Abstract: Described herein is a farm management system and related apparatus and operations including providing environmental monitoring and control systems, tracking seed sources, managing cultivation, growth, and harvest, improving enclosure operations, and managing system data. Example farm management systems may include a physical growing unit, a capacity control circuit structured to interpret a growing capacity description, and a growth support circuit structured to determine a planting instruction value in response to the growing capacity description. The physical growing unit may be responsive to the planting instruction value to initiate a growing support operation.

Abstract: A newly discoverd microorganism having characteristics of an Arthrobacter and having the ability to utilize peanut hull lignin as a sole source of carbon is disclosed. Peanut hulls have a higher lignin content than hardwoods and softwoods. The newly discovered microorganism makes the biodegradation of peanut hulls and other similar lignin containing biological waste products commercially feasible. Specifically, a process for converting peanut hulls and other similar lignin containing biological waste products to animal feed is disclosed.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a slow-release fertilizer comprising the steps of:(a) grinding a first volume of peanut hulls to a particle size of 1/32 to 1/4 inch and a second volume to 1/8 to 1/2 inch,(b) treating said first a volume of hulls with an equal volume of 2N (normal) nitric acid for 30 minutes at 121 degrees C. and 15 p.s.i. pressure to extract and solubilize the liqueous material from the hulls,(c) adding 1 volume of 1 normal solubilized sodium hydroxide to 2 volumes of said second volume of peanut hulls and heating and stirring said mixture until said nutrients are solubilized,(d) heating said second volume of peanut hulls and sodium hydroxide with steam and at a temperature of 121 degrees C. and pressure of 15 p.s.i.