A milking parlour comprises a plurality of milking stations with a manger (6) mounted at each milking station. A feeder device (7) is mounted above the manger (6). The feeder device (7) has a feed hopper (10) for reception and storage of animal feed. An outlet (11) of the feed hopper (10) discharges animal feed from the feed hopper (10) to the manger (6). Dispensing means (14) is provided to control dispensing of animal feed from the feed hopper (10) through the outlet (11) to the manger (6). A remote controller (15) for the dispensing means (14) has a transmitter (16) for transmitting a radio control signal to an associated receiver (17) connected to the feeder device dispensing means (14) to control operation of the feeder device dispensing means (14).
