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Economy of Feeding
6 Number Of Cattle That Can Feed
Fewer moving parts, lower fuel consumption, less maintenance, and a longer life make a Hustler chainless balefeeder the most economical way to feed large numbers of stock.
With its teasing action and delivery of feed into easily accessible windrows, you can be confident your animals are getting all the high quality fodder they need. Although the purchase cost of other types of feeder may be less, a chainless feeder works out to be the most economical option over the longer term. For example, a ring feeder is cheaper per unit, but each feeder can only feed a limited number of animals (e.g. 100 units for 1000 cows), so more units are needed.
3 hay rings serving 30 cattle with 3 bales. Georgia. To feed 1000 cattle with rings requires 100 hay rings and 100 bales every few days. Feeding each bale to 60 cattle in 10 minutes/bale makes it possible to feed over 17 bales to 1000 cows in 3 hours each day. Nebraska. Cattle shown here grazing from a windrow of baled silage (haylage) in Virginia
FIELD TESTIMONIAL
Murray Ballantine Southland, New Zealand.
BALEFEEDER TYPE CHAINLESS BALE FEEDER CHAIN/SLAT BALE FEEDER HAY UNROLLER RING FEEDER BALE SPLITTER BALE PROCESSOR CHOPPER TMR FEED MIXER
Investment cost each $9,000-20,000 $7,000-17,000 $3,000-10,000 $300-1200 $3,000-6,000 $20,000-35,000 $50,000-150,000
Number of cattle that can feed Up to 1,000 Up to 800 Up to 100 Up to 10 Up to 50 Up to 800 Up to 5,000
