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2015 Deer Catalogue
Regular supplement boosts deer productionNet income increases by over $7500 in one year p4
Regular supplement boosts deer production
New adjustable height Tray Hay Feeder New adjustable height Tray Hay Feeder with stainless steel trays p6
Advantage Feeders 2015 Deer Catalogue 2
Grain and Pellet Feeders
Feeder weight 300kg
Feed volume 1800litres
Feed weight (wheat) 1400kg
Feed weight (pellets/barley) 1150kg
Cattle height (LxWxH) 2440x1650x1450
Sheep height (LxWxH) 2440x1650x1250
Flat-packed (LxWxH) 2440x1160x250
NGF1800
Feeder weight 160kg
Feed volume 800litres
Feed weight (wheat) 600kg
Feed weight (pellets/barley) 500kg
Cattle height (LxWxH) 1160x1650x1370
Sheep height (LxWxH) 1160x1650x1170
Flat-packed (LxWxH) 1200x1160x200
NGF800
Feeder weight 365kg
Feed volume 3800litres
Feed weight (wheat) 3000kg
Feed weight (pellets/barley) 2400kg
Cattle height (LxWxH) 2440x1650x2150
Sheep height (LxWxH) 2440x1650x1950
Flat-packed (LxWxH) 2440x1160x280
NGF3800
Strength
All Advantage Feeders can be used for
feeding deer.
All outer extremities are reinforced to
withstand the roughest treatment.
Advantage Feeders are stronger
because they are formed from
connected sheetmetal, flange jointed
instead parts that are simply butted up
and welded.
Two year warranty
Advantage Feeders provides a two
year warranty on all purchases.
Fully galvanised
All parts are galvanised, not painted,
ensuring the product lasts longer.
Tube components can often sit in the
mud and muck and rust quickly – all
tube on our feeders is hot gal dipped
to ensure that’s not the case.
Lifting frame
All feeders can be moved fully loaded.
The NGF1800 and NGF3800 are
designed with Z shaped rails under the
trough to spread the load.
Accurate feeding and
consumption sticker
The Upper and Lower Adjusters have
a series of painted dimples on them –
allowing them to be set accurately.
The lower side panels have a table
to show the intake at each adjuster
setting.
The table should be considered a
guide only but is a good starting point
for setting the feeder.
Adjuster Guard
The Adjuster Guard is a part that sits
above the feed access area to partition
it into 100mm gaps. This ensures that
animals stand in the same location
whilst feeding – ensuring other stock
aren’t disturbed by being pushed.
See page 16 for more information.
Volume stickers
Our volume stickers allow you to
quickly determine the ration being
consumed and make adjustments if
required.
Quality components
All fasteners on our adjusters are
stainless steel – ensuring a long,
functional life.
All rivets and Tek screws have high
quality coatings.
Sight glasses
Sight glasses are a simple and
effective feature that can save you
getting off, or out of your vehicle to
check the volume in the feeder – we
know you’ll appreciate that when it
rains.
Multipurpose
Advantage Feeders can be used to
feed deer, sheep and cattle.
The feeders have adjustable skids that
can be changed in height to suit any
animal type.
Retractable roof
Our roofs can be easily opened and
handily fastened on the same side.
Advantage Feeders 2015 Deer Catalogue 3
Mobile Feeders
Feeder weight 600kg
Feed volume 3800litres
Feed weight (wheat) 3000kg
Feed weight (pellets/barley) 2400kg
Fully assembled (LxWxH) 3660x1650x2150
Flat-packed (LxWxH) 2450x1160x550
MGF3800
Mobile Feeders give farmers the
convenience of filling the feeders up
at a silo and taking them out to the
paddock.
The MGF3800 is constructed by
adding a tandem-axle chassis system
to the NGF3800.
The MGF1800 is constructed by
adding a single-axle chassis system
to the NGF1800.
Central wheel position
The centralised axle reduces the load
on the tow ball of the towing vehicle.
Other mobile feeders on the market
have the axle at the rear which can
place over 800kg of load on your
tow ball when most vehicles have
a maximum tow ball loading of just
300kg. This can cause the kind of
catastrophic failure which can lead to
accidents.
Our tyres are only 480mm high (195/55/
R13C) and have a load rating of 900kg
each. Most stock can easily reach over
the wheels but lambs of less than four
months must eat alongside the wheels.
Feeder weight 450kg
Feed volume 1800litres
Feed weight (wheat) 1400kg
Feed weight (pellets/barley) 1150kg
Fully assembled (LxWxH) 3660x1650x1450
Flat-packed (LxWxH) 2450x1160x500
MGF1800 Advantage Feeders give farmers the control to limit the amount of supplement that stock consume.We do this through our revolutionary saliva-restriction, Advanced Adjustment System.
Whilst the Advantage Feeders Advanced Adjustment System can be set to feed unrestricted rations to stock, it can also limit the intake of deer to 150 grams/day.
Advantage Feeders can be used successfully to do the following tasks:
1) Ration feeding 2) Creep feeding; and 3) Ad-lib feeding
How do Advantage Feeders work?
Our Advanced Adjustment System requires stock to lick feed out of a groove between two adjusters. Changing the position of these adjusters changes the ration that stock can consume.
Our research has shown that when the lick system is in its most restricted setting, stock lick for 5-10 minutes between periods of grazing.
The licking period is limited because livestock use the saliva on their tongue to get the feed out of the groove. The saliva decreases with each lick until the animal can no longer access the feed.
Our tyres are only 480mm high (195/55/ R13C) and have a load rating of 900kg each.
Most stock can easily reach over the wheels but fawns of less than three months must eat alongside the wheels.
Suspension
Mobile Feeders have suspension to ensure the longevity of the products by providing smooth transportation at higher speeds.
The MGF3800 features load-sharing springs to spread a full load evenly over all four wheels.
Advantage Feeders have no maximum speed limit. Many others have a maximum of 25 km/h.
Telescopic stands
The Mobile Feeders feature a telescopic stand at each corner to prohibit movement when uncoupled.
Adjustable axle height
Our Mobile Feeders are manufactured to allow the axle(s) to be set at one of three different heights (approx. 300, 400 or 500mm), to suit different stock.
Advantage Feeders 2015 Deer Catalogue 4
Historic results:
Peter and Diane Lowe finish 95 weaner from 105 hinds per year. He has historically trail fed for 150 days at a rate of 250grams/day plus a roll of Lucerne baleage every other day from May until they stop eating it – usually the end of July.
Historic, dressed kill weights averaged 61kg and the majority of weaners were sent to the works in October.
2014 results:
The weaner deer averaged a dressed weight of 68.18kg and were sold, on average, one month earlier allowing all to be sold before the schedule started to drop.
The weaners stopped eating the Lucerne baleage by the end of June, one month earlier, and reduced baleage supplement requirements by 15 rolls.
Other benefits of the Advantage Feeders system included:
• There is no waste feeding through Advantage Feeders. Peter Lowe commented, “Before Advantage Feeders were used, there was always lines of volunteer barley growing in the weaner paddocks in spring. Now there is none, so we must be getting close to 100% converted into meat production.”
• A reduction in time required to feed weaners. The feeders were filled approximately once per fortnight with two front-end loader buckets full of barley rather than trail feeding, done daily.
• The Advantage Feeders system offered the opportunity to only have to fill the feeders up during dry weather. This is because they only required filling once a fortnight. Trail feeding during rain can increase waste rates above 50%.
• Weaners are easier to manage as they follow Advantage Feeders through gateways into other paddocks or yards.
Regular supplement boosts deer production
Start date: 01/05/14
Duration: 150 days
Equipment: 1x NGF1800
Quantity: 95
Stock type: Deer weaners
Feed qty: 275grams/head/day barley and Lucerne baleage until consumption stops
Trial outline
Weaner deer supplemented through Advantage Feeders reached kill-weights earlier and exhibited significantly higher weight gain when compared to mobs historically trail fed.
Supplement trial
with only 95 weaners
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Potential for higher profits:Weaning is done at the start of March. Fawns find this quite stressful and often have setbacks.
Employing Advantage Feeders before weaning increases the condition of the hind to get back in calve easier.
It also trains fawns to consume from the feeders and reduces the number of fawns that have a setback at weaning.
Supplement feeding also increases the weight gain of fawns.
About the trial operators Peter and Diane Lowe operate a 250Ha property outside of Ashburton in southern Canterbury.
Other than running 105 hinds and finishing their fawns, they manage Lynnford Romney Stud and run 2000 commercial ewes.
Average net price/head
$500.00
$450.00
$400.00
$350.00
$300.00
$250.00
Advantage Feeders fed
Trail fed
Trail feeding group
Advantage Feeders group
Barley amount/head/day 0.25 0.275
Barley cost/head $15.00 $16.50
Lucerne baleage consumption (tonne) 30 20
Lucerne baleage cost/head $54.55 $36.36
Equipment depreciation/head* $0 $3.18
% of weaners sold pre 10th of October 60.38% 100.00%
Average sale price/kg $7.32 $ 7.50
Average weight/kg 60.38 68.19
Average gross price/head $442.11 $511.44
Average net price/head** $372.56 $455.39
* The depreciation rate is 15% and the investment of one feeder is $2,200
** This is calculated by subtracting the Depreciation and feed cost from the Gross price. This does not include the reduced cost of feeding due to the labour savings in using Advantage Feeders.
Net price/head Advantage Feeders vs trail feeding
Trial details
No. of weaners 95
Barley feed cost/tonne $400.00
Lucerne baleage cost/tonne $200.00
No. of barley supplementation days 150
2013 sales price/kg pre 10th of October $7.50
2013 sales price/kg post 10th of October $7.05
Net
income increased
with only 95 weanersby over $7500
in one year
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Tray Hay Feeder
Less waste• Trays catch any waste which can still
be eaten by cattle
• Optional roof
Safer• All bolt heads are round, nuts
concealed and the fasteners are
rivets
Easy to use• Easy to skid when hay in feeder
Stronger• Skid or lift with feed in them
New adjustable height basket. Great for deer, cattle, calves and horses
The latest Tray Hay Feeders have an added feature of an adjustable height cradle.
There are seven heights the cradles can be fastened at. This gives farmers the opportunity to use the one piece of equipment to feed young stock at the lower setting and mature stock at the higher settings.
Versatile• Adjustable height cradle to suit all
sized stock
• Meal, pellets and grain can be placed on the floors
THF
Cattle/feeder
Weight
Gap between the bars
Bales used
Assembled (LxWxH)
Flat-packed (LxWxH)
20
150kg
300mm
1 round bale (up to 6’ diameter and 4’ wide)
1900 x 1400 x 1700
1900 x 1100 x 200
STAINLESS
STEEL
FLOORS
We will be attending the following Field Days around New Zealand this year.
Please call by our stand and allow us to introduce ourselves and show off our industry-leading livestock feeders.
FEBRUARY26 - 28 February
Northland Field Days
Dargaville, Northland
http://northlandfielddays.co.nz
MARCH12 - 14 March
Central Districts Field Days
Manfeild Park, Feilding
http://www.farmonline.co.nz/
events/cdfielddays/
25 - 27 March
South Island Field Days
Courtenay Road, Kirwee
http://www.siafd.co.nz/
JUNE10 - 13 June
National Field Days
Mystery Creek Events Centre,
Hamilton
http://www.fieldays.co.nz/
NOVEMBER11 - 13 November
Canterbury A&P Show
Christchurch
http://www.theshow.co.nz/
2015 Field Days
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Mineral Attachment
Loose Minerals are the most cost
effective form in which to supply the
mineral and vitamin requirements
of stock.
If Loose Minerals are substituted
for Lick Blocks, the savings can pay
for the investment in a matter of
months.
Capacity: 110kg
Weight: 10kg
Dimensions: 760x400x550 (LxWxH)
Material: UV stable polyethylene
The Mineral Attachment ensures
that your stock receive their
nutritional requirements while
reducing waste and labour.
It has a cover over the access area
to protect the mineral feed from rain.
It can fasten to the end of Next
Generation Feeders making it easy
to move the mineral component
of the stock’s ration when they are
moved paddock.
Farmers can also hang them on iron
posts, gates or yard panels.
New adjustable height basket. Great for deer, cattle, calves and horses
Testimonial
I farm Hybrid Red Deer in Canterbury.
I previously had problems getting the weaners up to the optimum weight by mid-October for the German mid-winter market.
If they didn’t reach the required 45kg carcass weight by this time, the price would drop significantly because the carcass would then have to be airfreighted instead of shipped.
Daily supplementary feeding on the ground was quite wasteful and time consuming. The dominant deer would push the shyer ones out of way and consume more than their allocation.
I tried my first Advantage Feeder in 2011. I now only fill the NGF1800 model once every 4-5 days.
I no longer have an issue of having shy feeders. I rarely see more than 3 deer eating from the feeder at any one time so they all get a go.
The ability of Advantage Feeders to limit intake has meant that we can safely feed barley – a cost effective feed source. The deer only get a bit, several times per day.
I feed the hinds and fawns pre-weaning. The hinds educate the fawns and when they are reintroduced to the feeder they immediately start eating from it.
I wean the fawns in the second week in February and then I leave the feeder with the hinds so they are in good condition for when the stags are introduced on the 1st of March.
The hinds consume up to 700 grams/day of barley during this period. I then put the feeder out with the weaners in August to finish them for the overseas market.
I now have several NGF1800s and have put them on chassis. When one feeder is getting empty, I can fill the other up at the silo and swap over the feeder in the paddock. I am looking to purchase another two Feeders later this year.
Advantage Feeders are an integral part of a modern deer farm.
Stuart Stokes, Canterbury
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You can rest assured that Advantage Feeders will last for a long time.
We offer a two year warranty on all purchases.
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LOYALTY PROGRAM
Advantage Feeders rewards customers
who continue to purchase from us – once a
farmer has purchased four feeders, they are
entitled to a discount.
Farmers don’t need to purchase more
than what they can afford just to receive a
discount. e.g. If one feeder is bought each
purchase, by the time they have a total of
four feeders, they will buy the fourth feeder
with the discounted price applied across all
purchases.
DELIVERY
Feeders are dispatched and delivered to
your closest Mainfreight or Hilton’s
Haulage depot.
The Mainfreight depot will call you when
the feeders arrive. Delivery takes between
two to five days.
Other delivery locations are available for
an extra fee.
GRAIN FEEDERS
Next Generation Feeder 3800 NGF3800 $2700+GST
Next Generation Feeder 1800 NGF1800 $2400+GST
Next Generation Feeder 800 NGF800 $1400+GST
Mobile Grain Feeder 3800 MGF3800 $4500+GST
Mobile Grain Feeder 1800 MGF1800 $3700+GST
Mineral Attachment MA $300+GST
HAY FEEDERS
Sliding Gates Hay Feeder SGHF $1400+GST
Cradle Hay Feeder CHF $850+GST
Tray Hay Feeder THF $1300+GST
Hay Feeder Roof HFR $350+GST
PRICECODEDESCRIPTION
Prices are subject to change
SALES MANAGERS
PETER AND SHERYL TONKIN
09 431 7276 www.advantagefeeders.co.nz
Phone 09 431 7276 027 353 7274
Email sales@advantagefeeders.co.nz
Address 266 Tinopai Road RD1, Matakohe, 0593
NORTH ISLAND
SOUTH ISLAND