ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,279, issued on May 27.
"System and method for automatically controlling fertilizer application within a field" was invented by Brittany Schroeder (Lowell, Ind.), Dennis George Thompson (Eagle Ridge, Canada) and Trevor Stanhope (Oak Lawn, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for automatically controlling fertilizer application during the performance of a planting operation includes a row unit of a planting implement, the row unit being configured to deposit seeds within soil and having a fertilizer applicator configured to selectively dispense fertilizer. The system further includes a first sensor that generates first data ind...