Apparatus and method for delivering feed rations along a feedbunk using a global positioning system
US6516270B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 8, 2000 |
| Grant date | Feb 4, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 20, 2020 |
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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 manage is capable of indirectly monitoring the performance of the various suboperations through use of a satellite based global positioning system.
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