Patent ID: 8655751

Claim:
A method of accounting for an ingredient called for in an animal feed ration, the method comprising: receiving an indication that the ingredient for the animal feed ration has been withdrawn from a designated storage location, wherein the indication includes the weight of the ingredient withdrawn from the designated storage location; receiving an indication that the ingredient has been delivered to a designated delivery location, wherein the indication includes the weight of the ingredient delivered to the designated delivery location; in response to receiving the indication that the particular ingredient has been delivered to the designated delivery location: determining, via a processor, whether an overage or surplus was delivered to the designated delivery location that is outside of an authorized tolerance range; and determining, via a processor, whether there is a discrepancy between the amount of the ingredient withdrawn from the designated storage location and the amount of the ingredient delivered to the designated delivery location that is outside another authorized tolerance range; in response to determining that an overage or surplus was delivered to the designated delivery location that is outside of the authorized tolerance range, displaying, via an operator interface screen, a message or warning advising an operator that a certain amount of the ingredient must be removed from the designated delivery location; and in response to determining that there is a discrepancy between the amount of the ingredient withdrawn from the designated storage location and the amount of the ingredient delivered to the designated delivery location that is outside of the another authorized tolerance range, displaying, via an operator interface screen, a message or warning including the amount of the discrepancy and instructions to rectify the discrepancy.