System and method of providing agricultural pedigree for agricultural products throughout production and distribution and use of the same for communication, real time decision making, predictive modeling, risk sharing and sustainable agriculture

a technology of pedigree and agricultural products, applied in the field of agriculture, can solve the problems of insufficient time, growing in size and complexity, and most discordant and unpleasant cacophony

Inactive Publication Date: 2013-07-18
KLAVINS MARIS
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[0032]According to one non-limiting embodiment of the present invention, a method for providing traceability of at least one agricultural product comprises: providing an open communication network accessible information storage device adapted to receive input of data relating generally to agricultural product production and distribution and more particularly to the agricultural product's production, harvesting, distribution, processing and consumption, from at least one and preferably from multiple sources; inputting said data into said information storage device; storing said data; and providing access to at least a portion of said data via the open communication network, wherein the information storage device is configured to be used as a tool for traceability of the agricultural product, wherein the user defines a grid designation unit of the agricultural product's source. The user defined grid designation unit can be user defined by latitude and longitude coordinates, by graphical user interface, by satellite or other mapping technology or combinations thereof, or any other technology that allows the user to select a user defined grid designation unit.
[0033]According to one non-limiting embodiment of the present invention, a method for pesticide distribution, and still more preferably for variable pesticide distribution for at least one agricultural product on a grower's field comprises: providing at least one user defined grid designation unit for all or a portion of the grower's field, determining for the grid designation unit the pesticide requirements based upon historical data, real time data, predictive modeling or combinations thereof; communicating said pesticidal requirements to a pesticidal applicator, and applying pesticide compounds to the grid designation in accordance with said pesticidal requirements. The methods and/or equipment that may be employed for determining the pesticide requirements can include, but are not limited to visual ident

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During a typical warm up session, each member of each section often plays their own individual warm up routines, and resulting cacophony is most discordant and unpleasant.
The foregoing is illustrative only, and the nature, form and amount of information that is relevant to the planting, harvest, sale, transportation and final disposition of the crop varies greatly and is often quite large and is growing in size and complexity, in part because expanding technology is capturing more and more

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[0106]In this prophetic example, an agricultural pedigree is created as follows. A seed provider breeds an improved corn plant variety for sale, Such breeding may be traditional breeding, or involve genetic manipulation / modification or both. The seed provider coats the seeds with an insecticide and other coatings, and bags the seeds for sale to the seed retailer. Prior to the shipping of a bag of the seeds to the retailer, the seed provider inputs relevant data into the information storage and / or information manipulation device 2 of the present invention. One implementation of the device 2 is through a SaaS model that the seed provider accesses as a customer with their own customizable dashboard. The information added into the device 2 includes information on the seed variety, genetic modifications or stacking of genes, if any, the dates grown, the dates seeds were harvested and how it was done, the coatings and the amounts of each placed on the seeds and when they we...

example 2

Just in Time Harvesting

[0115]A retailer or distributor in another country realizes a need for a highly perishable agricultural product that will have to be transported a substantial distance internationally. The retailer (or distributor) could contact an international shipper directly or a commodities broker in the traditional manner, but in this example, the retailer / distributor has access to and utilizes device 2 as described in Example 1. The retailer / distributor could broadly alert international shippers of its needs, or could alert a more limited set or even a single shipper perhaps known to the distributor / retailer. In this example, the retailer / distributor notifies directly via device 2 via the open communications network, an international shipper known to the retailer / distributor. The international shipper of ocean going vessels realizes it has a vessel that will be ready to disembark for transport to the retailer / distributor at a date four weeks into the future. The shipper...

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Predictive Modeling

[0122]In this prophetic example, a grower having grown corn on a large portion of his farm desires to convert a portion of his farm to the production of wheat. Utilizing global positioning devices and input from the grower, or by the grower's inputting of latitude and longitude lines, or by way sensors placed about the farm that provide coordinates on a grid, or by graphical user interface or other means, the device 2 understands the geographic footprint of this grower's farm. Still further, due to maintaining an historical account of the corn grown by that grower on that farm from its agricultural pedigree resident in device 2, the device 2 contains a record of past yields in all or a portion of the farm of the corn crop. In a preferred embodiment it maintains the agricultural pedigree for adjacent or nearby farms, or similar farms situated regionally, nationally, or globally, In a preferred embodiment, the device 2 can correlate such information based upon filte...

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Abstract

A method for establishing an agricultural pedigree for agricultural products comprises the steps of: (a) Providing an open communication network accessible information storage device adapted to receive input of data relating to agricultural product production and distribution from multiple sources; (b) Inputting said data into said information storage device; (c) Storing and said data; and (d) Providing access to said data via the open communication network, wherein the information storage device is configured to be used as at least: (i) A tool for traceability of the agricultural products, (ii) A real time decision making tool, and (iii) A predictive modeling tool.

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[0001]The present invention claims priority of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61 / 389,851 entitled “A System and Method of Coordinating Information Relating to Food Production and Distribution” filed Oct. 5, 2010.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates in general to the field of agriculture, and more particularly to a system and method for coordinating information relating to the production and tracking of agricultural products and any by-products thereof. The present invention is also directed to utilizing such information for, among other purposes, communication, real time decision making, predictive modeling, risk sharing and / or sustainable agriculture purposes.[0004]2. Background Information[0005]The Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines “symphonic” in one of its definitions as “suggestive of a symphony especially in form, interweaving of themes or harmonious arrangement.” Usually, a symphony is comprised of ...

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IPC IPC(8): G06Q50/02
CPCG06Q10/063G06Q50/02G06Q10/0631A01M17/00G06Q30/018
Inventor KLAVINS, MARIS
Owner KLAVINS MARIS
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