US Patent Issued to AGCO on Dec. 9 for "System and method for more accurately determining overall quality of baled plant material" (Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,971, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to AGCO Corp. (Duluth, Ga.).

"System and method for more accurately determining overall quality of baled plant material" was invented by Kevin J. Hamilton (Newton, Kan.) and Patrick Kendrick (Hesston, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for preparing a sample area of a bale in order to more accurately evaluate the plant material incorporated into the bale. A baler receives, compresses, shapes, and secures material into the bale. A cutter mechanism cuts a portion of the material in the bale into similarly-sized particles. A mixer mechanism mixes the particles into a homogenous agg...