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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2002
James M. Oepping, Wilton, IA (US);
Joseph R. Lebeda, Des Moines, IA (US);
Gabi Oetjen, Selsingen, DE;
Ralf Oetjen, Selsingen, DE;
Barbara Ruser, Buxtehude, DE;
Jakob Kleinmans, Stade, DE;
Siegfried Dopp, Geesthachp, DE;
James M. Oepping, Wilton, IA (US);
Joseph R. Lebeda, Des Moines, IA (US);
Gabi Oetjen, Selsingen, DE;
Ralf Oetjen, Selsingen, DE;
Barbara Ruser, Buxtehude, DE;
Jakob Kleinmans, Stade, DE;
Siegfried Dopp, Geesthachp, DE;
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Des Moines, IA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for spraying forage additives on harvested agricultural crops and includes a container of concentrated additive, an atomizing spray nozzle, a metering pump for supplying the forage additive to the spray nozzle and an electrical control for actuating the metering to provide a supply of concentrated additive to the spray nozzle as desired. In a preferred embodiment, the forage additive container is of a sufficiently small size that it contains less than three thousand milliliters of the concentrated additive for spraying on the harvested crop.