for ewes and lambs

✓ Supplement ewes and creep feed simultaneously

✓ Lambs can be rationed while creep feeding

✓ Standard with the NGF3800, NGF1800 & NGF800

REVOLUTIONARY SYSTEMThe Advantage Feeders Creep Panel revolutionises lamb creep feeding by simplifying the system and reducing potential harm to stock. The Creep Panel (Patent application number: 2010903466) acts as a guard over the trough denying ewes access to the feed as their head is too large to fit in the gap.The Creep Panel is able to be pivoted to allow the feeder to operate either as a standard feeder or a creep feeder.They are permanently attached to the feeder. This makes repositioning the feeder easy.

VERSATILEMany farmers utilise a Creep Panel for feeding lambs an ad-lib ration on one trough of a feeder and allow the ewes a restricted ration on the other trough. This system is ideal when lambs are 2 to 8 weeks of age as the ewes can receive a small supplement.

Testimonial Before I had my Advantage Feeders NGF1800 I had problems with my lambs getting stuck in the vertical bars of the conventional creep feeders that I used. If you opened the bars up too much the ewes would find a way of getting into the feed. Since I have had the NGF1800 I have not had any of these problems.

Ken Jones, Usk

NGF3800 / NGF1800 NGF800■ 150-200 lambs■ 70 ewes with 100 lambs (creep feeding on one side)

■ 75-100 lambs■ 35 ewes with 50 lambs (creep feeding on one side)

Note: these figures are advisory only and can vary depending on conditions

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Creep Gate 2: CG2

50 kg each

2480 x 1400 x 1150 (LxWxH)

2480 x 1160 x 100 (LxWxH)

Fast Facts- The gate has a horizontal bar that can be positioned at 9 different heights. - The gate has a strong triangular brace to prevent cows from changing the shape of the feed access area. - The gate is pinned in the engaged position to prevent cows from lifting it.- Functional until the calf is about 9 months of age.

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REVOLUTIONARY SYSTEM The Advantage Feeders Creep Gates allows you to implement creep feeding – the process of supplement feeding calves while excluding cows – quickly and easily. The Creep Gate simplifies creep feeding by pivoting from the transport/inactive position to the engaged position. The gates deny cows access to the feeding area based on their body size. It is common to attach only one Creep Gate to a feeder to creep feed calves ad lib and the other side to feed cows a restricted ration down to 2kg/head/day.

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✓ Promotes the development of a proper functioning rumen. The faster the gut is developed, the better the eventual growth, health and nutrient digestion of the calf;

✓ Meeting target weights for market;

✓ Increased survival rates; and

✓ Early weaning to allow cows to regain condition quicker.

CG2 CG1■ 20 calves each■ Note: only one CG2 can attach to the 1800. Two CG2 can attach to the 3800.

■ 10 calves each■ Note: two CG1 can attach to the 800.

Note: these figures are advisory only and can vary depending on conditions

CALVES PER CREEP GATE

Calf Creep Feeding

Less waste- Bale is raised off the ground- Bale positioned so rain drains off it- Six holes in the floor to drain moisture- Optional roofEasy to use - Roll loading method - Easy to skidUniversal - Used for sheep, lambs and calves- Used for cattle, deer and horses- Sheep are able to finish the whole bale- Feed hay or silageStronger- Heavy tube construction

Roll loading methodA front end loader isn’t required to load the Cradle Hay Feeder. Its end panels have rounded sides. This allows the feeder to be placed on the bale, tied and then pulled back into the loaded position.This gives farmers flexibility on properties that are separated by distance and without lifting machinery. The Cradle Hay Feeder can also be loaded by rolling round bales of the sides off utilities or trailers.

ADVANTAGES CHF1

Assembled dimensions

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Weight

1850 x 900 x 1380 (LxWxH)

1850 x 900 x 140 (LxWxH)

75kg

Testimonial

We bought two Cradle Hay Feeders. They are easy to assemble, strong and robust yet light and do a good job. They are easy to drag from paddock to paddock and can also be moved with bales in them.

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Less waste- Trays catch the loose hay- Bale positioned so rain drains off it- Six holes in the floor to drain moisture- Bale is raised off the ground- Optional roofEasy to use- Easy to skid whilst hay in feeder- Load with a Front End LoaderUniversal- Used for cattle, deer and horses - Meal can be put into trays- Feed hay or silageStronger- Three types of triangular bracing

Waste Saving The feed that the cattle, horses and deer pull out from the suspended area falls in the trays. This prevents the hay falling and being trampled into the ground. The floor has 6 holes in the bottom of it to allow moisture to drain from it.When the hay is under its own weight suspended against the bars, it makes accessing the hay harder for the stock. This restricts the quantity of each mouthful and the stock are less likely to spill what they have worked to obtain.

ADVANTAGES THF1

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1900 x 1400 x 1700 (LxWxH)

1900 x 1050 x 180 (LxWxH)

130kg

Testimonial

We have had our Advantage Feeder Tray Hay Feeder for almost one year and it has been great for feeding small mobs on some of our hill paddocks where we don’t have tractor access. There is some degree of soil damage around the feeder after winter but the over-sowing of tap-rooting plants such as chicory & plantain soon correct this. It has also been very useful for hay feeding in the spring parked on the exit race of our milking shed so the cows can access it as they head back to the paddock.

Nick and Jo CollinsPiopio

Tray Hay Feeder

ADVANTAGES SGHF

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2650 x 1400 x 1800 (LxHxW)

2650 x 1100 x 240 (LxHxW)

180kg

Less waste - Feed is contained behind the sliding gates- Roof keeps feed dry

Universal- Suitable for round or square bales- Used for sheep, lambs, cattle and calves etc.- Horizontal bars to prevent cattle getting stuck

Easy to use- 2 options for loading- Easily moved

Sliding GatesThe hay is contained within the 2 sliding gates. As the stock consume the hay behind the gates, they push the gates in. The sliding of the gates is helped by them moving on a slight slope. This means that they will always rest against the hay and contain it behind the bars of the gates. This prevents the feed from being wasted by trampling, soiling, urine.

Lifting Strap The Sliding Gates Hay Feeders have a strap that allows a tine of a front end loader to lift it. This allows the feeder to be lifted over the bale by using the machine that brought the bale to the feeder.

Removable Sliding Gates and Containment SheetsThese parts are removable so bales can be loaded into the feeder from the sides. The sliding gates have a removable tube in each of them and are fastened by shaft lock pins. The containment sheets slide in a housing at the bottom of the feeder, pivots over a shaft and has a lynch pin to lock It in place.

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Less waste- Keeps more of the feed dry

Universal- Suitable for CHF1 and THF1- Both sheep and cattle can feed under it

Easy to use- Pivot to open- Unclip to detach while roll loading CHF1

Ideal for small flocksAdvantage Feeders Hay Feeder Roof can protect hay from most of the rain that can fall on the bales. Depending on the time of year, hay can be damaged by rain on a daily basis. If the stock are in small flocks and are going to take more than a couple days to finish a whole bale, this can be a great investment.

Easy to useOnce the bale is loaded in the feeder, the Hay Feeder Roof can be quickly closed and locked. Chains attach both sections of the roof so that they cannot open from high levels of wind.

SafeThe sides of the roof sections have safety folds on the sheet metal. These folds ensure there is no sharp edge present that could potentially harm stock.

HFR with CHF1

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1400 x 900 x 200 (LxWxH)

1400x 700 x 30 (LxWxH)

30kg

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Hay Feeder Roof

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DELIVERY Feeders are dispatched and delivered to your closest

Mainfreight depot. The Mainfreight depot will call you when the feeders arrive.

Delivery takes between 2 to 5 days. Other delivery locations are

available for an extra fee.

SALES MANAGERS PETER AND SHERYL TONKIN

Phone09 431 7276 027 353 7274 Email sales@advantagefeeders.co.nzAddress 266 Tinopai Road RD1, Matakohe, 0593

THE STORYAdvantage Feeders developed the revolutionary Advanced Adjustment System for grain feeders in 2006. Farmers now have the unique ability to control how much their stock consumes. Advantage Feeders also makes a range of innovative Hay Feeders. The products help to reduce feed inputs, increase production and save time. Farmers with Advantage Feeders make more money and have more time.

Total ordered quantity*Code 1 - 3 4 - 7 8-11 12+NGF3800 $2150+GST $2130+GST $2120+GST $2080+GST

NGF1800 $1990+GST $1970+GST $1960+GST $1950+GST

NGF800 $1190+GST $1170+GST $1160+GST $1150+GST

CG2 500+GST 500+GST 500+GST 500+GST

CG1 $375+ GST $375+ GST $375+ GST $375+ GST

THF1 $990+GST $970+GST $960+GST $950+GST

CHF1 $690+GST $670+GST $660+GST $650+GST

SGHF $1250+GST $1230+GST $1220+GST $1210+GST

HFR $250+GST $250+GST $250+GST $250+GST

The “Total ordered quantity” includes all past andpresent purchases. This excludes: CG1, CG2 and HFR.

Example: if a customer has purchased 2x NGF3800 + 3x CHF1 + 3x SGHF (8 feeders), the prices of the respective feeders is in the column 8-11 of the “Total ordered quantity”.