Feedlot computer network installation and interactive method of using the same to assign feed loads and animal pen subsequences to feed delivery vehicles available at a feedmill in the feedlot
US5457627A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 31, 1995 |
| Grant date | Oct 10, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 31, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N13/383
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer network and method for feeding animals in a feedlot, in which discretion and direct control over the various suboperations of the feed ration assignment and delivery process are distributed among the individual operators in the system, while the feedlot manager is capable of indirectly monitoring the performance of the various suboperations.
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