996 results about "Animal Foraging" patented technology

A route planning system for an agricultural working machine including at least one crop material storage unit for storing quantities of crop material transferable to forage vehicles, has a unit for generating driving routes in a territory based on a defined working width assigned to the agricultural working machine, a unit for reconciling a crop material quantity stored in the crop material storage unit depending on at least one characteristic parameter, and a unit for dynamically adapting the reconciliation to changes in the at least one characteristic parameter.

A nutritive mixed feed without environmental pollution for culturing aquatic animals is prepared from microecological preparation, Chinese-medicinal preparation, enzyme preparation, micropeptide preparation, and the adsorbent of waste N and P. It has high effect to clean water, provide nutrients and prevent and treat diseases.

A method for dividing a field into zones with similar crop attributes and developing a mission plan for steering the harvester to selectively harvest crops based on one or more of the attributes. The attributes include protein level, starch level, oil level, sugar content, moisture level, digestible nutrient level, or any other crop characteristic of interest. The method can be applied to selectively harvest and / or segregate according to attribute any crop, including grains such as wheat, corn, or beans, fruits such as grapes, and forage crops. Directed crop sampling provides absolute value and variance information for segregated batches of harvested crop.

A method for dividing a field into zones with similar crop attributes and developing a mission plan for steering the harvester to selectively harvest crops based on one or more of the attributes. The attributes include protein level, starch level, oil level, sugar content, moisture level, digestible nutrient level, or any other crop characteristic of interest. The method can be applied to selectively harvest and / or segregate according to attribute any crop, including grains such as wheat, corn, or beans, fruits such as grapes, and forage crops. Directed crop sampling provides absolute value and variance information for segregated batches of harvested crop.

A method for interactive foraging for documents within a corpus of documents includes forming a working set of documents which are a subset of the corpus of documents. A visual representation of the working set and a portion of the corpus other than the working set are generated, and a visual representation of a retrieval boundary, between the working set and the portion of the corpus other than the working set, is presented. A further embodiment provides a system for interactive foraging of documents within a corpus of documents which includes, a visualization foraging subsystem, and an analytical repository containing a plurality of documents. The documents have been analyzed and are provided with associated dimensional data. A search mechanism of the visualization foraging subsystem is configured to form a working set of documents from the corpus of documents. A display device displays the working set and a portion of the corpus other than the working set, and a retrieval boundary is displayed on the display distinguishing between documents in the working set and the displayed documents of the corpus other than the working set.

A health-care forage for puerperal is prepared from soybean cake, fish powder, corn, corn protein, bran, calcium hydrogen phosphate, stone powder, mineral vitamins, and 14 Chinese-medicinal materials including Chuan-xiong rhizome, dandelion herb, pilose asiabell root, germinated barley, wolfberry fruit, etc.

The invention discloses a fattening method for the cattle making snowflake beef. The nine month old stock calves of 270 plus or minus 30 kg weight are selected for fattening and breeding according to the following fattening and weighting procedure 1 or the fattening and weighting procedure 2, and the fattening degree value is calculated according to the following formula: the fattening degree value is equal to the (weight / stature) multiply 100. When the fattening degree value is more than or equal to the fattening degree critical value of the cattle variety in a fattening degree critical value table, then the cattle can be put into market, and then the cattle which can make snowflake beef is obtained. By giving the nutrition requirement value and the forage feeding value in each fattening stage, the invention integrates the deeper and difficult growth physiological rule of the bones, the muscles, and the adipose of the cattle, and the technologies of nutrition metabolizing and controlling organically, and simplifies into a forage prescription and the control of the forage taking value. The invention can naturally conduct regulating, and can ensure bones, muscles, and adipose to get maximum development and aggradation during the peak period of the growth. The forage prescription can be changed freely by the executor of the invention according to the classification of the forage material and the price change, and the cost of the forage is controllable.

A method of and system for using sounds produced by bees flying near a beehive entrance enable a beekeeper to assess the operational productivity of the beehive. In a preferred embodiment, the method entails positioning an acoustic pickup device, such as a microphone, at a location to pick up and provide an audio signal representing sounds produced by bees flying around the beehive entrance. The flying bees produce the sounds either while hovering in the vicinity of the beehive or while launching from locations around the beehive entrance to forage for pollen and nectar. The audio signal is analyzed to distinguish the sound of launching flying bees from the sound of ambient background noise.

The invention relates to earthworms, in particular to a method for cultivating an earthworm greenhouse, and belongs to the technical field of agricultural processing. By the method, the cultivation of earthworm greenhouses is realized through construction of earthworm farms, manure fermentation, earthworm stocking, breeding management and the like; pig manure, cow dung, broken forage and the like are fermented and then taken as manure; and through scientific management, the reproduction and growth of the earthworms are guaranteed, so that the demand of the cultivation of aquatic products is met.

A composite forage for Banfan duck is prepared from 21 raw materials including corn, wheat bran, rice husk, composite minerals, choline chloride, etc.

The invention relates generally to isolated leucoanthocyanidin reductase LAR polypeptides of the Reductase-Epimerase-Dehydrogenase (RED) protein family, and nucleic acid molecules encoding same and their use in regulating the biosynthesis and accumulation of proanthocyanidins in plants. The invention is further directed to isolated nucleic acid molecules of plants, which encode leucoanthocyanidin reductases of the RED protein family. The isolated polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules of the present invention are useful for modifying the pasture quality of legumes, and, in particular, for producing bloat-safe forage crops, or crops having enhanced nutritional value, enhanced disease resistance or pest resistance, or enhanced malting qualities.

An automated system and method are provided for application of inoculant products onto forage material. Real time data measurements are taken for relative humidity and moisture content of the forage material in order to timely adjust the dispense rate of the inoculant applied to the forage material. Data gathering capabilities are provided with this system controller to enable an operator to view, adjust, and record various production records, as well as detailed information as to the amounts of inoculant applied. The components associated with the system of the present invention includes an inoculant bin or container including a dispense auger which dispenses a controlled amount of inoculant which is then conveyed to the intake opening of the baling machine the forage material enters the machine. The control system includes various sensors positioned at the intake opening of the baling machine which measures moisture content, and optionally the mass or volume of the incoming forage material. The control system provides a number of user interface options for controlling the dispensing of the inoculant product, as well as capturing data relating to the operation of the baling machine and the application of the inoculant product.

Systems and methods of determining nitrogen levels from a digital image and in-season nitrogen measurement and fertilization of non-leguminous crops from digital image analysis are disclosed herein. In particular, a method of determining leaf nitrogen concentration and yield from a digital photograph of a fully developed leaf (collared leaf) of a crop of non-legumes, such as corn, wheat, rice, cotton, potatoes sugarcane, turfgrass or forage grass species. The digital image is processed to determine a dark green color index (“DGCI”), which is closely related to leaf nitrogen concentration and yield. Standardized color disks having known DGCI values are included in the digital photograph and serve as an comparative standard. The comparative standard allows correction of DGCI of samples when using different cameras and / or when lighting conditions change. The DGCI values can then be used to determine the amount of nitrogen fertilizer that should be applied to recover crop yield potential.

The invention relates to the field of livestock breeding technology, which specifically relates to a forage for sow during lactation period, and the forage is prepared by the following raw materials by weight: 70-80 parts of corn, 20-25 parts of bean cakes, 20-25 parts of millet bran, 15-18 parts of wheat bran, 12-15 parts of pea residues, 10-12 parts of dried white radish, 5-8 parts of black sesame, 3-4 parts of pig heat powder, 6-8 parts of vegetable sponge of luffa, 4-5 parts of fish meals, 2-3 parts of stone flour, 1-2 parts of shell powder, 5-6 parts of laver powder, 8-10 parts of purslane, 1-2 parts of radix Rhapontici, 2-3 parts of cape jasmine, 1-2 parts of pitch, 1-2 parts of Akebia stems, a proper amount of salts and 4-5 parts of feeding promoting agents. The prepared sow forage has balanced and comprehensive nutrition, and can satisfy each nutrition demand of postpartum sow, radix Rhapontici, cape jasmine, pitch, Akebia stems and other Chinese herbal medicine components can free mammary gland, increase milk yield, and the pigling fed by the sow which eats the forage has high survival rate, strong physique and red and bright hair.

A health-care forage for promoting growth of pig is prepared from soybean cake, fish powder, corn, corn protein, bran, calcium hydrogen phosphate, stone powder, mineral vitamins, and 15 Chinese-medicinal materials including dandelion herb, astragalus root, fleece flower root, Chinese angelica root, wolfberry fruit, etc.

The invention discloses a milk substitute forage for a piglet, basically comprising corn, soybean meal, piglet composite multi-dimensional with carrier and piglet composite multi-mineral with carrier. The piglet creep feed of the milk substitute forage can train the piglet to eat from the fourth day since the piglet is born and can formally begin feeding and food calling at age of seven days. Due to the scent which is close to breast milk and the good palatability, the piglet can intake the forage after food calling for 2 to 3 days and the feed intake becomes more so the piglet can intake the forage normally when weaning comes and sow is driven away. The milk substitute forage has the advantages that due to the simulated nutritional ingredients of the breast milk, the nutrition level is close to the breast milk and the digestibility is high for the piglets so to satisfy the nutritional need of the piglets completely; the problem of weaning stress is avoided and the piglets still grow fast without diarrhea and fat loss after weaning; the survival rate of the piglets increases, enhancing the annual rate of piglets for sales of pig farms.

The invention relates to the field of livestock breeding technology, which concretely relates to composite forage for controlling diarrhoea of pigling, and the forage is prepared by the following raw materials by weight: 100-120 parts of corn, 30-40 parts of rye bran, 25-30 parts of soybean meals, 30-35 parts of corn straws, 12-15 parts of bean curd residues, 18-20 parts of wheat middling, 3-4 parts of imported fish meals, 15-18 parts of dried yellow rice or millet wine residues, 3-4 parts of calcium hydrogen phosphate, 1-2 parts of magnolia barks, 2-3 parts of areca peels, 1-2 parts of agastache, 2-3 parts of gingers, 10-12 parts of Memorialis herbs, 6-8 parts of sweet potato peel, 4-5 parts of Compositae herbs, 4-5 parts of fried lablab bean powder, a proper amount of salts and 4-5 parts of feeding promoting agents. The prepared pigling forage is digestible and palatable, and has the nutrition components which meets rapid growth and development of pig, and magnolia bark, areca peel, agastache, ginger and other Chinese herbal medicine components have efficacies for moving qi, removing food retention, dissipating cold; and the fried lablab bean powder is matched, thereby the product can effectively control symptom of pigling diarrhea and enhance pigling physique.

The invention provides lamb fattening complete pellet feed, which belongs to the field of feed processing in animal husbandry and applies to the intensive complete-barn-feeding production of mutton sheep. According to the nutritional need of lambs in different fattening periods, three types of complete pellet feed are prepared and processed through three formulations in order to satisfy the balanced nutrition supply for weight increase and other aspects except water drinking in a 10 to 15 kg stage, a 15 to 20 kg stage and a 20 to 25 kg stage in a fattening period respectively, so that the factory production of fattening sheep without depending on the conditions of forage grass resources is realized. Due to abundant raw material sources, simple processing technique and low production cost, the pellet feed is beneficial to large-scale commercial production. After application, the pellet feed can ensures that the production of fattening sheep is not restricted to the conditions of natural feed and forage grass resources, and production scale can be adjusted in time according to market demand. Meanwhile, as only one type of pellet geed is used in one fattening stage, more simplified and scientific production process, reliable fattening effect, high production efficiency and low comprehensive cost are ensured.

The invention relates to a production method in circulation mode for raising livestock and poultry by virtue of interplanting forage grass in flue-cured tobacco land. In the method, the forage grass is interplanted in the land for planting flue-cured tobacco, the collected forage grass is used for raising the livestock, such as sheep, or raising the poultry, such as geese, the sheep or the geese can also be directly driven into the interplanting land for raising after middle tobacco leaves of the flue-cured tobacco are picked, excrement generated by the raised livestock and the poultry can be used as a raw material for producing biogas, and remaining biogas residue and biogas slurry after the biogas is produced can also be used for fertilizing for planting the flue-cured tobacco; and sweet sorghum is planted on the periphery of the land for planting the flue-cured tobacco and interplanting the forage grass so as to be used as an isolation belt, and the sweet sorghum can also be used as a feed for cultivation. By adopting the production method in the circulation mode, not only can the problem of the cultivation land be solved, but also the weeding process step in planting of the flue-cured tobacco is eliminated, and higher economic benefits can be obtained.

The invention discloses a total mixed fermented feed for mutton sheep fattening; the early-stage total mixed fermented feed comprises the following components by weight: 26-35 parts of mixed forage, 17-24 parts of straw, 7-13 parts of alfalfa, 15-24 parts of corn, 3-7 parts of cottonseed meal, 5-10 parts of sunflower cakes, 3-9 parts of flax cakes, 0.3-0.7 parts of calcium hydrophosphate, 0.5-1.0parts of sodium bicarbonate, 0.5-1.1 parts of table salt, and 0.7-1.2 parts of composite premix of vitamins and trace elements; the later-stage total mixed fermented feed comprises the following components by weight: 25-35 parts of sunflower disc powder, 7-12 parts of straw, 7-13 parts of alfalfa, 25-35 parts of corn, 5-10 parts of dry vinasse, 2-5 parts of cottonseed meal, 5-9 parts of sunflowercakes, 0.3-0.7 parts of calcium hydrophosphate, 0.5-1.0 parts of sodium bicarbonate, 0.5-1.1 parts of salt, and 0.7-1.2 parts of composite premix of vitamins and trace elements. By lactic acid fermentation, the preparation method of the invention can increase the digestibility for dry matter of the feed, and facilitates long-term storage; the protein content and quality of the fermented feed are increased and improved; the utilization rate and conversion efficiency of the feed are increased; the feed intake and weight gain efficiency of mutton sheep are significantly increased; the mutton quality is improved.

The invention discloses a technique for rapidly extracting ramie hemp erwinia bacterium factory production fermentation, the technique comprises preprocessing material, immersing or sprinkling and inoculating, immersing or fermenting, deactivating with hot water, and the procedure of circulation washing, water dressing and fiber finish, erwinia bacterium which has broad-spectrum and high effective to degumming, pulping and saccharifying of herb fiber material, and bacterial agent preparation and activated technical parameter. The erwinia bacterium addicts the mannose, the peak for secreting non-cellulose to degrade key enzyme (pectic enzyme, beta-mannase and xylanase) can be achieved through purely culturing for 7h to 9h. Bacterial agent is inoculated on herb fiber material such as ramie and the like for activating the bacterial agent for 5h-6h, fermentation forage fodder turns to blue after fermenting for 5h-6h, pectine, hemicellulose and partial lignin which are partially degraded and associated in fiber cell are stripped, non-cellulose residues which are absorbed on fiber can be removed by means of the flushing of high-pressure flushing, and the purpose of extracting net fiber can be reached.

The invention discloses a composite sweetening agent, belonging to the field of food additives, particularly relates to a sweetening agent and a preparation process thereof. The composite sweetening agent comprises the following ingredients: 10-15 wt% of sodium saccharin, 30-65 wt% of sodium cyclamate, 5-10 wt% of Acesulfame-K, 2-4.75 wt% of aspartame, 0-1 wt% of sucralose, 0-1 wt% of stevioside, 0.1-0.25 wt% of neotame, and 2-5 wt% of synergist. The composite sweetening agent is prepared by scientific proportioning the 7th-generation sweetening agent and adding the synergist as an aid, has the advantages of high sweetness, good mouthfeel, and good stability, can be widely applied in food, forage and health products, and has a huge market prospect.

A feed delivery system for a dairy farm wherein a third-party supplier of the system can provide the dairy farm with lists of approved hybrids for the feed components, necessary information inputs for practicing the feed method, and all or a portion of its component needs for the feed ration corresponding to a feed ration that contains: at least one primary forge source selected from the group consisting of brown midrib corn silage, dual-purpose corn silage, leafy corn silage, and grass silage; a secondary forage source selected from the group consisting of dual-purpose corn silage, alfalfa haylage, alfalfa dry hay, grass silage, and alfalfa / grass mix; a corn grain of floury and / or vitreous endosperm starch grain into which normal dent corn or mutt corn may be blended in order to achieve a predetermined level of in vitro starch digestibility; such grain component being further processed to produce a specific particle size of the blended starch. The feed delivery system can also provide the dairy farm with real-time characterizations of at least some of its feed ingredients, and re-penning strategies for maximizing the milk productivity of the cows.

The invention discloses a mutton sheep forage and a preparation method thereof. The forage is composed of the following raw materials, by weight, 50-60 parts of a wheat straw, 25-35 parts of bur clover, 20-25 parts of sugarcane top, 8-12 parts of clover, 10-20 parts of a beet pulp, 10-15 parts of vinegar residue, 15-25 parts of Snakegourd Fruit peel, 1-2 parts of a starter, 45-55 parts of corn flour, 20-30 parts of wheat bran, 10-15 parts of fried wheat flour, 4-6 parts of a lyophilized powder additive, 3-5 parts of fried rice flour, 5-10 parts of attapulgite, 3-5 parts of soybean oil, 0.001-0.002 parts of sodium selenite, 0.2-0.3 parts of calcium carbonate, 0.01-0.02 parts of potassium iodate and 0.3-0.5 parts of salt. The forage contains all nutrition required by the growth of mutton sheep, guarantees the healthy production of the mutton sheep, provides healthcare values, and raises the growth speed of the mutton sheep.

The invention discloses forage suitable for the growth of hybridized boars. The forage is made by the following raw materials by weight percentage: 40-50% of concentrated forage and 50-60% of green forage, wherein the concentrated forage consists of corn flour, rice bran, wheat bran, corn lug cakes, bean pulp and tofukasu; and the green forage consists of one or more of alligator alternanthera, grassiness, ramie leaves, ryegrass, grain tree leaves, sweet potato vines and leaves, kudzu roots, vines and leaves and mulberry leaves. The forage is good in palatability; active ingredients of the forage can be preserved effectively; immune functions of the hybridized boars can be improved; the consumption of the concentrated forage can be reduced; and the cost is saved. The hybridized boars fed by the forage are good in growth vigor and shining in hair; the characteristics of the original boar meat such as less fat, high nutrition value and rich venison are kept; and the boar meat is safe and reliable to eat, meets the requirements of people on green pork, and has greater competitiveness in the market. In addition, the forage is wide in raw material source and low in cost; and food can be saved.

The invention provides a process for producing forage micro ecologic preparations by a multi-bacteria solid fermentation beer draff and a fermentation culture medium for the preparations. Delbrueckii subsp bulgaricus (preservation no. CCTCC M 207096), bacillus subtilis (preservation no. CCTCC M 207097) and saccharomyces paradoxus (preservation no. CCTCC M 207098) are respectively inoculated to corresponding liquid culture media, cultured 18-24 h thermostatically under 37 DEG C; then the suspension fluids are inculcated in certain proportion into a disinfected solid fermentation culture media taking beer draff as main raw materials, fermented for 36-48h under 30-34 DEG C, and frozen dry. In this way the forage micro ecologic preparations are got. The production process in the invention is of low investment, low energy consumption, high yield and free from pollution from waste fluid, and opens a new means for changing waste into a treasure for beer draff.

A pre-mixed composite forage for improving the reproduction performance of milk cow and preventing its endometritis is proportionally prepared from VA, beta-carotene, VE, organoselenium, organozinc and organic carrier.

A universal panel member can be connected with other universal panel members to form various sizes and shapes of feeder structures for dispensing forage material to horses and other animals. The universal panel members can be assembled to provide a floor with ground engaging legs and an upright wall surrounding the floor into which forage material can be placed for access by the animals feeding therefrom. Each panel member is formed with a main body portion that has a pair of connecting legs projecting outwardly from two opposing sides of the body portion within the same plane as the body portion, and a pair of connecting legs that project from the other two opposing sides perpendicularly to the plane of the body portion. Proper location of openings through the body portion allows the connecting legs of adjoining panel members to be connected with fasteners to form feeder structures.

The invention discloses a microbial inoculum for degrading straw and the active ingredients of the microbial inoculum comprise Trichoderma viride, Trichoderma aureoviride and forage Paenibacillus pabuli. The colony formation unit ratio of Trichoderma viride to Trichoderma aureoviride and forage Paenibacillus pabuli in the microbial inoculum is (0.8-1.2):(0.8-1.2):(0.8-1.2). The microbial inoculumfor degrading straw of the invention can mature straw fast to prepare organic fertilizer, and the prepared organic fertilizer can be uses as a base fertilizer and can obviously improve the quality ofvegetables.

A method for interactive foraging for documents within a corpus of documents includes forming a working set of documents which are a subset of the corpus of documents. A visual representation of the working set and a portion of the corpus other than the working set are generated, and a visual representation of a retrieval boundary, between the working set and the portion of the corpus other than the working set, is presented. A further embodiment provides a system for interactive foraging of documents within a corpus of documents which includes, a visualization foraging subsystem, and an analytical repository containing a plurality of documents. The documents have been analyzed and are provided with associated dimensional data. A search mechanism of the visualization foraging subsystem is configured to form a working set of documents from the corpus of documents. A display device displays the working set and a portion of the corpus other than the working set, and a retrieval boundary is displayed on the display distinguishing between documents in the working set and the displayed documents of the corpus other than the working set.