A system and method that automatically monitors product use, such as the type and amount of agricultural and/or horticultural product stored in and dispensed from a cartridge over time and/or by geographic location. Monitored data are stored in memory such as a tag on the cartridge and may be transmitted to a server for storage, aggregation, and analysis. The cartridge may be authenticated before being authorized for use for the benefit of a current user in dispensing the product. The cartridge may be refilled after confirmation of authorization codes on the cartridge and refilling equipment tags. The cartridge may be calibrated automatically based on the bulk density or other parameter of the product in the cartridge. Data may be aggregated from a plurality of cartridges automatically. As-applied data from individual cartridges may be used to verify, independent of operator input, treated area coverage and product application rate.

A system for dispensing agricultural products includes at least one source of agricultural product; at least one agricultural product tube, a seed sensing device, a metering system, and a sensor assembly. At least one agricultural product tube is connected to the source of agricultural product. The seed sensing device is configured to control the delivery of the agricultural product. The metering system is coupled to at least one agricultural product tube and to the seed sensing device and is configured to synchronize the placement of agricultural product relative to the placement of seed. A sensor assembly includes a signal conditioning circuit. The signal conditioning circuit is configured to provide an output signal representing an indication of the presence of the agricultural product. At least one seed for use in determining the synchronized placement of seed and the agricultural product in correct proximity with one another in a seed furrow.

The present disclosure includes systems and methods for managing, cultivating, producing, preparing and distributing agricultural products. Apparatus designed to improve agricultural yield and crop performance are also disclosed. According to one embodiment, the apparatus are individually coded or tagged for remotely configuring, monitoring and modifying one or more parameters associated with each apparatus.

A system for a boom assembly can include a cylinder including a piston rod and a housing. The cylinder can be operably coupled between a first boom section and a second boom section of the boom assembly. A control circuit can be fluidly coupled with the cylinder. The control circuit includes a first pressure relief assembly including a first pressure relief valve and a first flow control device. The first flow control device can be positioned between the cylinder and the first pressure relief valve in the control circuit.

A localized product injection system includes a composite boom tube having a carrier fluid passage within a tube body, and at least one injection product passage within the tube body isolated from the carrier fluid passage. A plurality of port stations are provided at locations along the tube body. Each of the port stations includes a carrier fluid outlet port and at least one injection product outlet port. A localized injection interface is coupled at a port station. The injection interface includes a carrier fluid input coupled with the carrier fluid outlet port, and at least one injection product input coupled with the at least one injection product outlet port. The injection interface includes at least one throttling element in communication with the at least one injection product input, a mixing chamber, and an injection port configured for localized coupling and injection to a product dispenser.

A method for reducing interaction of a single virus member with a host, comprising the steps of: forming a film from a solution comprising an at least partially protonated/deacylated poly(2-alkyl-2-oxazoline) and an at least partially protonated polyalkylenimine, the film comprising a total cationic charge in a range of 0.001 to 10.0 coulombs per square inch; inhibiting interaction of the single virus member, on the film, with the host through the steps of electrostatically pulling together first and second anionic sites of the virus with first and second respective multiple cationic sites of the polyalkylenimine and the poly(2-alkyl-2-oxazoline); and inactivating at least fifty percent of a set of the virus according to tests and procedures of ISO 21702 on a non-porous surface.

The invention relates to a method for operating a modular agricultural treatment system comprising a base station and at least one field device. The base station has at least three base containers, to be filled with base products. Each field device comprises at least two field containers, to be filled with field products. According to the method, base product data and field data are provided. Based on the base product data and the field data base products and/or mixtures of base products to be used as the field products are determined. The base products are filled into the field containers of the field device accordingly. Further, for each of a plurality of zones of the agricultural field, a product composition made up out of the field products is determined. The field products are applied to the zones of the agricultural field by the field device according to the determined product composition. The invention further relates to a corresponding modular agricultural treatment system