Patent ID: 7490437
Filing Date: 2009-02-17
Classification: A23K

Abstract:
1. A feed ration for a ruminant animal for achieving optimum productivity, comprising: (a) a forage component sourced from a crop plant in current time; (b) a grain component sourced from a crop plant in current time; (c) a baseline starch digestibility characteristic(s) previously determined from a grain or forage component of a prior set of crop plant samples corresponding to the forage crop plant or grain crop plant; (d) a prediction equation previously developed for the forage crop plant or grain crop plant, based upon the previously determined baseline starch digestibility characteristic(s); (e) a real-time characterization determined within 48 hours of a starch digestibility trait of the grain component, or both the grain and forage components, by inputting electronically recorded analysis data from the grain component or grain and forage components into the prediction equation; and (f) proportionate quantities of the grain and the forage components for incorporation into the feed ration based upon the real-time characterization results for the starch digestibility trait of the grain component or both the grain and forage components.