mixer-wagon
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thumb|A paddle-type mixer-wagon coupled to a tractor thumb|A weighing computer showing an empty mixer-wagon, 0 kg tare thumb thumb|The paddle turning inside a mixer-wagon. Stationery knives are fitted on the side of the tub A mixer-wagon, or diet feeder, is a specialist agricultural machine used for accurately weighing, mixing and distributing total mixed ration (TMR) for ruminant farm animals, in particular cattle and most commonly, dairy cattle.
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thumb|A paddle-type mixer-wagon coupled to a tractor thumb|A weighing computer showing an empty mixer-wagon, 0 kg tare thumb thumb|The paddle turning inside a mixer-wagon. Stationery knives are fitted on the side of the tub A mixer-wagon, or diet feeder, is a specialist agricultural machine used for accurately weighing, mixing and distributing total mixed ration (TMR) for ruminant farm animals, in particular cattle and most commonly, dairy cattle.
Trailed mixer-wagons vary in size from 5 m3 to more than 45 m3. Some self-propelled mixer-wagons may be bigger than this. Displacement varies according to ration dry matter. More water means more weight. With dry (45% DM; dry matter) rations, a 14m3 mixer-wagon such as the one pictured, may contain 3 tonnes fully loaded, or enough for about 60 Holstein cows.
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