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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2008
Filed:
May. 23, 2008
Mark Cresswell, St. Brieux, CA;
Gerard Bourgault, St. Brieux, CA;
Mark Cresswell, St. Brieux, CA;
Gerard Bourgault, St. Brieux, CA;
Bourgault Industries Ltd, St. Brieux, Saskatchewan, CA;
Abstract
A method for seeding flax seeds and canola seeds includes: with a plurality of side banding furrow openers, depositing seeds into a corresponding plurality of seed furrows; with each side banding furrow opener, depositing phosphate fertilizer in a corresponding side band in proximity to the seeds in the seed furrows; with a plurality of mid-row banding furrow openers, depositing nitrogen fertilizer, and optionally sulfur fertilizer, in fertilizer furrows where each fertilizer furrow is located substantially midway between adjacent seed furrows. An apparatus for practicing the method is provided as well.