System and Method for Dairy Farm Management

An animal feed management system, comprising:

• one or more circuits in an electronic device communicatively coupled to a feed-management server and a sensing device, said one or more circuits are configured to:
• identify a first dairy animal among a plurality of dairy animals based on a proximity to said sensing device associated with said first dairy animal;
• determine a start time instant and a stop time instant of a hand-based milking activity for said first dairy animal based on a set of gestures of a first care-taker recorded during said hand-based milking activity of said first dairy animal, wherein said first care-taker is associated with said electronic device;
• determine an amount of milk yielded by said first dairy animal based on at least said determined start time instant and said stop time instant of said hand-based milking activity of said first dairy animal;
• and
• communicate said determined amount of milk yielded to said feed-management server, wherein said feed-management server is configured to determine a feed composition for said first dairy animal based on said communicated amount of milk yielded, and wherein said feed-management server is configured to control a loading device that loads a feed container, associated with said first dairy animal, with said determined feed composition to manage consumption of said feed composition by said first dairy animal.

An animal feed management method, comprising:

• monitoring, by one or more circuits in a feed-management server, activities of a plurality of entities in a defined area of a dairy farm by use of a plurality of sensing devices that is communicatively coupled to said one or more circuits, wherein said monitored activities include at least a free-style grazing by a plurality of dairy animals included in said plurality of entities;
• estimating, by said one or more circuits, an amount of milk yielded by each dairy animal of said plurality of dairy animals based on said monitored activities;
• determining, by said one or more circuits, a feed composition for each of said plurality of dairy animals, based on said determined amount of milk yielded by corresponding dairy animal and said monitored activities;
• and
• controlling, by said one or more circuits, a loading device that loads a feed container, associated with a first dairy animal of said plurality of dairy animals, with said determined feed composition for said first dairy animal to manage consumption of said feed composition by said first dairy animal.

An animal feed management method, comprising:

• identifying, by one or more circuits in an electronic device, a first dairy animal among a plurality of dairy animals based on a proximity to a sensing device associated with said first dairy animal, wherein said sensing device is communicatively coupled to said electronic device;
• determining, by said one or more circuits, a start time instant and a stop time instant of a hand-based milking activity for said first dairy animal based on a set of gestures of a first care-taker recorded during said hand-based milking activity of said first dairy animal, wherein said first care-taker is associated with said electronic device;
• determining, by said one or more circuits, an amount of milk yielded by said first dairy animal based on at least said determined start time instant and said stop time instant of said hand-based milking activity of said first dairy animal;
• and
• communicating, by said one or more circuits, said determined amount of milk yielded to a feed-management server, wherein said feed management-server is configured to determine a feed composition for said first dairy animal based on said received amount of milk yielded by said first dairy animal, wherein said feed-management server is configured to control a loading device that loads a feed container, associated with said first dairy animal, with said determined feed composition to manage consumption of said feed composition by said first dairy animal.