Abstract: An agricultural harvester has a frame and a spout that is mounted to the frame. A display shows a representation of harvested crop in a receiving vessel. A control system detects an operator input selecting a portion of the receiving vessel and automatically controls a fill control system to being filling the receiving vessel, at the selected portions of the receiving vessel, with harvested material.

Abstract: A method of harvesting crop material includes capturing an image of a plurality of regions 28 of a field 50. The respective image of the regions 28 is analyzed to determine data related to constituent species of the crop material located within each of the regions 28. The data is associated with a region identifier 48 assigned to the respective one of the regions 28, and saved in a memory 42 of a computing device 30. The crop material in the field 50 is then harvested and formed into a bale. The harvested crop material formed into the bale is gathered from a subset 46 of the regions 28. A region identifier 48 of each of the regions 28 included in the subset 46 of the regions 28 is associated with the bale identifier 38, such that the data related to constituent species of the crop material included in the bale is associated with the bale and may be obtained by querying the computing device 30.

Abstract: A machine for making bales from plant matter includes a compression chamber, a conveying device for conveying the plant matter into the compression chamber, a piston able to move in the compression chamber in order to compress the plant matter, and a drive device for driving the translational movement of the piston. The drive device further includes a hydraulic device comprising a hydraulic pump connected to the coupling member, a hydraulic motor powered by the hydraulic pump, a drive member driven by the hydraulic motor and configured to move the piston in a translational movement, and a control device for controlling the movement of the piston.

Abstract: A baler pickup includes crop strippers looped around a reel. A pickup frame has upper and lower mounting stubs, wherein each of the upper mounting stubs has a notch located centrally in a forward end of the upper mounting stub. A rear end section of an upper leg of each stripper is engaged with a respective upper mounting stub and a rear end section of a lower leg is engaged with a respective lower mounting stub. A distal end of each upper leg has an outer plate separated from an inner plate so as to form a gap. The upper leg has an alignment tab such that when the leg is received on the stub, the tab engages with the notch in the stub. A gap-facing surface of the inner plate has a detent, the upper mounting stub comprises a keyhole opening formed therein rearward of the notch.

Abstract: A hand-held treatment system includes: a hand-held treatment device and at least one attachment, wherein the treatment device has a movable treatment part and an electric drive motor system for moving the treatment part. The electric drive motor system has at least one electrical path with at least one interruption. The at least one attachment has a contact bridge. The treatment device and the at least one attachment are configured for the spatial arrangement of the at least one attachment from a hazard position into a safety position, which is different from the hazard position, on the treatment device such that by the at least one attachment being in the hazard position, the at least one contact bridge does not electrically bridge the at least one interruption, and by the arrangement of the at least one attachment in the safety position, the at least one contact bridge electrically bridges the at least one interruption.

Abstract: A backpack tool apparatus including a backpack assembly and at least one tool. The backpack assembly includes a casing and at least one battery pack received in the casing. The at least one tool is connected to the casing and electrically connected to the battery pack. The backpack tool apparatus may be provided with multiple tools to simultaneously realize different operations and functions. Moreover, the tools may be configured to be detachably connected to the backpack assembly, and may be replaced with different tools to realize different operations and functions according to needs.

Abstract: An irrigation device is provided with an indicator that may be converted to indicate a condition, such as use with non-potable fluid. The irrigation device includes an inlet, and outlet, and a body defining a flow path from the inlet to the outlet. It further includes a cover with a removable section, and an indicator at least partially under the removable cover. The indicia indicate a condition of the irrigation device, such as being used with non-potable fluid. In one state, the cover is intact and the indicia are not exposed. In another state, the removable section has been removed and the indicia are at least partially exposed.

Abstract: An irrigation system includes support towers, pipeline spans, a joint pivotally connecting the pipeline spans, and a truss section. One pipeline span extends between the support towers along a central axis and includes a middle region, and the other is adjacent and coaxial with the first pipeline span when aligned. The truss section supports one of the pipeline spans and includes compression elements, truss structures, and tension elements. The compression elements extend downward from the pipeline span. The truss structures extend longitudinally along the pipeline span and are fixed relative to the compression elements. The tension elements extend diagonally downward from the pipeline span toward the middle region of the pipeline span and are fixed relative to the truss structures.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system for providing autonomous solar-powered irrigation for a selected wetland site. The system comprises an array of solar PV panels with a charge controller; a deep-cycle battery with a battery monitor; a switchboard with off/on switches for the array of solar PV panels and a deep-cycle battery; a submersible water pump and pump controller; a data logger in communication with the array of one or more solar PV panels, the deep-cycle battery, the charge controller, the battery monitor, the pump controller, and plurality of ambient environmental conditions sensors; and a water-tight container for housing therein the deep-cycle battery, the charge controller, the battery monitor, the pump controller, and the PLC data logger.

Abstract: An apparatus for use in indoor agriculture is provided, the apparatus comprising a plurality of elongate supports connected to at least one common manifold. Each elongate support within the plurality of elongate supports comprising: a main body having a first side; at least one inlet in fluid communication with the at least one common manifold; a plurality of outlets; and a channel within and extending along substantially the length of the main body between the at least one inlet and the plurality of outlets.

Abstract: A plant cultivation light source includes at least two light sources selected from first, second, and third light sources that emit first, second, and third lights, respectively. The first light has a first peak at a wavelength from about 400 nanometers to about 500 nanometers, the second light has a second peak appearing at a wavelength, which is longer than the first peak, from about 400 nanometers to about 500 nanometers, and the third light has a third peak appearing at a wavelength, which is shorter than the first peak, from about 400 nanometers to about 500 nanometers. The first light is a white light and has a first sub-peak having an intensity lower than an intensity of the first peak at a wavelength from about 500 nanometers to about 700 nanometers. The first sub-peak has a full-width at half-maximum greater than a full-width at half-maximum of the first peak.

Abstract: An indoor gardening appliance includes a liner defining a grow chamber and a grow module rotatably mounted within the grow chamber for receiving a plurality of plant pods. A drive assembly is provided for selectively rotating the grow module within the grow chamber, and includes a turntable assembly configured for receiving the grow module, a bi-directional motor assembly, and a clutch assembly mechanically coupling the motor assembly and the turntable assembly, the clutch assembly having a torque slip threshold beyond which the clutch assembly disengages the motor assembly from the turntable assembly.

Abstract: An agricultural photovoltaic structure (1) is described comprising at least one support structure (2), photovoltaic panels (3) and glass (4) supported by the support structure (2), irrigation means (7) for an underlying agricultural land (6), lighting means (5) of the underlying agricultural land (6), and control means. The support structure (2) comprises at least one frame (23) able to support, side by side, both the photovoltaic panels (3) and the glasses (4), implementing a cover over the agricultural land (6) partly suitable for diffusing light over the underlying agricultural land (6) by the glass (4), The irrigation means (7) include nozzles able to wet the lower part of the photovoltaic panels (3) thus cooling them, the water then falling by gravity onto the agricultural land (6). The control means are able to activate the irrigation means (7) and the lighting means (5) on the basis of sensors.

Abstract: A Bayesian multilevel whole-genome regression model is disclosed and its prediction performance compared to that of the popular BayesA model applied to each population separately (no pooling) and to the joined data set (complete pooling). For small population sizes (e.g., <50), partial pooling increased prediction accuracy over no or complete pooling for populations represented in the estimation set. Partial pooling with multilevel models can make optimal use of information in multi-population estimation sets.

Abstract: A neutron ray irradiation target apparatus 100 of the present invention is used to irradiate irradiation targets (seeds, etc.) with a neutron ray generated by a neutron ray irradiation apparatus. The neutron ray irradiation target apparatus 100 has a holding means 70 for holding the irradiation targets. The holding means 70 holds at least one closed container 30 which can accommodate the irradiation targets 20 stacked randomly and three-dimensionally. In the case where the irradiation targets are stacked three-dimensionally and accommodated in the closed container, the irradiation targets overlapping each other are irradiated with the neutron ray in a chain reaction fashion. The neutron ray irradiation target apparatus 100 can be used in a method for irradiating a large amount of irradiation targets (seeds of crops, etc.) with a neutron ray, while reducing a required time, thereby efficiently inducing mutations in the irradiation targets.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH48YS and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH48YS with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH48YS through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH48YS or a locus conversion of PH48YS with another maize variety.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X80P537 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X80P537 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X80P537 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X80P537, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X80P537 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X80P537 and methods of using maize variety X80P537 are disclosed.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH010977. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH010977, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH010977 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 CH010977.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011196. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011196, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011196 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 CH011196.

Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 02460140 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 02460140, to the plants of soybean cultivar 02460140, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 02460140, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 02460140. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 02460140. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 02460140, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 02460140 with another soybean cultivar.

Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 01139005 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 01139005, to the plants of soybean cultivar 01139005, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 01139005, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 01139005. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 01139005. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 01139005, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 01139005 with another soybean cultivar.

Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 89033583 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 89033583, to the plants of soybean cultivar 89033583, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 89033583, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 89033583. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 89033583. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 89033583, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 89033583 with another soybean cultivar.

Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 88173583 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 88173583, to the plants of soybean cultivar 88173583, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 88173583, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 88173583. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 88173583. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 88173583, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 88173583 with another soybean cultivar.

Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 13130617 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 13130617, to the plants of soybean cultivar 13130617, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 13130617, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 13130617. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 13130617. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 13130617, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 13130617 with another soybean cultivar.

Abstract: The invention provides seeds and plants of tomato line PSQ-9Z16-6520V. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato line PSQ-9Z16-6520V 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 line PSQ-9Z16-6520V comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.

Abstract: A new and distinct tomato variety NUN 09282 TOF is disclosed, as well as seeds and plants and fruits thereof. NUN 09282 TOF is an indeterminate intense tomato variety for the fresh market, comprising resistance to Verticillium dahliae Race 0, Fusarium oxysporum f sp. lycopersici Races 0 and 1, Fusarium oxysporum f sp. radicis lycopersici, Fulvia fulva Groups A-E, and Tomato Mosaic Virus (ToMV) Strains 0, 1, 2, and 1-2.

Abstract: A dust removal-sterilization-deodorization integrated intelligent lightweight device for livestock and poultry houses includes: a transparent housing, a photocatalyst slidably connected to an inner wall of the transparent housing, filter sleeves rotatably mounted on the inner wall of the transparent housing, a flow guide cavity defined in the transparent housing, a fan fixedly connected to a left sidewall of the flow guide cavity, and a flow baffle fixedly connected to an air inlet end of the flow guide cavity. The filter sleeve includes a low-resistance melt-blown fabric, a rutile manganese-zinc layer is laid on an outer side of the low-resistance melt-blown fabric, a skeleton fabric is attached to an outer wall of the rutile manganese-zinc layer, and an outer wall of the skeleton fabric is rotatably connected to the inner wall of the transparent housing. At least two filter sleeves are transversely arranged, and the filter sleeves are tubular.

Abstract: A monitoring and intervening assembly for rearing premises includes: a movable monitoring unit equipped with a unit for monitoring the rearing premises and the animals resident therein, the geographic coordinates of the unit in the premises being determinable with respect to an origin, at least one movable intervening module able to be driven and controlled by the monitoring unit, the intervening module, at rest, being installed in a storage area, the monitoring unit and the intervening module both including interacting mechanical coupling for linking one to the other, the coupling being lockable and unlockable, the monitoring unit being able to continuously monitor the premises and the animals, without however being coupled to the or one of the intervening modules.

Abstract: A water absorption treatment material includes a first grain and a second grain that absorb a liquid. The first grain includes a first core portion and a first coating portion. The first core portion has a grain-like shape. The first coating portion contains an adhesive material, and entirely covers the first core portion. The second grain includes a second core portion and a second coating portion. The second core portion has a grain-like shape. The second coating portion contains an adhesive material, and partially covers the second core portion.

Abstract: An animal feeder, moveable between a feed transport position and a feed delivery position that successively delivers animal feed contained within the animal feeder, includes a bunk and a dump trailer. The dump trailer supports the bunk at a rear thereof while remaining pivotable relative to the bunk. The dump trailer, which holds animal feed therein, includes a lowered transport position that locates the animal feeder in the feed transport position and a raised delivery position that locates the animal feeder in the feed delivery position. The dump trailer, when moved from the feed transport position to the raised delivery position, pivots relative to the bunk whereby the dump trailer at an exit thereof communicates with the bunk at an entrance thereof such that the dump trailer in the raised delivery position successively delivers animal feed held therein into the bunk for access by animals.

Abstract: A dental station for improving domestic animal dental care and oral hygiene, dental station having a body including a supporting structure which includes a plurality of receiving holding formations to receive and support one or more of a plurality of preselected sized and shaped chewable food elements in a protruding manner.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a device of the treadmill kind for the treatment, recovery or recreation of animals, particularly dogs, enabling physical parameters to be monitored and providing physiotherapy solutions and visual and olfactory stimuli. It is endowed with treadmill (1), pneumatic cylinders (4), neck immobiliser (5) cables (6), harness (7), front motor (8), power and displacement sensor (9), lift support structure (10), physiological sensors (11), calibrated weights (12), rear motor (15) and wheels with brake (16). A motor moves the treadmill (1), elevating the lift platform (10). The device has an aromatherapy dispenser (2) and virtual reality glasses (3). The animal is placed on the treadmill (1), a vest is placed thereon, endowed with physiological sensors, leg strap with calibrated weights (12) and wrist straps endowed with power and displacement sensor (9), held upright by the pneumatic cylinders (4) by way of cables (6).

Abstract: This invention comprises a poultry feeder assembly (3) for providing access to feed to chicks of small breeds as well as growing and fully grown up birds from the same poultry feeder assembly, provided with a barrier to minimize entry of the chicks inside a feed containing pan (25) of the poultry feeder assembly. The poultry feeder assembly being attachable to a feeder pipe (4) that has spiral auger for automatic conveying of feed from a small hopper (2) to the poultry feeder assembly attached to the pipe, and the pipe is provided with a system for level adjustment or height adjustment from ground or floor of a poultry house; wherein, the pan for holding the feed is separable for cleaning purposes from the tube that conveys feed received from a feeding pipe to the pan.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for sampling an egg, the method comprising; a) fluid coupling an interior of the egg to a source of pressure, b) controlling the pressure in the interior of the egg by the source of pressure, c) expelling an amount of fluid, in particular allantoic fluid, from the interior of the egg to the exterior of the egg as a result of the pressure in the interior of the egg, and d) collecting at least a portion of the amount of fluid at the exterior surface of the egg.

Abstract: A system and method for individualized feeding of animals, based on a mobile feeding device that continuously moves along a feeding trough. The method includes identifying each animal a number of times until a reliable identification is reached, dispensing individually customized combinations of multiple foods and additives, dragging unconsumed food left in the trough and measuring unconsumed food left by each individual animal, ordering animal arrival/exit to the trough by an endless curtain that enables/blocks access to the trough, with alternative options such as unconsumed food recovery and recycling, with an alternative configuration for animals accessing the trough in any order.

Abstract: An animal feeding system includes a feed storage container having an interior area for animal feed; an outlet attached to the feed storage container at a first end and extending to a second end to allow the animal feed to flow therethrough via gravity to the second end; an access device attached at the second end of the outlet; a motor in electrical communication with the access device to open and close the access device to provide and remove access to the animal feed; and a control system in electrical communication with the motor to send commands to the motor, the control system having a programmable chip; and a sensor suite, the sensor suite collecting information to provide to the programmable chip; the programmable chip operates a timer based on the information from the sensor suite to open and close the access device; a data log is created.

Abstract: A method for external fish parasite monitoring in aquaculture, comprising the steps of: —submerging a camera in a sea pen comprising fish; —capturing images of the fish with the camera; and —identifying external fish parasite on the fish by analyzing the captured images, characterized by the steps of: —distinguishing between at least two different classes of external fish parasite which differ in the difficulty of recognizing the external fish parasite; —calculating quality metrics for each captured image, the quality metrics permitting to identify the classes of external fish parasite for which the quality of the image is sufficient for lice detection.

Abstract: A water change system comprises a water change device that performs automated water changes. The water change device automatically drains an amount of water needing replacement from a reservoir and replenishes the reservoir with a predetermined amount of clean water. The water change device comprises a reservoir port, an output port, an input port, a controller, and an enclosure. In a draining mode, water is pumped from the reservoir, through the reservoir port and into a drain or output tank via the output port. In the reservoir filling mode, clean water from an input tank or water source is pumped into the input port of the water change device and to the reservoir via the reservoir port. The water change device automatically performs water changes in accordance with a water change schedule or in response to user input. The water change device is configurable via a touch display or remotely.

Abstract: Systems and methods for cultivating or accumulating climate-focused marine target products are described herein. The target product may be microalgae, macroalgae, plankton, marine bacteria or archaea, filter feeders (such as oysters or clams), or crustaceans either for the purpose of bioremediation, eventual cultivation or for sequestering carbon dioxide; or the target product may be direct chemical or biological accumulation of carbon or carbon containing organisms. The system is primarily a floating apparatus designed to hold the target product in a region of the water column and in a spatial region of the water where it will best accumulate target product mass. In some embodiments the system is designed to achieve eventual passive sinking (transformation from a floating to sinking apparatus) into the deep ocean. In some embodiments, the system is equipped with purpose-chosen sensors to instrument and quantify the various biological and mechanical processes occurring onboard.

Abstract: System for treating inner walls of aquatic basins, including at least one working head, a mobility assembly for moving the working head along a wall to be treated, the working head having a working disc arranged in a rotational manner and connected to a rotary shaft which can be driven by a disc motor, the working disc bearing a wall contact foam having a plurality of radial slots connecting the center of rotation of the disc to the periphery of the disc.

Abstract: A water tank cleaning tool comprising an underwater air vacuum with separate air and water exhaust channels, allowing the user to vacuum and clean the tank substrate without removing water from the tank.

Abstract: An underwater lighting system includes a light housing. The light housing includes a weighted base having a bottom surface with a bottom edge and a cover. The cover and the weighted base cooperate to define a cover interior. The cover interior is waterproof. The light housing also includes a light source positioned within the cover interior. The underwater lighting system is configured to prevent a fishing lure or cast net from snagging on the underwater lighting system.

Abstract: An improved fishing rod butt component that has only one non-rusting, self-latching, moving part which can rotate smoothly from a self-locking literal alignment with the fishing rod into a non-injurious, moveable within ninety (90) degrees to a lower barrel T shaped body (e.g., requiring no positioning pins, levers, potentially rusting springs, screws, wooden covers, wedges or retainers) to be held against the body of the fisherman or user during a fish fight. The fishing rod butt can be retro-fitted as an improvement to an existing or pre-owned fishing rod that needs additional comfort and stability also includes a gimbal butt apparatus.

Abstract: A pest sensor and a detector for use in a pest sensing system are described. The pest sensor comprises a processor configured to: receive a first signal indicative of a first impedance across a first sensing circuit; receive a second signal indicative of a second impedance across a second sensing circuit; and in response to detecting that one of the first or second signals differs from the other by more than a predefined difference threshold, output an indication of pest activity.

Abstract: An insect trap assembly including a vented top with a top rim adjacent an insect attractant container, a bottom tip in the container, and a surface between the top rim and the bottom tip, including vent(s) to emit attractant vapor to insects outside the assembly and entrance hole(s) connected to the vent(s), where the vapor and/or a light attracts insects to land and travel on the vent into entrance holes for capture in the container.

Abstract: A rodent bait station comprises a housing defining at least one entrance, a bait holding area arranged within the housing for storing a quantity of rodent bait for consumption, and an electronics assembly. The electronics assembly includes a capacitor arranged proximate the bait holding area and having a characteristic capacitance indicative of the quantity of bait in the bait holding area, and a controller for measuring the characteristic capacitance of the capacitor. A processor of the electronics assembly estimates a quantity of bait in the bait holding area according to the measured characteristic capacitance, and transmits via a transmitter a wireless signal indicative of one of the measured characteristic capacitance or the estimated quantity of bait in the bait holding area.

Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for a suspended center frame attached to boom wings, and coupled to a fixed center frame. A suspended center frame can be suspended from a fixed center frame with a bearing at a pivot point to allow for pivoting in multiple axes. The suspended frame can comprise one or more dampers that are operably, pivotably coupled with the fixed frame to dampen movement of the suspended frame in the roll axis; and one or more connecting links that are operably, pivotably coupled with the fixed frame to control movement of the suspended frame in the yaw and/or pitch axis. The pivot point can be located above the center of gravity of a suspended portion of the system, and proximate a top portion of the fixed frame; and the links and dampers can be disposed at a bottom portion of the suspended frame.

Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for a center frame positioning method for an agricultural sprayer. The method comprises activating a center frame positioning system and collecting and processing position data related to a position of a suspended center frame in the center frame positioning system. The method further comprises evaluating the position data to determine whether any adjustment to the position of the suspended center frame is needed and controlling actuator force in at least one actuator to adjust the position of the suspended center frame based on the evaluating the position data.

Abstract: It is described herein an improved cryogenic storage unit (100). The improved cryogenic storage unit (100) may include an apparatus (1000) for thermal regulation in a cryogenic freezer (100). The improved cryogenic storage unit (100) may also include a cable gland (2000). The improved cryogenic storage unit (100) may also include a bearing assembly (3000). The improved cryogenic storage unit (100) may also include a system (4000) for charging a cryogen to a cryogenic freezer (100). The improved cryogenic storage unit (100) may also include a venting system (5000). The improved cryogenic storage unit (100) may also include an alignment of a lid (5300) and a handle (6000).

Abstract: A microbial inoculant composition includes aquatic bacterial species. In some embodiments, the microbial inoculant composition includes at least one of an aquatic Pseudomonas spp. and a Clostridium spp.