Ease of access to feed for all animals

10 Ease Of Access To Feed For All Animals

Animals need ready access to feed if they are to achieve optimum milk production and target live-weight gains.

With a chain or chainless balefeeder, you know that all animals can access the nutrition they need because feed is distributed in windrows. A hay unroller also makes feed easily accessible, but animals have a tendency to lie down on it – blocking access to others and compressing the feed to make it less palatable. A ring feeder limits the number of animals that can feed at any one time, which means there’s always a risk of runts and animals low in the pecking order missing out.

Livestock competing for access to feed. Cow-calf operation, Missouri, USA Cattle competing for access to a hay ring, Hawkes Bay Each bale can be spread out as thick or thin as the operator prefers

FIELD TESTIMONIAL

“I didn’t realise there was that much feed in one bale.”

Russel Porter Kinistino, Saskatchewan. “I love this Hustler TX205. When you’re in weather like this these young calves can all eat. This is the way to feed hay in my opinion.”

James Doran Flemingsburg, Kentucky.

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 Ease of access to feed for all animals Best Best Good Poor Average Best Best