Highly automated system and method of using the same to measure, monitor, manage and control grazing environment and animals

A highly automated system of measuring and managing a plurality of individual animals in a grazing production environment, the highly automated system comprising:

• a transmitter being connected to each of the individual animals, each of the transmitters conveying a unique signal which identifies the individual animal associated with that transmitter;
• a measurement unit having a plurality of measurement devices mounted thereon, the measurement unit having:
• a weighing device that measures a partial body weight of a specific animal that is currently positioned on the measurement unit,
• a receiving device that receives the unique signal from the transmitter which identifies the specific animal associated with that transmitter and currently positioned on the measurement unit, and
• a consumption dispensing station having at least one container, which accommodates a supply of consumables, and a conveyance device which conveys the consumables from the container to a trough that is adjacent the weighing device;
• a microprocessor being attached to the measurement unit receiving, processing and transmitting a partial body weight measurement and the unique signal from the weighing and the receiving devices, respectively;
• a communication device receiving and transmitting additional signals of other measurement devices, the partial body weight measurement and the unique signal from the measurement unit to a computer via at least one of local, satellite, cellular and Internet communication networks;
• the computer receiving the additional signals, the partial body weight measurement and the unique signal, and determining therefrom, a condition of at least one of the specific animal and the grazing production environment;
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• the consumption dispensing station being variably actuatable by control signals transmitted by the computer to supply at least one of a variable formulation and a variable amount of consumables to the specific animal based on the determined condition of the at least one of the specific animal and the grazing production environment.