Feed component apportionment system for feeding livestock

A method for automated apportionment of feed components for creating a feed recipe for feeding livestock, comprising:

• providing a plurality of feed sources, at least one feed handling system having one or more feed displacers, at least one feed component aggregator, and at least one controller;
• dispensing one or more of a plurality of feed components from the plurality of feed sources during a dispensing operation;
• apportioning on at least one feed displacer each of the plurality of feed components from the plurality of feed sources during a feed handling operation;
• receiving the apportioned plurality of feed components at the at least one feed component aggregator;
• aggregating the plurality of feed sources into an aggregated output of the plurality of feed sources during a feed component aggregator operation;
• dispensing the aggregated output of the plurality of feed sources to a feeding area;
• and
• controlling the dispensing operation, the feed handling operation, and the feed component aggregator operation with the controller for automated apportionment of the plurality of feed components for creating the feed recipe for feeding livestock.

A feed delivery system for livestock, comprising:

• a plurality of feed sources configured for housing a plurality of feed components for preparing a prescribed apportionment of two or more of the plurality of feed components for feeding livestock;
• an elongated feed carrier operably configured and disposed proximate the plurality of feed sources to receive the two or more of the plurality of feed components;
• a controller operably configured to control the elongated feed carrier and introduction of the two or more of the plurality of feed components to the elongated feed carrier;
• and
• a position of the two or more of the plurality of feed components along the elongated feed carrier being controlled by the controller to provide the prescribed apportionment of the two or more of the plurality of feed components for feeding livestock.