NE company developing autonomous cattle feed truck

By Ron Burtz on Wednesday, January 15, 2025

ALA Engineering competes at Ag Expo in December 

  • Kyle Moss, director of integration and testing for Lincoln-based ALA Engineering, stands in front of the company’s prototype autonomous cattle feeding truck on display at the Nebraska Ag Expo in early December. Moss works out of the Scottsbluff location of the company where he oversees product integration and testing.
    Kyle Moss, director of integration and testing for Lincoln-based ALA Engineering, stands in front of the company’s prototype autonomous cattle feeding truck on display at the Nebraska Ag Expo in early December. Moss works out of the Scottsbluff location of the company where he oversees product integration and testing.

    When Aurora’s own Grain Weevil grain bin robot was competing to win the $5,000 first prize in the Startup Showcase at the Nebraska Ag Expo in Lincoln last month, it had some competition from another ag innovation also based in Nebraska. Also competing in the Innovation Hub contest was an autonomous cattle feeding truck built by ALA Engineering, which is headquartered in Lincoln but does its resear…