Abstract: An agricultural harvester includes a grain processing section having a crop material handling assembly. The crop material handling assembly is driven in fore and aft oscillation by a device while permitting side to side movement. A pivotal link mechanism structurally connected to the crop material handling assembly midway between its side members and to the agricultural harvester chassis drives linear side to side movement of the crop material handling assembly while permitting fore and aft movement thereof.

Abstract: An agricultural harvester is described, the harvester comprising a processor for receiving a flow of harvested crop and processing the harvested crop, an on-board tank for storing the processed crop, and a loading arrangement for transporting the flow of processed crop from the feeder to the on-board tank. The loading arrangement comprises an auger, the auger comprising a lower section with an inlet for receiving the flow of processed crop and an upper section with an outlet. The auger further comprises a tubular housing and an auger fighting mounted inside the tubular housing for, during use, transporting the flow of processed crop from the lower section to the upper section and outputting the processed crop via the outlet of the upper section. A clearance between the housing and the auger fighting is larger in the lower section of the auger compared to the upper section.

Abstract: An unloading ramp for a round baler includes an elongated, flexible carrier that has one end that can be attached or is attached to the round baler and on whose top side there is a rolling surface for a bale ejected from the round baler.

Abstract: An agricultural baler equipped with a pre-compression chamber supplied with crop material by a suitable supply or arrangement or component, and configured to guide crop material from the supply towards and into the baling chamber where the rectangular bales are formed. The baler of the invention is provided with a buffer chamber located before the pre-compression chamber, the floor of said buffer chamber being formed by a conveyor belt configured to move at a constant speed. The buffer chamber diminishes the irregularity with which crops are supplied to the pre-compression chamber.

Abstract: A chopper mechanism for chopping stalk-like plant wherein the chopper mechanism includes a plurality of chopping elements that are removably mounted on the pair of chopper drums via associated holders. The chopping elements are mounted on the chopper drums circumferentially spaced apart and define a predetermined radial angle (?) therebetween. Each of the chopping elements having a pair of substantially parallel cutting edges spaced apart by substantially parallel mounting surfaces. One of the cutting edges is selectively engaged in the chopping while the other cutting edge is enclosed within the holder. The parallel cutting edge of the chopping elements facilitates in reversing each chopping element depending on the degree of abrasion of the cutting edge.

Abstract: To provide a technique whereby, in cultivating a crop, factors relating to differentiation into flower buds and leaf buds, sprouting, flowering and fruiting, growth of young shoots, etc., are regulated. For example, the invention addresses the problem of regulating the growth of a crop so that leaf buds sprout in tandem and with the sprouting of flower buds and flowering and fruiting are repeated under fresh foliage. [Solution] A plant cultivation method which comprises environmentally stimulating a plant to regulate differentiation into flower buds and/or differentiation into leaf buds. In a typical embodiment, the plant is help in an environment at a temperature of 16-40° C. at a photoperiod of 8-13 hours immediately after harvesting fruits. As another environmental stimulus, the plant is held in, for example, an environment at a temperature of 3-7° C. As still another environmental stimulus, the plant as held in, for example, an environment at a temperature of 16-23° C. at a photoperiod of 8-11 hours.

Abstract: A roof-greening cassette, at least partially or predominantly having walls and/or bases made of (porous) material having pores, the porous material having the following properties: (a) a water absorption of 15 to 30 liters/m2 in the case of a material thickness of 30 mm, and (b) a water permeability normal to the plane of 8 to 16 liters/(m2 s), in the case of a water column of 200 mm and a material thickness of 30 mm.

Abstract: A pot for a plant may include a container having an axis that is vertical, a base, a sidewall extending upward from the base, an interior, an exterior, drain holes extending from the interior to the exterior and an interior bottom. The container may be configured to receive and be stacked with a second container inside of the container. In one example, the legs of the second container may be configured to extend through the drain holes of the container beyond the interior bottom of the container. In another example, the legs of the second container may be visible from the exterior of the first container.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for breeding plants having at least two units arranged in the apparatus for the reception of a plant, wherein at least two units are arranged in a first row and at least one of these units is movable relative to at least one further unit of the first row so that their spacing from one another is changeable.

Abstract: An aerial plant planter includes a fixing portion; and a retaining portion upwardly extended from the fixing portion, wherein the retaining portion comprises at least three retaining members, wherein the retaining members are universally and spacedly arranged around an axis to from a retaining cavity having a retaining opening, wherein a diameter of the retaining cavity is gradually increased from the retaining opening.

Abstract: An agricultural sprayer (1) with a pump (20), a plurality of nozzles, a valve arrangement (28) associated with the nozzles and a feed conduit (25). The valve arrangement (28) selectively connects the feed conduit (25) to a bypass conduit (26) or to the nozzles. A return conduit (32) branches off from the feed conduit (25). A regulation valve (30) applies a variable degree of throttling to the fluid flowing through the return conduit. A pressure sensor (41) provides a signal for fluid delivered to the valve arrangement. A flow sensor (42) provides a signal representing the flow in the feed conduit (25). A controller (50) is in receipt of the sensor signals, receives instructions from an operator and controls the regulation valve (30) using the instructions from the operator and available measured signals using feedback control loops combined with a feed forward signal.

Abstract: Described herein is a method of controlling soil moisture, water accumulation and fertilizer distribution in land. Elevation location data for land areas are extracted from two or more pixels of a topographic image including topographic data. Each pixel represents a land area. Wetness indices for the land areas are determined from the elevation and location data, based on the slope between two or more defined areas of land and an upslope contributing area per unit contour length. At risk defined areas of land, e.g., those at risk of accumulating water are identified based on wetness indices. Water is transported from the at risk defined areas of land to another location. The transporting of water reduces the risk of accumulating water in the at risk defined areas of land and improves crop growth potential in those areas.

Abstract: Growing systems may include a number of modular growing chambers adapted to be configured in a stacked arrangement with each growing chamber surrounding a corresponding portion of the plant. The grow chambers may be selectively added or removed during plant growth, such that different sections of the growing plant may be influenced differently using aeroponic, hydroponic or other growing techniques. The grow chamber stack may be portable and provided with integrated or independent lifting devices to assist an operator in adding or removing chambers from the stack. Three growing processes may be facilitated using such systems. These include a process for producing assorted product from a single plant for simultaneous harvest, a process for producing an extended harvest of a desired size product from a single plant, and a process for extending the productive life of a plant and provide for multiple, continued, and perpetual harvest.

Abstract: The present invention encompasses a composition comprising a viable pollen suspension in a water miscible carrier. The compositions are especially suitable for mechanical distribution, such as, electrostatic spraying of the viable pollen composition onto a flowering plant to increase pollination. The invention further provides a mechanical system and method for applying droplets containing a viable pollen suspension to flowering plants to increase pollination.

Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid PX 02461513 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid PX 02461513 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.

Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01058524. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01058524. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01058524 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01058524 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.

Abstract: Provided is a canola variety designated PV 560 GM and seed, plants and plant parts thereof produced from a cross of inbred varieties. Methods for producing a canola variety comprise crossing canola variety PV 560 GM with another canola plant. Methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PV 560 GM through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the canola seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Canola variety PV 560 GM, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, plant parts and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of canola variety PV 560 GM are disclosed.

Abstract: A lettuce cultivar, designated Portola, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds, plants and plant parts of lettuce cultivar Portola and to methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the cultivar Portola with itself or another lettuce cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a lettuce plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic lettuce plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to lettuce cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar Portola, to methods for producing other lettuce cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar Portola and to the lettuce plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid lettuce seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar Portola with another lettuce cultivar.

Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated 17137678. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety 17137678, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety 17137678 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety 17137678.

Abstract: The present invention is in the field of soybean variety CL1463417 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety CL1463417 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using CL1463417 in a breeding program.

Abstract: An animal litter box has a transverse direction, a longitudinal direction and a vertical direction and includes a lower container having an opening at an upper end thereof and allocated on the lower side, an upper side cover allocated above the lower container and a liquid passable litter tray interposed between the upper side cover and the lower container and cooperating with the lower container to close the opening. The lower container has an excrement tray provided so as to be manually movable in the longitudinal direction between a put-in position at which the excrement tray is set within the receiving space below the liquid passable litter tray and a drawn out position outside the receiving space and an end opening through which the excrement tray is put into or drawn out from the receiving space.

Abstract: A magnetic tracking tag for animals may detect the occurrence of a predation event. The tag may include a pH sensitive material that degrades in the environment of a predator's gut. The degradation of the pH sensitive material causes a change in a detectable magnetic field of the tag, which allows the tag to detect the predation event and adjust its operation accordingly.

Abstract: Methods and systems for ropes used to catch livestock such as a cattle roping lariat. In one embodiment, the lariat includes a set of strands, each strand including a set of yarns surrounding a central core. The set of strands are twisted to form a twisted rope. The lariat is manufactured using a set of components including a head box, a tree-cross box with a branched strand tree device and a cross device, and a tail box.

Abstract: A pet leash structure comprises a main leash body and a drag leash. The main leash body is weaved by a strap body and has a handle portion provided for a person to hold and a connection portion connected to a collar. A pull section is formed between the handle portion and the connection portion. The drag leash has a predetermined length and is connected to a tail end of the pull section. Therefore, a distance between the person and a pet may be fixed by pulling the drag leash so that the person may quickly drag the pet back by pulling the drag leash.

Abstract: A bovine monitoring system may include a rumination sensor, a motion sensor, a posture sensor. The rumination sensor may detect chewing by sensing jaw motion. The motion sensor may detect motion. The posture sensor may detect orientation of the bovine asset through detection of gravitational acceleration, detection of gyroscopic rotation, or a combination of gravitational acceleration and gyroscopic rotation. Using the recorded rumination, motion, and posture sensors, the bovine asset monitoring system may identify aberrations in the estrous cycle or physical or mental health of the bovine assets. A bovine monitoring system may include a thermal scanning device to detect localized heating of the vulva area of the bovine asset, which may be used to identify aberrations in the estrous cycle or physical or mental health of the bovine assets.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel transgenic nonhuman mammals capable of producing human sequence antibodies, as well as methods of producing and using these antibodies.

Abstract: Variable-scale, modular, easily manufacturable, energy efficient, reliable, and computer operated Insect Production Superstructure Systems (IPSS) may be used to produce insects for human and animal consumption, and for the extraction and use of lipids for applications involving medicine, nanotechnology, consumer products, and chemical production with minimal water, feedstock, and environmental impact. An IPSS may comprise modules including feedstock mixing, enhanced feedstock splitting, insect feeding, insect breeding, insect collection, insect grinding, pathogen removal, multifunctional flour mixing, and lipid extraction. An IPSS may be configured to be constructed out of a plurality of containerized modules.

Abstract: A fishing lure having planar sides is provided. The fishing lure having substantially planar sides such that the fishing lure can be made to dart and stop by a user while maintaining the lure's position in the water column. The fishing lure may also include chambers for weights and attractants or any combination thereof. The fishing lure may also include a user-flexible tail that allows a user to control motion within the fishing column.

Abstract: A yarn which contains a composite yarn composed of a core part containing a short fiber and a sheath part containing a synthetic fiber filament yarn, the core part and the sheath part being integrated via fluff of the short fiber getting between or entangled with the long fibers, the specific gravity of the yarn being adjustable in the range of 1.0 or more, a fishing line containing the yarn, and a method for producing the fishing line. The present invention provides an ideal fishing line which has a strong core-sheath structure, does not allow separation or detachment of the core part and the sheath part, is easy to handle, and also is excellent in strength, weatherability, and water resistance.

Abstract: A belt engageable fishing rod holder is provided having a body, a front wall, and a rear wall extending between two ends and a pair of opposing side edges. A belt running through the body is adapted for passage of a belt therethrough to hold the body against the body of a user where a rod holder projecting a front wall is configured to engage a handle end of a fishing rod.

Abstract: The present invention relates to trap apparatuses for trapping insects therein. Specifically, the trap apparatuses comprise a conically-shaped passage leading to a holding reservoir for holding the insects therein. Flanges may be disposed at the bottom of the conically-shaped passage portion for securing the same over or otherwise in proximity to an insect nest. The insect trap apparatuses of the present invention are particularly useful for trapping yellow jackets and other like insects that create nests in the ground, in cracks in walls or other vertical structures, or other similar areas.

Abstract: A system for trapping animals includes a cable and an enclosure adapted to be suspended above a trap area by the cable. A release mechanism includes a pivotable member, and the pivotable member is configured to rotate about a pivot support between an engaged position and a released position. The pivotable member in the engaged position supports the cable to hold the enclosure in a suspended position, and the pivotable member in the released position releases the cable to allow the enclosure to fall from the suspended position and enclose the trap area. The system further includes an actuator, which in an extended position holds the pivotable member in the engaged position. In a retracted position, the actuator releases the pivotable member to allow the pivotable member to rotate into the released position.

Abstract: A dog repellent system for including in the original construction of, or to be added to an existing vehicle that lacks a protective barrier for operators and passengers, such as bicycles, motorcycles, and the like.

Abstract: A game alert system includes a device mountable on a game feeder that detects motion in a target area and automatically sends an electronic signal to a user, or a hunter, in a remote location to notify the hunter of movement in the area, without alerting or startling animals that triggered the device. The system may include one or more cameras (which may be 360 degree cameras) and/or one or more GPS systems for obtaining photographs and/or video and/or collecting geographic data. The system may further include multiple motion sensors and a hub which wirelessly communicate with one another and which may communicate wirelessly with a user device such as a smartphone, tablet, night vision equipment, or other device.

Abstract: The invention generally relates to systems, methods, and devices for ex vivo organ care. More particularly, in various embodiments, the invention relates to caring for a liver ex vivo at physiologic or near-physiologic conditions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for obtaining stem cells from mammalian cadavers, methods for obtaining or purifying stem cells from a sample likely to contain non-stem cells, methods of regeneration of injured tissues and methods of treatment.

Abstract: A block includes a first layer comprising a semi-solid material, and a second layer comprising an adhesive material, the second layer being attached to the first layer. The semi-solid material may include a deodorizing material, an antiperspirant material, a perfume-related substance, a sanitizing material, a sterilizing material, an air-freshening material, or an insect-repelling material. The block is disposed in an enclosed volume of a packaging, enclosed by a plastic layer and an aluminum foil layer.

Abstract: Food processing equipment, food contact surfaces, and non-food contact surfaces are sanitized or disinfected using an acid-anionic surfactant solution that has efficacy in hard water, is non-corrosive, and is stable at elevated temperatures. The sanitizing/disinfecting solution is prepared as a highly concentrated liquid and diluted to end use concentrations prior to application to food processing equipment or food or non-food contact surfaces. Efficacy in hard water is important for sanitizers and disinfectants that are diluted by the end user using potentially hard water. Stability at elevated temperatures is important for long-term storage and transportation. The diluted sanitizing/disinfecting solution exhibits strong antimicrobial activity against gram positive and gram negative bacteria even when diluted in hard water. The sanitizing/disinfecting solution exhibits low toxicity to humans and the environment since it is prepared from low toxicity ingredients that are readily biodegradable.

Abstract: The present invention relates to fungicidal N-cycloalkyl-N-(biheterocyclylmethylene)carboxamide derivatives and their thiocarbonyl derivatives, their process of preparation and intermediate compounds for their preparation, their use as fungicides, particularly in the form of fungicidal compositions and methods for the control of phytopathogenic fungi of plants using these compounds or their compositions.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an improved formulation comprising at least one water soluble active ingredient and at least one penetration enhancer. The present disclosure also relates to a use of an improved formulation comprising at least one water soluble active ingredient and at least one penetration enhancer for preventing, combating or controlling pests, particularly insect infestations, by tree injection.

Abstract: A method of making an antimicrobial poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)/silver nanocomposite comprising PMMA and silver nanoparticles. The method includes reacting at least one silver salt with a methyl methacrylate (MMA) monomer in at least one organic solvent free of water and in the presence of at least one organic free radical initiator to polymerize the MMA monomer to form the PMMA by free radical polymerization while reducing in-situ the silver salt to form the silver nanoparticles, wherein the silver nanoparticles have an average particle size of 35-60 nm, and wherein the PMMA forms a matrix that encloses the silver nanoparticles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pesticidal mixtures comprising one biological compound and at least one fungicidal, insecticidal or plant growth regulating compound as defined herein and respective agricultural uses thereof.

Abstract: This application relates to methods and materials for providing a benefit to a seed or seedling of an agricultural plant (e.g., an agricultural grass plant), or the agricultural plant derived from the seed or seedling. For example, this application provides purified bacterial populations that include novel seed-origin bacterial endophytes, and synthetic combinations of seeds and/or seedlings (e.g., cereal seeds and/or seedlings) with heterologous seed-derived bacterial endophytes.

Abstract: Disclosed is the making of baked products, more particularly making of baked products using polypeptides having lipolytic activity and at least one emulsifier. The invention also relates to compositions comprising polypeptides having lipolytic activity and at least one emulsifier.

Abstract: A sausage cutting apparatus 10 for cutting an extruded length of sausage into smaller sausage portions includes first and second cutting assemblies located at opposite sides of a feed path. The cutting assemblies include flexible toothed belts 38 driven by toothed pinions, to which a number of longitudinally-spaced cutting device 30 are fixedly attached. The apparatus includes a drive system for synchronously driving the belts 38 and a guide system for guiding displacement of the cutting devices into and out of meshing engagement with one another for cutting the length of sausage. Each cutting device includes a cutting blade defining a domed cutting face at an inner side thereof. The cutting devices are displaced along arcuate cutter paths during meshing engagement of the cutting blades wherein the cutting faces of opposing pairs of cutting blades mesh with a slight interference fit in a conjugate meshing action.

Abstract: A process for reducing the bacterial count on a red meat carcass during the processing of livestock, such as bovine or swine, by applying an intervention solution having at least one equilibrium peroxycarboxylic acid or a pH modified peroxycarboxylic acid comprising peroxyacetic acid to the red meat carcass at an elevated temperature above 100° F. and at a concentration of at least 10 ppm, preferably an elevated concentration of at least 200 ppm, for a desired period of time of less than about 60 seconds, preferably less than about 30 seconds, to reduce the bacterial count by at least 60 percent.

Abstract: The techniques described herein provide, in one embodiment, a rapid-agitation mixer for food products that comprises a product holder configured to hold a sealed product cup containing a food product to be mixed, and a drive shaft along an agitation axis, the drive shaft configured to secure the product holder and product cup in place. The illustrative mixer also comprises a drive motor configured to reciprocate the drive shaft in opposing directions, where the product holder correspondingly reciprocates the product cup to churn the food product within the product cup.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polypeptide for the hydrolytic cleavage of zearalenone and/or at least one zearalenone derivative, said polypeptide being a hydrolase having an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1-15 or a functional variant thereof, wherein the sequence of the functional variant is at least 40% identical to at least one of the amino acid sequences. The invention also relates to: an additive containing the polypeptide; an isolated polynucleotide that encodes the polypeptide; and a method for the hydrolytic cleavage of zearalenone and/or of at least one zearalenone derivative using the polypeptide.

Abstract: The present invention relates to flavor generation. In particular the invention relates to a process for the preparation of a flavor composition. The process comprises combining glycerol with a quaternary ammonium compound, adding at least one flavor precursor to form a reaction mixture and heating the reaction mixture to form aroma compounds, wherein the glycerol is combined with a quaternary ammonium compound at a molar ratio ranging between 5:1 and 0.8:1. The flavor precursor comprises preferably an amino compound such as an amino acid. A further aspect of the invention is a food product comprising the flavor composition obtainable by the process of the invention.

Abstract: Processes for increasing rumen undegraded protein in protein containing compositions, fermentation by-products or combinations thereof are disclosed. Uses of alkaline crystalline solids to increase rumen undegraded protein in protein containing compositions, fermentation by-products or combinations thereof are further disclosed. Products produced from such processes are also disclosed.