A milking parlour comprising a plurality of making stations, preferably milking stalls, each with a manger 6, a feeder device 7 is mounted above the manger 6 having a feed hopper 10, an outlet 11 of the feed hopper 10 is control by a dispenser 14 to discharge animal feed into the manger 6. A remote controller 15 has a transmitter 16 for transmitting a radio control signal to a receiver 17 to control operation of the dispenser 14. Preferably the radio transceivers are paired so the controller only actuates an associated receiver. The dispenser may include a chute and a valve and/or a discharge auger. Each transmitter may be operable to communicate with the all the receivers. The controller is preferably mounted in the pit between the milking stations (5 Fig 1)
