Small-sized feed dispenser with optimal parameters for small farms

Relevance. The development of large-scale agricultural production is focused on powerful large-sized machinery using. Over the past decades, a lot small profitable farms have been created in Russia – and personal subsidiary farms, where owner direct products’ manufacturer, using narrow-sized equipment, for example compact mixers feed dispenser MK-3G(5G) mini. This new generation “smart” mini-equipment cattle fattening’s supports animal breeding technologies adopted production, also has such useful properties as accuracy, maneuverability, compactness, successfully replaces various manual semi-automatic labor items. Methods. study was conducted whose fattening livestock multiple 50 heads cattle: 100, 150, 200, 250. In accordance with rations intensive young animals 12–14 months age meat purposes, its daily ration contained 25–30 kg feed, which included high-quality hay, silage, haylage, dry grain, root-tubers. Feed fed to kept pastures under sheds, 6–8 times day, every 2–2,5 hours during light break at night rest sleep. Results. A Nifty Livestock Dispenser E3592, made forms bunker: trailer, semi-trailer-body or optional trailer-station, allows by one person ensure distribution 250 more due volume capacity round bunker 1480 kg, slight increase consistent single portions types farmer’s herd Russian Federation, increased 15,5% mixtures full.