Abstract: A crop prediction system performs various machine learning operations to predict crop production and to identify a set of farming operations that, if performed, optimize crop production. The crop prediction system uses crop prediction models trained using various machine learning operations based on geographic and agronomic information. Responsive to receiving a request from a grower, the crop prediction system can access information representation of a portion of land corresponding to the request, such as the location of the land and corresponding weather conditions and soil composition. The crop prediction system applies one or more crop prediction models to the access information to predict a crop production and identify an optimized set of farming operations for the grower to perform.

Abstract: An interactive playing card for use in a card game. The interactive playing card has a front face and a back face. The front face has a suit card value and a face card value. A readable data component attached in some way to the playing card maintains a suit card elements value and is configured to send the information in the readable data component to a display. The display will show the suit card element value and the face card element value to a viewer.

Abstract: A method for verifying information comprises collecting information to be verified from a plurality of different sources wherein at least two of the sources provide information in formats which differ from one another, modifying the collected information to conform to a common format, storing the modified information in a common data base, and providing the stored information.