Apparatus and method for uniformly delivering feed rations along a feedbunk using global positioning system
US6216053A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 19, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 10, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 19, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N13/383
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An animal feedlot management system for uniformly delivering assigned feed rations to feedbunks associated with animal pens 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 through use of a satellite based global positioning system.
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