Patent ID: 7296537

Claim:
A system for determining customized feed for at least one animal, the system comprising: a first memory portion configured to store animal data representative of the characteristics of the animal; a second memory portion configured to store feed data representative of the feed ingredients located at at least one location; a third memory portion configured to store evaluation data representative of at least two evaluation criteria; a data processing circuit in communication with the memory portions and configured to generate nutrient profile data representative of a nutrient profile for the animal based upon the animal data, the data processing circuit being further configured to generate ration data representative of a combination of ingredients from the at least one location, the ration data being generated by the data processing circuit based upon the profile data, the feed data and the evaluation data; and a fourth memory portion in communication with the data processing circuit and configured to store optimization weighting data representative of the effect a respective evaluation criteria has on the generation of the ration data, the data processing circuit further generating the ration data based upon the optimization weighting data.