Patent ID: 9091644
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: A01K,G01N

Abstract:
1. A feeding system for feeding animals on a farm, comprising: an analyzer device for measuring in real time or near real time an amount of at least one constituent of solid feed to be fed to said animals; a feeding device for feeding said animals; and a control device, wherein the control device is configured to control the analyzer device to repeatedly measure the amount of the constituent of the solid feed at least once a day, wherein the amount of said constituent includes any one of a protein content, a fiber content, and a neutral detergent fiber (NDF) content, and configured to control the feeding device to feed said animals repeatedly and at each instance based on the previous said repeatedly performed measurements; wherein the analyzer device further samples individual ingredients of a food mixture which make up the solid feed, wherein the sampling of the individual ingredients of the food mixture is performed before the individual ingredients are mixed together, wherein the mixing is performed based on a result of a measurement of the samples.