The present disclosure relates to livestock feed sorting assemblies and methods of using same. In particular, assemblies and methods find use in preparing feed rations for livestock, such as dairy cattle and beef cattle.

An animal feed dispenser includes a control module and a feed dispensing module. The control module includes a detection member and an electronic control card. The detection member is suitable for generating a detection signal when the feed dispenser is located close to an enclosure containing animals. The feed dispensing module includes a feed dispensing orifice and an actuator. The electronic control card is configured to receive the detection signal and, as a function of the detection signal, to transmit an activation signal to the actuator and the actuator is configured to trigger a flow of feed through the dispensing orifice when the activation signal is received.

A method, using an autonomous, unmanned device and a control device, includes the steps of automatically harvesting feed crop in a part of a crop field by means of the autonomous, unmanned device; automatically loading the harvested feed crop directly into a storage space provided on the autonomous, unmanned device without said harvested feed crop contacting the soil; choosing a destination location from a feeding location and a stationary crop processing location; automatically transporting the harvested feed crop from the crop field to the chosen destination location by means of the autonomous, unmanned device; and automatically unloading harvested feed from the storage space of the autonomous, unmanned device at the chosen destination location.

The present invention relates to a dispensing apparatus for the controlled dispensing of a high viscosity feed supplement hydrogel, which has a fluid container (A), a diaphragm pump (1), a fluid box (B) in which dispensing nozzles (6) are arranged.

The invention is characterized in that within the fluid box (B) it has a pressure regulator (2), one or more pneumatic dispensing valves (3) associated with the pressure regulator (2), and a fluid distributor (5) connected to the lower outlet openings of each pneumatic dispensing valve (3), wherein to each fluid distributor (5) one or more dispensing nozzle(s) (6) are arranged orderly in several rows, a solenoid valve (4) is connected to an upper outlet connector of the pneumatic dispensing valve (3), an outlet of an air pressure regulator (8) is connected to one of the inlets of the solenoid valve (4) and an outlet of a control box (C) is electronically connected to another inlet of the solenoid valve (4), which control box (C) can also be operated via WIFI by a remote control (9), another outlet of the air pressure regulator (8) is connected to an inlet of the diaphragm pump (1), an optical sensor (7) is arranged in the fluid box (B) for optimal control of the dispensing nozzles (6), an outlet of the optical sensor (7) is connected to one of the inlets of the control box (C).

A timed or remotely operated wildlife feeder which delivers feed such as whole fruit and nuts by emptying feed storage containers into a chute to deliver feed using potential energy and gravity instead of kinetically broadcasting the feed.

The present invention provides an anti-stuck pet feeder, which includes a shell and a top cover, the shell has in a cavity. Its bottom of the shell is provided with an outlet. The upper part of the cavity is provided with a grain storage chamber, the lower part of the cavity is provided with a driving mechanism. The lower part of the grain storage chamber is provided with a rotor. The rotor includes a shaft and a main body arranged on the shaft, the side wall of the main body is uniformly distributed with blades. The grain storage chamber is provided with a grain-out channel below the blades, which communicates with the outlet. The driving mechanism is connected with the rotor and drives it to rotate, and the grain stored in the grain storage chamber is transported to the grain-out channel and fed through the outlet.

A handheld dispenser for retaining disk-shaped food items includes a housing enclosing an interior chamber, a housing back end and an open front end, a tray for receiving disc-shaped food items, the tray slideably insertable in the open front end of the housing and a plunger having a cross-section corresponding to the interior chamber and an angled front face, the plunger slideable with respect to the housing and the tray. A dispenser may also include a housing having a top shell slideably engaged with a bottom shell to form an interior chamber with an open front end and a closed back end. Either housing may include a plunger having a cross-section corresponding to the interior chamber and an angled front face, the plunger slideable with respect to the housing.

An apparatus for farming animals, with a trough, a distributing system, an identifying system, a database and a control unit that allows, once an animal has been identified, the time passed ‘t’ since the time T.sub.0 corresponding to the last feed of said animal to be measured, a new value of the credit feed weight MC to be computed with the formula $\mathrm{MC}\left(t\right)=\frac{MP}{\Delta T}*\left(t-T_0\right)+M{C}_0$
and a succession of feed portions to be distributed to the trough until the animal is sated or until a zero or negative credit feed weight MC is obtained.

Generating consensus feeding appetite forecasts include providing a first feeding parameter data set associated with a first feeding parameter to a first feeding appetite forecast model and providing a second feeding parameter data set associated with a second feeding parameter to a second feeding appetite forecast model different from the first forecast model. The first feeding appetite forecast model is adaptively weighted with a first weighting factor relative to a second weighting factor for the second feeding appetite forecast model. An aggregated appetite score based on a combination of the first feeding appetite forecast model using the first weight factor and the second feeding appetite forecast model using the second weight factor. Further, a feeding instruction signal based at least in part on the aggregated appetite score is provided for modifying the operations of a feed control system.

A rodent bait station comprises a housing defining at least one entrance, a bait holding area arranged within the housing for storing a quantity of rodent bait for consumption, and an electronics assembly. The electronics assembly includes a capacitor arranged proximate the bait holding area and having a characteristic capacitance indicative of the quantity of bait in the bait holding area, and a controller for measuring the characteristic capacitance of the capacitor. A processor of the electronics assembly estimates a quantity of bait in the bait holding area according to the measured characteristic capacitance, and transmits via a transmitter a wireless signal indicative of one of the measured characteristic capacitance or the estimated quantity of bait in the bait holding area.