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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2024
Filed:
May. 30, 2019
Monsanto Technology Llc, St. Louis, MO (US);
Jen Marzu, St. Louis, MO (US);
Jonathan N. Nordby, St. Louis, MO (US);
Jerald K. Pataky, St. Louis, MO (US);
Boyan N. Peshlov, St. Louis, MO (US);
Roger A. Weyhrich, St. Louis, MO (US);
Monsanto Technology LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A system for post-harvest or at-harvest determination of pre-harvest strength of a corn stalk wherein the system comprises a stalk stump cutter structured and operable to cut a discarded post-harvest stalk stump to provide a substantially flat and even cross-sectional surface of the stalk stump, an imaging device structured and operable to acquire image data of the stalk stump cross-section, and a computer based data processing system structured and operable to analyze the image data and determine a pre-harvest stalk strength of the corresponding stalk.