Feed Wagon

A feed wagon carries feed out to the herd and drops it where the cattle are. Instead of hauling sacks to a line of bunks, the wagon is loaded once and pulled through the pasture or down the bunk line.

That is a big labor saver on winter feeding, when the routine runs twice a day and the ground is wet. A wagon also keeps feed off the ground until it is delivered, so less is lost to weather and wildlife.

Wagons come in forms that suit different operations: some drop feed in a windrow for pasture feeding, others meter into bunks. The right one depends on whether the herd is fed on the ground or at a bunk line. Towing capacity and ground conditions decide the rest. Ask at the lots which wagon matches the tractor and the feeding routine.