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How 'Waste-Not' feeders work This is how "Waste-Not" feeders work. The cows lift their heads over the top of the arches and put their necks down between them so the head cannot be pulled straight back with each mouthful. They stand quietly and eat with their heads inside the feeder.

Feeders are supplied in sections to be either bolted or pinned together. Bolts and nuts or galvanised steel pins are supplied for easy assembly.

Some animals take 2 or 3 days to get used to eating at the feeders. In these first few days keep the feeder full as an empty feeder is sometimes tipped over while stock learn to lift their heads out.

Make the most effective use of the feeders as possible. 25 to 30 mature cattle in a mob in a paddock is the maximum for a standard round feeder with 15 feed positions. Cattle or deer numbers per feeder could be raised to 40 if the stock are rising yearlings.
 
Many dairyfarmers get more "cow usage per mealtime" out of feeders by positioning them in widened farm races. Each group of cows leaving the milking shed can help themselves to the big bales in the feeders and then move on to the fresh paddock.

Three or four cows can use one feeding position on a feeder as cow access is controlled by the number of cows exiting the milking shed in a given time.

As an example four "Waste-Not" S2 Oval Feeders holding two bales each, with a total of 96 feed positions, could feed hay or straw to a 300 cow herd milked at the rate of 100 cows per 30 minutes. The odd cow might stay a little longer at a feeder but does that really matter, as her mates have moved on to fresh pasture.
Factors that influence your decision as to which Feeder Model is best suited for your farm.

  • The type of livestock farmed. e.g. dairy cattle, beef cattle, sheep, deer, or mixed.
  • The numbers to be fed at a time.
  • The material being fed e.g. hay, straw, grass or maize silage, and the size and shape, if in big bales.
  • What you want the feeders to do. e.g. total off paddock feeding, supplement feeding in conjunction with pasture or crop, full wintering system.
  • When you want to use the feeders. e.g. when cows are gathered before or after milking.
  • How much portability do you require from the feeders.
  • The natural conditions already available on the farm. e.g. stoney areas, old cowsheds or woolsheds, widened raceways, location of silage bunkers / haysheds, effluent disposal systems.
  • The price you wish to pay.
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    Stock using Waste-Not and Red Barns feeders

    "Waste-Not" and Red Barns feeders allow animals to eat when they want to,
    rather than in a mad rush behind a feed-out trailer.
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