An apparatus for distributing feed, comprising:at least one line for the distribution of feed from at least one storage location to a series of dispensers for dispensing the feed to the cages of animals,at least one feed container which affects the line upstream and downstream of the dispensers respectively for the loading and discharging of feed, on the part of the line, not released to the dispensers,means for detecting the level of feed inside the container,at least one control system adapted to receive filling information of the feed container from the detection means and to control the loading of the line with feed from the storage location or from the feed container and to set the travel speed of the line.
