Seed treatment facilities, methods, and apparatus

A seed treatment system having a central computerized data store, a user interface, and network connections from the data store to a plurality of retail facilities and a plurality of agricultural produce suppliers. Each retail facility having a seed treatment system configured to uniformly treat bat...

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Main Authors Ramanarayanan, Tharacad S, Reineccius, Greg A, Geiss, Alan W, Andrieux, Marc Jean-Marie, May, Bradley W, Van der Westhuizen, Jaco Ernest
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 26.02.2019
Subjects
AGRICULTURE
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
CALCULATING
CHEMICAL RIPENING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES
COMPUTING
COUNTING
DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES
FERTILISING
FISHING
FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS
FORESTRY
HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HUNTING
PHYSICS
PLANTING
PRESENTATION OF DATA
PRESERVING, e.g. BY CANNING, MEAT, FISH, EGGS, FRUIT,VEGETABLES, EDIBLE SEEDS
RECOGNITION OF DATA
RECORD CARRIERS
SOWING
SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
THE PRESERVED, RIPENED, OR CANNED PRODUCTS
THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
TRAPPING
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Summary:A seed treatment system having a central computerized data store, a user interface, and network connections from the data store to a plurality of retail facilities and a plurality of agricultural produce suppliers. Each retail facility having a seed treatment system configured to uniformly treat batches of seeds with any of a variety of precisely measured chemical formulations. The seed treatment apparatus having a treatment applicator coupled to a plurality of dispensing stations. Each dispensing stations having a pump in fluid communication with a container disposed on a scale. The pump and scale of each dispensing station coupled to a system controller. The system controller is coupled to the data store, configured to provide on-demand agricultural seed treatments to the applicator and chemical usage data from each station to the data store. The data store configured to provide centralized remote monitoring inventory control, supply chain monitoring, and container recycling compliance.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201715431118