Patent ID: 8152358

Claim:
A system for delivering one or more microingredient feed additives into a feed ration for animal consumption, the system comprising: a storage hopper for storing a high-moisture feed ingredient, the storage hopper including at least one mixer element attached to an agitator shaft, wherein the at least one mixer element is configured to agitate the high-moisture feed ingredient when the agitator shaft is rotated; a micromachine that includes a plurality of storage containers for storing a plurality of low-inclusion ingredients, the micromachine capable of metering and dispensing precise amounts of selected low-inclusion ingredients without using a fluid carrier; and a mixing conveyor that receives and mixes the high-moisture feed ingredient and the selected low-inclusion ingredients, the mixing conveyor including a discharge screw with a rotatable shaft and fighting attached to the shaft, wherein a portion of the fighting positioned below the storage hopper pulls the high-moisture feed ingredient from the storage hopper when the rotatable shaft is rotated and conveys the high-moisture feed ingredient along the mixing conveyor to a mixing section of the mixing conveyor that receives the selected low-inclusion ingredients dispensed from the micromachine without using a fluid carrier and mixes the selected low-inclusion ingredients with the high-moisture feed ingredient pulled from the storage hopper.