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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2011
Greg A. Reineccius, Eden Praire, MN (US);
Jaco Ernest Van Der Westhuizen, Lakeville, MN (US);
Alan W. Geiss, Kansas City, MO (US);
Bradley W. May, Cary, NC (US);
Tharacad S. Ramanarayanan, Cary, NC (US);
Marc Jean-marie Andrieux, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Greg A. Reineccius, Eden Praire, MN (US);
Jaco Ernest Van Der Westhuizen, Lakeville, MN (US);
Alan W. Geiss, Kansas City, MO (US);
Bradley W. May, Cary, NC (US);
Tharacad S. Ramanarayanan, Cary, NC (US);
Marc Jean-Marie Andrieux, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Bayer CropScience, LP, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Abstract
A seed treatment system having a central computerized data store, a user interface, and network connections from the data store to a plurality of retail facilities and a plurality of agricultural produce suppliers. Each retail facility having a seed treatment system configured to uniformly treat batches of seeds with any of a variety of precisely measured chemical formulations. The seed treatment apparatus having a treatment applicator coupled to a plurality of dispensing stations. Each dispensing stations having a pump in fluid communication with a container disposed on a scale. The pump and scale of each dispensing station coupled to a system controller. The system controller is coupled to the data store, configured to provide on-demand agricultural seed treatments to the applicator and chemical usage data from each station to the data store. The data store configured to provide centralized remote monitoring inventory control, supply chain monitoring, and container recycling compliance.