ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,538, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to GREEN GOLD DEVELOPMENT LLC (Aberdeen, Idaho).
"Forage feed hay bale fractionation and feed product processing method" was invented by Christopher A. Pratt (Aberdeen, Idaho) and A. Scott Jackson (Jerome, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application is directed to a system and processing method for fractionating pre-formed forage hay bales into a fractionated leaf portion and a fractionated stem portion. More particularly, the system involves grinding, chopping and shredding bales, and fractionating the chopped and shredded bales using a shaker table and grate assembly, into a fra...