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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2013
Nft Industries, Llc, Mountain Brook, AL (US);
Taylor Pursell, Mountain Brook, AL (US);
Arthur R. Shirley, Jr., Florence, AL (US);
Keith D. Cochran, Killen, AL (US);
Joseph M. Miller, Killen, AL (US);
Timothy G. Holt, Florence, AL (US);
Gregory S. Peeden, Killen, AL (US);
NFT Industries, LLC, Mountain Brook, AL (US);
Abstract
A controlled release fertilizer including a fertilizer granule, having an outer surface, a coating of biopolymer composition on the outer surface of the fertilizer granule, wherein the biopolymer composition includes at least one biopolymer, and a process of making the controlled release fertilizer including the steps of screening fertilizer granules to a preselected granule size, heating a biopolymer to become substantially fluid, and applying the biopolymer onto the surface of the fertilizer granule to produce a coating on the granule of a predetermined amount.