What are the differences between traditional feeding equipment and automatic feeding systems?

Most pig farms in my country still use traditional manual feeding methods, which have low automation, low labor productivity, large feed waste, and manual adjustment of feed volume, which cannot accurately meet the feed needs of different pig groups. As an indispensable part of large-scale pig farm construction, the automatic feeding system can accurately control, save manpower, improve production efficiency, and reduce breeding costs.

In terms of pig houses, the traditional feeding method only has a single trough, and the feed is manually fed into the trough during feeding. The whole process is noisy, the feeding is not accurate, and the labor intensity is high. The automatic feeding system selects the appropriate feeding method according to the types of pig houses such as sow houses and fattening pig houses, the required feed and feeding conditions. The auger-type automatic feeding system has a simple structure, high cost performance, good durability, and low failure rate. It is suitable for fattening pigs, nursery pigs and other free feeders; the plug-type automatic feeding system can be used with a quantitative bucket for quantitative feeding. Application in sow houses can increase pregnancy turnover rate and reduce stock elimination rate.

From the time the feed enters the farm to the time it enters the pig's trough, as can be seen from the above picture, the traditional method is to manually carry the feed and feed the pigs, which increases the risk of disease. The feed is also prone to leakage and spillage during the handling process. The automatic feeding system adopts a closed-loop process from the time the feed enters the farm to the time the feed enters the pig house, reducing the number of times people enter the pig house, reducing the chance of contact between people and pigs, and alleviating the pressure of epidemic prevention.

In terms of feed storage, the traditional method is to store feed in woven bags. The entire storage location is not closed and is located on the ground, which is prone to moisture. The storage location of the automatic feeding system is a galvanized sheet material tower, which is a storage equipment used in large and medium-sized farms. It is mainly used to store dry powder or granular compound feed, and can regularly transport feed to the house. The material tower adopts closed storage and unloading, isolates from the air, and is windproof, rainproof and mildew-proof. At the same time, it can reduce the contamination of flies, mice and other organisms to the feed, keep the feed clean and fresh, and reduce the occurrence of animal diseases in the farm.

From the above aspects and pictures, we can see that the pig farming industry is gradually shifting towards scale, and the farming method is also changing from traditional farming equipment to automation, especially the use of automatic feeding systems, which accelerates this process. The use of automated equipment based on automatic feeding systems is gradually changing the entire pig farming industry.