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Stallion Plastics chief executive Grant Allen has tested the feeder on his dairy farm.
The annual toil of calf rearing just got easier with the launch of a ‘premium’ mobile calf feeder range designed to save time, money and effort, says the developer, Stallion Plastics.
The new ‘2020 MG and OT mobile feeder range’ has been created to make easier the back-bending, time-consuming work of calf rearing, says chief executive Grant Allen – himself a dairy farmer.
“We’ve spent a lot of time talking to seasoned dairy farmers and I look at what works – and what doesn’t – on my own farm. In particular, we get feedback from time-challenged farming women heavily involved in calf rearing and cleaning feeding equipment,” says Allen.
“They’ve told us they want mobile feeders with increased stability and strength, a greater tank capacity, more accessibility and easier cleaning. So we’ve researched, designed, developed, trialled and launched a range to make calf rearing easier, cleaner, quicker, safer and more efficient.
“I know firsthand the pressures the low milk payout is placing on farmers’ budgets and we’re confident this range takes mobile feeders to the next level of innovation in providing a top quality, user-tailored product for excellent value for money. Farmers who’ve trialled the range have given excellent feedback.”
Key features of the new range of eight different models includes: new larger 500 and 1000L tanks, redesign of tanks for easier cleaning, lower inspection visibility with repositioned side access and new larger tank lids with three-way locking system (more accessible and built to withstand high wind).
The trailer units have greater stability from their lower centre of gravity and their frames are stronger, heavier gauge galvanised steel.
All are in stores nationwide from June 1. Launching at Fieldays will be a new larger 2.5L feeder bottle and a new goat feeder range.
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Known throughout New Zealand for its innovative and robust calf-feeding solutions, Stallion Plastics has never shied away from experimenting with the latest technologies, with the aim experimenting with the latest technologies, with the aim to make life easier and improve a user's bottom line.
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