AGRICULTURAL COMPOSITIONS AND APPLICATIONS UTILIZING MINERAL COMPOUNDS

• Main Authors: JOHNSON, Evan, LAMB, Richard Dale, BRADLEY, David, HANSEN, Jon, TUTT, Samuel, KNOCHENMUS, Brian Jon
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 29.07.2021
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CHEMISTRY; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPSOR SEAWEED; FERTILISERS; FERTILISERS CHARACTERISED BY THEIR FORM; FERTILISERS PRODUCING CARBON DIOXIDE; FISHING; FORESTRY; HORTICULTURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; INORGANIC FERTILISERS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C05B, C05C; MANUFACTURE THEREOF; METALLURGY; MIXTURES OF FERTILISERS COVERED INDIVIDUALLY BY DIFFERENTSUBCLASSES OF CLASS C05; MIXTURES OF ONE OR MORE FERTILISERS WITH MATERIALS NOT HAVINGA SPECIFIC FERTILISING ACTIVITY, e.g. PESTICIDES,SOIL-CONDITIONERS, WETTING AGENTS; ORGANIC FERTILISERS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C05B, C05C, e.g. FERTILISERS FROM WASTE OR REFUSE; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PHOSPHATIC FERTILISERS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; TRAPPING; WATERING

Embodiments provide inorganic mineral chelated compositions, cobalt compounds and compositions, and treatment compositions, and methods of making and using them. Mineral chelated compositions and cobalt compounds have been shown to improve plant health, plant emergence, crop yield, and plant resistance to disease and drought. The compositions described herein can be applied directly to seeds, soil, or plants, or they can be incorporated with existing agricultural treatments and processes, reducing cost and time for farmers to implement the methods described herein. Accordingly, the compositions can be used as a seed treatment, or they can be broadcast on soil, tilled in soil, placed in-furrow, mixed with other fertilizers or chemicals, side-dressed in the field, used as foliar treatments, or combinations thereof. Such methods provide valuable micronutrients in a highly bioavailable form to plants and soil.