The Faresin Eramix autonomous mixer wagon prototype is the livestock feeding highlight at the Bologna fairgrounds.
The Italian manufacturer launched its first fully electric mixer wagon at the 2018 edition of the German EuroTier livestock machinery show. Keen to pioneer in this sector, the company reckons that the latest fully electric platform takes automatic dairy and beef cattle feeding to a new level.
The Eramix is certainly an eye catcher. With a 1.7m-wide milling head and a tub capacity of 9m³, the twin vertical auger machine is aimed at farms feeding from 300 to 1,000 animals. Navigating via LiDAR, the four-wheeled machine is designed to navigate its way around a farm, load silage and other feedstuffs, mix and feed them, all without a driver, and with no significant modifications to existing buildings.
Experience with the prototype on two Italian farms (one with 800 dairy cows, the other with 3,000 beef cattle), shows it has the potential to halve feeding costs. Investment in the Eramix platform exceeds €10 million. Still in the validation process, the prototype will be further evaluated during the next few months.
The plan is to show a pre-production machine at Agritechnica in November next year. A handful of units could be out on Italian farm for 2028, and possibly one elsewhere in Europe. It is not yet known how much the Eramix will cost.
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