Abstract: A localized product injection system for use with a product dispensing system includes a product injection reservoir coupled with an injection header. One or more injection boom tubes are coupled with the injection head. A plurality of localized injection interfaces are configured for coupling at corresponding product dispensers of a plurality of product dispensers. The plurality of localized injection interfaces in communication with the one or more injection boom tubes. Each of the localized injection interfaces includes an interface valve and an injection port in communication with the interface valve. The injection port is configured for localized coupling and injection to the corresponding product dispenser. The plurality of localized injection interfaces maintains a controlled pressurized environment of an injection product to the plurality of product dispensers.

Abstract: A lawnmower with a mulch plug with a plurality ramps for deflecting lawn clippings out of a cutting deck with more than one depth planes. The mulch plug is configured to attach to the lawnmower by one or more attachment points to block a collector opening of the lawnmower. The plurality of ramps comprises a first ramp and a second ramp on the lower plane of the cutting deck extending downward from the mulch plug. The second ramp is positioned further in the cutting rotation of the lawnmower on a trailing edge of the mulch plug. The secure attachment of the mulch plug with a plurality of ramps provides a more even distribution of grass clippings.

Abstract: A converging drum for a crop mowing implement includes a body that extends along a central longitudinal axis. The body rotates about the central longitudinal axis in a defined rotational direction. At least one ramp feature extends radially outward from the body, relative to the central longitudinal axis. The ramp feature is arranged to form an acute angle relative to a reference plane. The acute angle may open toward the defined rotational direction to move cut crop downward, or the acute angle may open away from the defined rotational direction to move crop upward, to position the cut crop for a conditioning system. The converging drum may include a first group of ramp features near a second end of the body for moving cut crop downward, and/or a second group of ramp features near a first end of the body for moving cut crop upward.

Abstract: A mower deck can include a linkage that enables adjusting the height of the mower deck with a single action. The mower deck can include a rolling mechanism support arm at each corner and a coupling mechanism that extends between the front and rear rolling mechanism support arms on each side of the mower deck. A shaft can extend between the two front rolling mechanism support arms and can be rotated via an actuator. When the shaft is rotated, the front rolling mechanism support arms will rotate in unison, and the coupling mechanisms will cause the rear rolling mechanism support arms to also rotate in unison. In this way, a single action can cause the height of the mower deck to be adjusted. Alternatively, a mower deck can include a height adjustment mechanism at each corner of the mower deck which can be controlled synchronously to adjust the height.

Abstract: A sensing system and method is provided for crop material in a harvester. The sensing system includes a conveyor auger device oriented in a substantially vertical direction and having an entrance aperture, an exit aperture located upwardly above a radially oriented sensing aperture disposed therebetween. The conveyor auger device includes a conveyor auger having a flight for moving crop material upwardly, wherein the flight has a reduced radial extension adjacent the sensing aperture. A sensor disposed at or adjacent the sensing aperture senses the essentially continuously upwardly moving crop material for determining a property thereof.

Abstract: A drive arrangement for the reciprocating drive of a cutter bar comprises a hydraulic gear motor with a housing and a gearwheel, which is set in motion around a first axis by a hydraulic medium, and an eccentric drive, which comprises an eccentric element that can be rotatably driven by a gearwheel around a second axis parallel to the first axis, and a drive element connected to the eccentric element, which is, or can be, connected to the cutter bar.

Abstract: In a harvesting header having a main frame divided into a center portion and two wing portions connected for pivotal movement about axes and including a rear wall. A reel is mounted on first and second reel arms and a rear auger is mounted at the top of the rear wall. The reel and the auger are also divided into three sections arranged end to end along the rear wall. The joint in the auger is arranged not at the axis but at a position spaced inwardly of the axis so that a first flight of the auger extends inboard of the first reel arm and a second flight of the auger extends inboard of the second reel arm to carry the crop engaging the first flight past the first space to the center portion of the header frame.

Abstract: A grass mower includes a frame that extends in a front/rear direction of a machine body, a mower deck supported to/under the frame, the mower deck extending in a transverse direction of the machine body, a side edge of the mower deck protruding laterally from the machine body, a tilt detector for detecting a rolling angle of the machine body, a display device for displaying the rolling angle, a first informing device for effecting a first informing for calling attention to grass scraping by the side edge when a rolling angle detected by the tilt detector exceeds a first tilt angle and a second informing device for effecting a second informing for calling attention to traveling danger when the rolling angle detected by the tilt detector exceeds a second tilt angle.

Abstract: A lawn mower plow or accessory warning device for diverting and saving honey bees and other endangered insects. The device components include a plate for removably securing the warning device to the mower deck; a manner for removably connecting and securing the plate to the deck; a warning emitter; and a way for securing a warning emitter to the plate Alternative mechanical designs and light, sound, electro-magnetic force and spray devices are shown as alternative embodiments. The warning device alerts the pollinating bees of the oncoming mower so the bees can survive by flying away and averting their demise by the mower. Alternative devices for warning are sound, light, smoke, spray and Electro Magnetic force/pulse generators placed with the mowers.

Abstract: A baler includes a housing forming a baling chamber. The baling chamber has an inlet that defines an inlet width perpendicular to a central longitudinal axis of the baler. A pre-cutter is disposed forward of the inlet along the central longitudinal axis and includes a cutter width perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis. The cutter width is substantially less than the inlet width. A crop distributor is disposed between the pre-cutter and the inlet and conveys the crop material from the pre-cutter to the inlet. A pick-up head is disposed forward of the pre-cutter and lifts the crop material from the ground and conveys it to the pre-cutter.

Abstract: The application discloses a bale wrapping apparatus (100), comprising a wrapping table with bale rotating means (112, 122) to hold, control and rotate a bale for the application of a wrapping material, and dispenser means (300) configured to dispense the wrapping material from rolls, and a dispenser means rotational support (116) configured to rotate the dispensed wrapping material around a uniform and/or non-uniform bale of material around a central rotating axis, and a wrapping control system configured to power, control, adjust and/or regulate the dispensed wrapping material through the dispenser means (300) to a predefined stretch ratio within acceleration and/or deceleration zones within one or more 360 degree rotations of the dispenser means rotational support (116). Furthermore, the application discloses a method for wrapping a bale (200) made from a crop product by a bale wrapping apparatus (100).

Abstract: The bale wrapping assembly for a round baler includes at least one twine inserter coupled to a drive. The drive is configured to drive the at least one twine inserter along a movement trajectory to intermittently introduce one or more twines into an outer circumferential surface of a completed bale. The one or more twines are positioned at the at least one twine inserter.

Abstract: A round baler includes a pick-up unit for picking up crop material from the ground, a baling chamber which receives the crop material from the pick-up unit, and a press mounted within the baling chamber for forming a bale during a bale formation cycle. The baler also includes a binding unit for dispensing a binding material for binding the bale, a tailgate displaceable by an actuator from a closed position at the beginning of a bale formation cycle to an open position to dispense the bale after the binding cycle. A sensor detects a first tailgate position after the bale formation cycle and before the binding cycle, and detects a second tailgate position after the binding cycle and before displacing the tailgate to the opened position. A controller is responsive to the sensor by determining a tailgate position change between the second tailgate position and the first tailgate position.

Abstract: Provided is an anti-theft deterrent hanger device comprises a top hook member and a bottom hook member with an elongated suspension arm therebetween. The top hook member is for placement over a top of an entry way of a building structure. Both hook members face inwardly toward the entryway.

Abstract: An indoor gardening appliance includes a liner positioned within a cabinet that defines a front display opening and an enclosed back portion. A grow module is rotatably mounted within the liner and include a central hub and a plurality of partitions defining a plurality of grow chambers. The grow module is selectively rotated to index the plurality of grow chambers between a sealed position between the grow module and the enclosed back portion of the liner and a display position aligned with the front display opening. An environmental control system regulates a temperature within the chamber when the chamber is in the sealed position.

Abstract: A cutting head for a sod harvester is configured to counterbalance forces that are generated during operation. When the cutting head is operated, the cutting blade oscillates to sever sod from the ground. This oscillation of the cutting blade generates significant horizontal vibration forces that are transferred to the cutting head and other components of the sod harvester. The cutting head can include a crankshaft assembly with counterweights that are designed to balance these horizontal vibration forces. The cutting head can also include a countershaft assembly with counterweights that are also designed to balance these horizontal vibration forces while also balancing vertical vibration forces that the counterweights of the crankshaft assembly create.

Abstract: In an embodiment, yield data representing yields of crops that have been harvested from an agricultural field and field characteristics data representing characteristics of the agricultural field is received and used to determine a plurality of management zone delineation options. Each option, of the plurality of management zone delineation options, comprises zone layout data for an option. The plurality of management zone delineation options is determined by: determining a plurality of count values for a management class count; generating, for each count value, a management delineation option by clustering the yield data from and the field characteristics data, assigning zones to clusters, and including the zones in a management zone delineation option. One or more options from the plurality of management zone delineation options are selected and used to determine one or more planting plans. A graphical representation of the options and the planting plans is displayed for a user.

Abstract: A system and method for managing a schedule on an irrigation controller is claimed. For each irrigation zone, out of a set of one or more irrigation zones, the process begins by receiving input for an irrigation controller for both i) an offset from an irrigation cycle start time according to a master clock in the irrigation controller and ii) a length of run time. Next the offset from the irrigation cycle start timer and the length of runtime is stored in a data structure such as an ordered array. An overall multiplier for the data structure is also stored. Continuing further the data structure with or without the overall multiplier is wirelessly transmitted to the irrigation controller. In one example the set of the one or more irrigation zones are in numerical order. In another example the set of one more irrigation zones is out of numerical order.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for providing and operating a pump control module and pumps in an assembly line grow pod are provided herein. Some embodiments include an assembly line grow pod having a plurality of fluid lines fluidly coupled between a fluid source and a fluid destination within the assembly line grow pod, a plurality of pumps, each coupled to a fluid line such that fluid is moved within the fluid line by the pump, and a master controller communicatively coupled to the pumps. The master controller is programmed to receive information relating to fluid delivery within the assembly line grow pod, determine one or more pumps to deliver the fluid, determine pump parameters for each of the pumps that achieve the fluid delivery, and transmit one or more control signals to the pumps for delivering the fluid within the assembly line grow pod.

Abstract: Systems and methods of generating water for growing or vitally supporting plants, fungi, and/or aquatic animals are provided herein. The systems include a water generating unit that utilizes process fluid produced by plant transpiration or fungus respiration to generate water. Nutrients may be added to the water through hydroponic and aquaponic systems, then provided back to the plants in a closed loop. The systems may be monitored, optimized, and controlled remotely.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the production of a non-transgenic plant resistant or tolerant to a herbicide of the phosphonomethylglycine family, e.g., glyphosate. The present invention also relates to the use of a recombinagenic oligonucleobase to make a desired mutation in the chromosomal or episomal sequences of a plant in the gene encoding for 5-enol pyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS). The mutated protein, which substantially maintains the catalytic activity of the wild-type protein, allows for increased resistance or tolerance of the plant to a herbicide of the phosphonomethylglycine family, and allows for the substantially normal growth or development of the plant, its organs, tissues or cells as compared to the wild-type plant irrespective of the presence or absence of the herbicide.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of plant breeding and disease resistance. More specifically, the invention includes a method for breeding corn plants containing quantitative trait loci that are associated with diplodia ear rot (DER), a fungal disease associated with Stenocarpella spp. The invention further includes germplasm and the use of germplasm containing quantitative trait loci (QTL) conferring resistance for introgression into elite germplasm in a breeding program for resistance to DER.

Abstract: The invention provides seeds and plants of tomato hybrid SVTM9008 and tomato line PSQ-9Z15-9109. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SVTM9008 and tomato line PSQ-9Z15-9109 and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a tomato plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SVTM9008 and tomato line PSQ-9Z15-9109 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.

Abstract: The invention provides seeds and plants of spinach line SMBS013-1209F. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of spinach line SMBS013-1209F and to methods for producing a spinach plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a spinach plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of spinach line SMBS013-1209F comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.

Abstract: A novel canola variety designated G00566 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a canola plant that comprise crossing canola variety G00566 with another canola plant. Methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into G00566 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the canola seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid canola seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the canola variety G00566 or a locus conversion of G00566 with another canola variety.

Abstract: A novel canola variety designated NS8063 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a canola plant that comprise crossing canola variety NS8063 with another canola plant. Methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into NS8063 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the canola seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid canola seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the canola variety NS8063 or a locus conversion of NS8063 with another canola variety.

Abstract: A rice cultivar designated CLL15 is disclosed herein. The present invention provides seeds, plants, and plant parts derived from rice cultivar CLL15. Further, it provides methods for producing a rice plant by crossing CLL15 with itself or another rice variety and methods for combating undesired vegetation by contacting the disclosed rice seeds with an AHAS-inhibiting herbicide. The invention also encompasses any rice seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by the methods disclosed herein, including those in which additional traits have been transferred into CLL15 through the introduction of a transgene or by breeding CLL15 with another rice cultivar.

Abstract: A rice cultivar designated CLM04 is disclosed herein. The present invention provides seeds, plants, and plant parts derived from rice cultivar CLM04. Further, it provides methods for producing a rice plant by crossing CLM04 with itself or another rice variety and methods for combating undesired vegetation by contacting the disclosed rice seeds with an AHAS-inhibiting herbicide. The invention also encompasses any rice seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by the methods disclosed herein, including those in which additional traits have been transferred into CLM04 through the introduction of a transgene or by breeding CLM04 with another rice cultivar.

Abstract: A wheat variety designated W090185D1, the plants and seeds of wheat variety W090185D1, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety W090185D1 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety W090185D1 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety W090185D1 are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety W090185D1 and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated 01077064. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar 01077064. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar 01077064 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar 01077064 with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods.

Abstract: The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated 01077055. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar 01077055. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar 01077055 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar 01077055 with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods.

Abstract: Inbred corn line, designated KL16, are disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line KL16, to the plants and plant parts of inbred corn line KL16 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing inbred corn line KL16 with itself or another corn line. The invention also relates to products produced from the seeds, plants, or parts thereof, of inbred corn line KL16 and/or of the hybrids produced using the inbred as a parent. The invention further relates to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other corn lines derived from inbred corn line KL16.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH100409. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH100409, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH100409 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 CH100409.

Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01073183. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01073183. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01073183 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01073183 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.

Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated 5PFMZ43 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PFMZ43, cells from soybean variety 5PFMZ43, plants of soybean 5PFMZ43, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PFMZ43. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PFMZ43 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PFMZ43, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PFMZ43, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PFMZ43. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PFMZ43 are further provided.

Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated 5PKAV46 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PKAV46, cells from soybean variety 5PKAV46, plants of soybean 5PKAV46, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PKAV46. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PKAV46 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PKAV46, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PKAV46, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PKAV46. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PKAV46 are further provided.

Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated 5PJJE34 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PJJE34, cells from soybean variety 5PJJE34, plants of soybean 5PJJE34, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PJJE34. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PJJE34 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PJJE34, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PJJE34, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PJJE34. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PJJE34 are further provided.

Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated 5PDFB77 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PDFB77, cells from soybean variety 5PDFB77, plants of soybean 5PDFB77, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PDFB77. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PDFB77 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PDFB77, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PDFB77, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PDFB77. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PDFB77 are further provided.

Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated AV42705160 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety AV42705160, cells from soybean variety AV42705160, plants of soybean AV42705160, and plant parts of soybean variety AV42705160. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety AV42705160 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety AV42705160, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety AV42705160, and methods of characterizing soybean variety AV42705160. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety AV42705160 are further provided.

Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated AV33306584 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety AV33306584, cells from soybean variety AV33306584, plants of soybean AV33306584, and plant parts of soybean variety AV33306584. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety AV33306584 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety AV33306584, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety AV33306584, and methods of characterizing soybean variety AV33306584. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety AV33306584 are further provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel plants, in particular to pepper plants capable of producing fruits which can be kept a longer period of time on the plant as well as being stored after harvesting under refrigerated conditions without exhibiting excessive softening. The invention thus refers to pepper plant which produces fruits with significantly increased fruit firmness at the harvesting stage, wherein said increased fruit firmness is controlled by a genetic determinant, monogenic, wherein said increased fruit firmness is defined as a fruit deformation under a 1 kg load force that is lower than that of a fruit from a control pepper plant which does not have the said genetic determinant.

Abstract: The invention provides seeds and plants of tomato hybrid SVTH2900. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SVTH2900 and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a tomato plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SVTH2900 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.

Abstract: The invention provides seeds and plants of tomato hybrid SVTD2310. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SVTD2310 and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a tomato plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SVTD2310 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.

Abstract: A cartridge and a teatcup to be attached to the teat of an animal to be milked are disclosed. The cartridge includes an elongated sleeve, having an upper end section and a lower end section, and a teatcup liner pre-mounted in the elongated sleeve. The teatcup liner includes an upper end portion located at the upper end section, a lower end portion located at the lower end section, and a barrel portion extending between the upper and lower end portions. The barrel portion has a polygonal cross-sectional shape defining a plurality of corner portions and a plurality of side portions. The elongated sleeve includes a primary locking member. The teatcup liner includes a primary complementary locking member. The two locking members engage each other to prevent rotation of the teatcup liner in relation to the elongated sleeve.

Abstract: A cat litter box is designed to be folded into a compact form for storage and shipment to a customer and unfolded by the customer for use. When it is time to replace the litter box, the cat litter box can be refolded back into a compact form for disposal. A lid 40 protects the box during storage and shipment. The cat litter box is made of a contiguous piece of corrugated cardboard having a LLDPE coating applied to one side thereof, which forms the interior surfaces of the box.

Abstract: A pet bowl and tether system includes a pet bowl, having a body with a top, a bottom, and one or more side walls forming a cavity for holding food or water; and a central elongated opening extending from the bottom to the top and positioned within a center of the cavity; a stake to extend through the central elongated opening and into a ground surface, the stake having a tethering device to tether a pet leash to.

Abstract: A liquid dispenser may include a water tank having a wall opened at an upper side, a pump provided inside the water tank, a water supply pipe connected to the pump to transfer water, a water supply plate provided at a position higher than the wall of the water tank and having a water supply hole communicating with the water supply pipe and an upper surface over which water supplied from the water supply hole flows, and a water guide formed within the opening of the wall of the water tank and spaced apart from and below the water supply plate. The water guide may have a hole to discharge the water dropped from the water supply plate to the water tank and to filter the water.

Abstract: An animal ear tag contains control circuitry for generating data. An antenna in the tag emits a wireless signal including the data, and an energy storage provides electric energy to the control circuitry and the antenna. The energy storage is arranged in a first part of the tag and the antenna is arranged in a second part of the tag. When attached to the animal, the first and second parts are interconnected via a shaft member inserted through an ear of the animal in such a manner that the first part is located on a first side of the ear and the second part is located on a second side of the ear. When the first and second parts are interconnected, the energy storage is located off-centered from a symmetry axis of the shaft member. As a result, the tag becomes relatively fixed in a well-defined orientation.

Abstract: The invention called hand washing device for pets refers to a compact self-adjusting device connected to a water supply hose, whereby any animal owner can wet, shampoo and rinse any pet using a single hand.

Abstract: One variation of a method for acclimating a dog to autonomous training with a training apparatus, includes: accessing a video feed of a working field; dispensing a first set of treats into the working field at a first frequency and outputting an audible reinforcer at a first volume level; estimating a first acclimation score representative of acclimation to dispensation of the first set of treats; in response to the first acclimation score exceeding a threshold acclimation, dispensing a second set of treats at a second frequency less than the first frequency and outputting the audible reinforcer at a second volume greater than the first volume; estimating a second acclimation score responsive to the second set of treats; in response to the second acclimation score exceeding the threshold acclimation, the second frequency falling below a threshold frequency, and the second volume exceeding a threshold volume, verifying acclimation of the dog.