46 results about "Forage crop" patented technology

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.

The invention discloses a fodder grass type fermented total mixed ration (TMR) for dairy cows and a preparation method thereof. The fermented TMR is prepared from the following raw materials in percentage by mass in terms of dry weight: 30 to 40 percent of fodder grass, 25 to 30 percent of forage crop silage, 5 to 10 percent of protein feed, 15 to 20 percent of energy feed, 1 to 2 percent of molasses, 5 to 10 percent of food processing by-products, 0.5 to 1.2 percent of premix compound, 1 to 2 percent of calcium hydrophosphate, 0.5 to 1 percent of stone dust, 0.2 to 0.3 percent of common salt, 0.4 to 0.6 percent of sodium bicarbonate and 0.1 to 0. 2 percent of magnesium oxide; wherein the raw materials are prepared into the fodder grass type fermented total mixed ration for medium and high yield dairy cows through the steps of weighing, water content adjustment, mixing, and fermentation after wrapping. A mixed batch obviously improves the quality of a feed after fermentation, effectively improves the feed intake of the dairy cows, improves the palatability and the digestibility of the feed, and can obviously improve the production performance of animals; the fermentation improves the storage performance of the feed, and makes a mixed feed have high aerobic stability, so the feed is convenient for commercialization, storage and transportation, and is favorable for modernized intensive feeding of the dairy cows. The technique has important practicability and application promotion values.

The invention provides methods for decreasing lignin content and for increasing the level of fermentable carbohydrates in plants by down-regulation of the NST transcription factor. Nucleic acid constructs for down-regulation of NST are described. Transgenic plants are provided that comprise reduced lignin content. Plants described herein may be used, for example, as improved biofuel feedstock and as highly digestible forage crops. Methods for processing plant tissue and for producing ethanol by utilizing such plants are also provided.

A method for rotation grazing of the goat in the artificial grassland includes choosing proper varietis of herbage and forage crops, building artificial grass land, dividing the grassland into isolated multiple areas, and rotation grazing. Its advantages are high-quality herbage, and ecological protection.

Dry yield for baled forage crop materials may be obtained for specific cut locations in the field by allocating the overall average baled dry yield for the entire field to the specific cut locations in accordance with the cut yield at such locations. Information obtained from a position sensor and one or more crop volume sensors on the windrower or mower is later combined with information obtained from a weight sensor on the baler to arrive at a specific location dry yield report for the baled product.

The invention discloses a renewable ecological energy system, which comprises farms, livestock raising areas, livestock and power generation devices, livestock processing plants, livestock competition fields and ecological sightseeing tourist spots, wherein the farms are used for planting forage crops for raising livestock and agricultural products through photosynthesis; the livestock raising areas are used for raising livestock and collecting livestock excrements which can be used as organic fertilizers for forage crops; the livestock grow in the livestock raising areas and are connected with the fixed or movable power generation devices through transmission mechanisms to conduct animal power generation; the livestock processing plants are used for processing mature livestock into foods or daily goods necessary for human life; and the livestock competition fields and the ecological sightseeing tourist spots are used for arousing the activity of the livestock. By adopting the ecological energy system, the forage crops can be planted in the farms, the forage crops can be used for raising the livestock, the livestock can drive the power generation devices for scale power generation, the livestock can also be butchered for eating, the ecological sightseeing tourist spots such as race courses, modern happy farmhouses and the like can be constructed near the farms and the livestock raising areas, the livestock excrements can be used as the organic fertilizers for the forage crops and thereby full-clean and environment-friendly recycling economy is realized.

The invention relates to a novel technology of enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation synergy for whole corn silage and belongs to the field of feed processing. The novel technology of enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation synergy for whole corn silage is provided through a synergetic technology of compound enzyme hydrolysis and two-step bio-fermentation by taking whole-plant corns as a raw material and alfalfa and algae as auxiliary materials, the key bottleneck in the traditional whole corn silage technology is solved, the feeding nutritive value of whole-plant silage corns is increased, and secondary fermentation is prevented. The novel technology has the advantages that through synergistic effect of the enzymolysis of compound enzyme and microbial fermentation, anti-nutritional factors in the raw materials such as corn straws are biologically degraded to form small molecular matters, and harmful matters such as phytic acid and the like are eliminated; and through the fermentation action of multiple lactobacillus, the quality and the nutritional components of a product are remarkably improved. The product is high in feeding nutritive value, has a better application prospect and has important significance of promoting development of grain, industrial and forage crops.

Yield monitor apparatus and method for a forage processing machinery are provided according to the invention. The yield monitor measures a forage yield by measuring a forage volume increment accumulation. In one embodiment of the invention, the yield monitor includes a volume increment accumulation measuring device generating a volume increment accumulation signal substantially related to a forage mass and a computer that receives the volume increment accumulation signal. The computer generates a yield amount based upon the accumulation signal, a forage processing machinery groundspeed, and forage processing machinery intake parameters. The yield monitor may generate a yield amount, with the yield amount capable of being stored and displayed to a forage processing machinery operator. Alternatively, the yield monitor may generate a groundspeed control signal that is used by the forage processing machinery to control a forage processing machinery groundspeed or other forage processing machinery parameters.

The invention provides a crop rotation planting method for forage crops and grain crops. The crop rotation planting method includes the steps of field arrangement, wherein planting belts are established in a field as required, different crops are planted on the adjacent planting belts, ryegrass or maize is alternately planted on the planting belts A according to the season, endives are planted on the planting belts B, and the planting belts A and the planting belts B are subjected to cross planting at intervals; planting time arrangement; field management. According to the crop rotation planting method, forage grass production serves as main aim, grain production serves as the auxiliary aim, forage (the ryegrass, the endives and the maize) serve as main output products, and in winter and autumn, the ryegrass and the endives can supply a large amount of forage to meet the requirements of animal production; in summer, the endives are interplanted between maize rows, field ventilation can be added, ventilation of a maize field is good, and the per unit area yield is high. By means of the crop rotation planting method, the labor requirement degree of agricultural production is reduced, the forage supplying amount is increased, and local animal husbandry development can be achieved.

The present invention relates to a pet treat composition for small animals. In particular, the present invention relates to a pet treat comprising a polymeric material and inclusions. The inclusions are selected from the group consisting of an oil seed blend, a grain blend, a forage crop blend, and mixtures thereof.

A forage crop processing apparatus having a cutting assembly for reaping the forage crop, a tubular drying channel having an inlet end for receiving the reaped forage crop, an air mover in fluid communication with the tubular drying channel to move air through the tubular drying channel in such a way that the forage crop is carried by the air through the tubular drying channel from the inlet end, past the interior heating surface, to the outlet end to produce a dried forage crop, and a baler connected to the outlet end of the tubular drying channel for baling the dried forage crops.

The invention belongs to the technical field of animal feed, and relates to mixed silage and a preparation method. The mixed silage comprises a forage crop and a silage inoculant, wherein the forage crop comprises forage sweet sorghum, sorghum sudanense and silage corn, and the silage inoculant comprises any one or a combination of at least two of FHI, MMD3 and FHIIL. The preparation method of themixed silage comprises the steps of mixing the forage crop with the silage inoculant for silage and fermentation to obtain the mixed silage. The mixed silage is high in crude protein content, high incrude fat content and high in digestibility, and facilitates livestock rumen degradation; and the added silage inoculant regulates a silage microflora, promotes lactic acid bacterium fermentation andimproves the quality and palatability of the silage. A technical support is provided for solving the problems of roughage shortage and storage, so that the effective supply of livestock products is further guaranteed.

The invention discloses a semi-confinement goat-farming method under walnut forests. The method comprises region partition, selection of flocks of goats, and regulation on a goat-farming process. The method utilizes the under-forest circulation farming mode in which the clearance space of walnut economic forests is utilized, and a semi-confinement goat-framing method matches multiple rotation grazing regions for rotation grazing and stocking. The under-forest circulation farming mode is conducive to maintaining balanced growth of plants in a grazing region and helps greatly improve stocking effect, thereby effectively promoting growth and development of goats. Leguminous plants and Chinese herbal medicine cultivated in the pasture growing region and a grass planting region are eaten by grazed goats. Therefore, bodies of goats are toned up, immunity is improved and the effect of reducing the disease incidence is exerted. The leguminous plants and the Chinese herbal medicine in the pasture growing region are planted in an alternating manner so that different plants can promote growth. Forage crops in the pasture growing region can effectively grow up and restore at a faster pace so that the requirement for long-term stocking is met. The semi-confinement goat-farming method under walnut forests has the following beneficial effects: different feeds are prepared according to different periods; and the method has the advantages of promoting growth and development of goats and improving quality of goats.

An agricultural assembly for controllably harvesting a forage crop material, includes: an agricultural work vehicle; a mower-conditioner machine coupled with the agricultural work vehicle, the mower-conditioner machine including a crop-engaging device configured for engaging with the forage crop material; a control system operatively coupled with the agricultural work vehicle and the mower-conditioner machine, the control system including: a yield sensor configured for detecting an operative parameter associated with the crop-engaging device when the forage crop material engages the crop-engaging device and thereby for outputting an operative parameter signal associated with the operative parameter; a controller operatively coupled with the yield sensor and configured for receiving the operative parameter signal and for determining a forage crop material yield based at least in part on the operative parameter signal.

An agricultural system for harvesting a forage crop material, includes: a first agricultural work equipment for controllably harvesting the forage crop material, the first agricultural work equipment including: a first forage processing assembly; a first control system including: a first forage processing assembly condition sensor configured for sensing a first actual condition of the first forage processing assembly and thereby for outputting a first actual condition signal associated with the first actual condition of the first forage processing assembly; a first controller operatively coupled with the first forage processing assembly condition sensor and the first forage processing assembly and configured for: receiving the first actual condition signal; determining a first adjustment signal based at least in part on the first actual condition signal and at least one first predicted forage crop material condition associated with a first forage processing operation; outputting the first adjustment signal and thereby for initially adjusting, prior to beginning the first forage processing operation, a first device of the first forage processing assembly.

The invention discloses an annual irrigation-free proper-soil-moisture-planting farming method for forage crops and belongs to the technical field of agricultural cultivation. In view of phenologicalcharacteristics of offshore low-plain regions, the invention provides an irrigation-free stable annual-forage-supply proper-soil-moisture-planting farming method. The method comprises the following steps: (1) spring-sowing silage corn planting; (2) mulching film mulching for rainwater storage; (3) triticale planting; (4) summer-sowing silage corn planting; (5) soil deep-plowing and rotary tillagetreatment; and (6) subsequent proper-field planting. The forage crops, which are suitable for being planted at different time nodes, are reasonably matched through analyzing annual rain-heat resourcesof the regions, and annual irrigation-free production supply of the forage is achieved by utilizing scientific coupling between the forage crops and climatic resources and a rainwater-collecting soil-moisture-preserving water storage technology. According to the method, annual irrigation-free production is achieved, the supply volume of high-quality forage is increased greatly, and thus, the method plays a positive supporting role in promoting agricultural income increase and development of animal husbandry.

The invention relates to a formula of a feed for breeding beef cattle. In the cultivation process, the beef cattle need to continuously eat nutrient substances for maintaining life activities and meeting production needs, and the nutrient substances are supplied by grass or feed crops and a concentrated food mixture, so that the growth of the beef cattle can be influenced if the feed is mismatched, the physique of the beef cattle is reduced, the resistance of the beef cattle is reduced, and finally the production performance of the beef cattle is reduced. The feed for feeding the beef cattle is characterized by comprising the following components in percentage by weight: 12-20kg of forage grass, 2.0-8kg of corn stalks, 2.1-3.5kg of corns, 1-2kg of wheat bran, 0.47-6.8kg of soybeans, 0.02-0.03kg of table salt and 0.02-0.03kg of trace elements. By adopting the formula of the feed for feeding the beef cattle, the forage grass or the feed crop and the concentrated food mixture are organically combined together, and the scientific feeding is realized, so that the production performance and the economic benefit of the beef cattle can be at an extremely high level.

The invention provides a measuring and calculating method for distinguishing live pig and pork production water footprints in different scales of production scale. The method comprises the following steps: determining a measuring and calculating area and a measuring and calculating time period; acquiring feed crop and product production data in the measuring and calculating time period; acquiringthe consumption data of live pigs; obtaining annual slaughter quantity, annual product yield, live weight, pork product processing water consumption, live pig excrement content, pollutant content in excrement and pollutant discharge standards of a calculation year; calculating the feed crop production water footprint of the calculation year; calculating a water consumption footprint of the feed crops; calculating by-product water footprints of the feed crops; calculating unit water footprints of the concentrated feed and the coarse feed; calculating feed water footprints of live pigs of various scales; calculating a drinking water footprint and a service water footprint of each scale; calculating pollutant water footprints of each scale; representing live pig production water footprints, and distinguishing green water footprints, blue water footprints and gray water footprints; measuring and calculating pork production water footprints. According to the method, the measurement and calculation precision of regional live pig and pork production water footprints is effectively improved.