ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,589, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Ag Leader Technology (Ames, Iowa).

"Agricultural systems having stalk sensors and data visualization systems and related devices and methods" was invented by Roger Zielke (Huxley, Iowa), Scott Eichhorn (Ames, Iowa), Tony Woodcock (Ames, Iowa), Logan Handsaker (Ames, Iowa) and Barry Anderson (Ames, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to agricultural systems. The systems have stalk sensor assemblies and/or data visualization systems. The stalk sensor assemblies are configured for assessing the size and other characteristics about crops, such as corn and other grains enteri...