Self Propelled Feeder Wagon, Langhill Farm

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    "description": "The University of Edinburgh's Langhill Farm has been feeding their 240 cow dairy herd a Total Mixed Ration (TMR) with a Keenan Feeder Wagon for over 25 years. The Keenan Feeder wagon has a unique paddle mixing system - patented KEENAN MechFiber mix. This system is designed to cause less silage fibre destruction when mixing the ration giving it a better feed value to the cows. Using their rumen, cows are designed to digest fibrous plant material (for example grass and grass silage). Incorporating more good quality silage into the ration is cost beneficial for the farm, as feeding silage made on the farm is cheaper than having to feed more expensive purchased feedstuffs. In addition, good quality fibre maintains the health of the cows' rumen, allowing it to digest food material properly and efficiently. If the silage fibre is damaged or reduced in quality, the rumen becomes more acidic, which will reduce digestive efficiency (making it more expense to feed the cows), reduce milk production and butterfat levels, and can cause various diseases in the cows. The Keenan MechFiber system is designed to maintain beneficial fibre levels in the diet, whereas other types of mixing systems chop the fibre into very small pieces, which is not good for the cows' digestion in the rumen. In our experience this unique mixing system also helps the machine to completely empty between mixes. The other designs of feeder wagons (known as tub mixers) rely on an auger system to carry out the mixing. Three years ago, we trialed one of these alternative feeder wagons as part of our market research. We found that approx. 10% of the diet remained in the machine after it had been fed out. The only way to ensure that the machine was completely empty between mixes would be to climb into the machine and manually remove the remaining feeding. There are major Health and Safety issues with staff entering the body of the machine. In addition to this it is a timely exercise therefore increasing the labour costs of using this type of machine. There are two reasons why it is important that the machine is efficient at emptying between mixes. Firstly, we are feeding a range of cattle of different ages and different stages of lactation. It is vital that the animals are fed the correct diet to optimize their health and production whilst optimising the cost efficiency of the farm, and we cannot have leftover diets from one group of cows in the mixer machine. Secondly, Langhill Farm occasionally carries out animal feed trials for commercial companies and research groups. It is hoped that this work may increase with the Large Animal Research facility (LARIF) coming online in January 2020. It is imperative when carrying out feed trials that there is no cross contamination between mixes. Currently we are using a 3 year old trailed Keenan feeder wagon. We have decided to exchange this for a Self-Propelled model which should be more efficient as it would require less fuel. Currently, it requires two tractors to carry out the feeding, one to load the mixer wagon with the different forages and one attached to the feeder wagon to drive the mixing mechanism and move it around the farm. (SC Ref:592861)",
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