Little Bird Systems

08/17/2021

Automation is not only convenient, but it also helps your bottom line. FeedCast is here to revolutionize the way feed inventory is managed for the livestock industry.

08/12/2021

The demand for livestock feed is projected to rise 19% over the next decade (USDA projections: https://bit.ly/3jQImxK). Even small improvements in feed delivery efficiency have huge cost savings implications for the poultry and livestock industry. FeedCast is transforming the way livestock feed inventory is monitored and managed by delivering cost-saving information to our customers.

07/28/2021

Feed makes 60% to 70% of the cost of poultry production. Once feed is delivered from feed mills to the large feed bins in remote farms, there's very limited inventory monitoring. Why is lack of proper feed inventory information a big problem?
- Feed Outages: Feed outages affect animal health and yield
- Feed delivery: Over, under, and emergency deliveries add costs
- Disrupted feed schedule: feed type at wrong time affects growth
FeedCast is a non-intrusive, cost-effective, reliable method to maintain up-to-date field inventory, which, is turned into actionable information. We can tell the feed mill what time of the day in the future an specific bin will run out of feed given the current and projected flock consumption conditions. This actionable data means money saved to our customers!

07/20/2021

FeedCast let's you know what's going on inside your bins over time. Let us take care of your feed inventory.

07/13/2021

Feed can be gravity defying! Feed position inside a feed bin can often take unpredictable shapes. Cliffed, slopped, "rat-holed", concave, etc.
While other single point of measurement technologies, such as laser and Lidar, are routinely tricked by the unpredictable nature of feed position inside the bin, FeedCast accounts for this.
FeedCast has several points of continuous measurement across the bin and has been trained via machine learning to recognize unusual feed configuration patterns.
FeedCast leverages this capability to be non-intrusive on installation. Let us take care of your feed inventory in the field!

07/06/2021

Avoid a feed clean up due to an overfill delivery! If you've ever had to clean feed, we get you. It takes time and adds avoidable costs.
FeedCast keeps you from over filling bins and much more.

Here's a surprise windstorm at our feed bin lab that spread feed on our setup before we could turn off the feed delivery system.
Checkout the comments for the aftermath. We know a thing or two about feed spills 😬.

06/30/2021

While visiting our customers' farms, we are often greeted by the local farm dog(s). Here's Bryon, CEO of Little Bird Systems, friending a sweet doggy.

06/24/2021

IoT, ML for livestock feed management: FeedCast addresses feed inventory monitoring inefficiencies via unique non-intrusive vibration-based feed bin content measuring technology. Saving customers money by creating actionable data for feed delivery logistics.
Here's a few of the latest FeedCast units being manufactured. They will be outfitted with their solar panel and QC tested.
From the stormy southern weather to the snow packed and cold weather of the north, we have now clocked in millions of combined hours of operations at our customers' farms!

06/15/2021

The World Pork Expo 2021 is in the books! We met many people in the industry that see FeedCast as a solution that meets their feed management needs. Check out this article "Live at WPX: Developing the digital future of your farm" from WATTPoultry detailing the need for innovation and collaboration in the Pork industry. Challenges in livestock in general have some underlying needs. "Creating the digital systems that deliver ROI on this promise requires producer collaboration."
FeedCast's innovative technology is delivering improved performance to our customers today. Let us improve your feed management operations with our system.

Learn what is needed for farms to achieve their digital potential.

06/09/2021

We're at the World Pork Expo in Des Moines, Iowa! Come check us out at booth V131 with our friends at Diversified Agriculture. Let us show you what FeedCast can do to improve your feed inventory processes!
https://t.co/eC5u9O97Xo

06/03/2021

We are Little Bird, an internet of things (IoT) technology company dedicated to providing high value solutions to customers in the agricultural industry.