Method and system for automated tracing of an agricultural product
CA 2423221 A1 · Owner: Wagner, Thomas Kent · Inventors: Sommer, Mark Steven; Wagner, Thomas Kent; Faivre, Stephen Michael
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A method and system of tracing an agricultural product relates to recording of at least one of planting information growing information, harvesting , information chemical information, and weather information (e.g. electronically recorded) concerning a crop to form a data profile for a corresponding crop. Once harvested, the crop is segregated from intermixing with other harvested crops by placing the, crop in one or more containers, each having a corresponding identifier. The data, profile is associated with the container profile for later referencing of the data profile.
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- Filed March 20, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 20, 2023.
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