ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,502, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to AGCO Corp. (Duluth, Ga.).

"Methods and systems for labeling hay bales with corrected yield" was invented by Kevin J. Hamilton (Newton, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes determining a mass of a hay bale, determining a moisture content of the hay bale, determining an ash content of the hay bale, calculating a corrected yield of the hay bale, and labeling the hay bale with an indicator of the corrected yield. The corrected yield is based on the mass, the moisture content, and the ash content of the hay bale."

The patent was filed on March 30, 2022, under Application No. 18/551...