AGRICULTURAL SAMPLING SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS

An automated computer-controlled sampling system and related methods for collecting, processing, and analyzing agricultural samples for various chemical properties such as plant available nutrients. The sampling system allows multiple samples to be processed and analyzed for different analytes or ch...

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Hauptverfasser:	SWANSON, Todd, LITWILLER, Riley, SCHAEFER, Timothy A
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ACTUATING-FLOATS AGRICULTURE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY BLASTING CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE COCKS DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS FISHING FORESTRY GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS HEATING HUMAN NECESSITIES HUNTING INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES LIGHTING MEASURING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PARTS, DETAILS, OR ACCESSORIES OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINES ORIMPLEMENTS, IN GENERAL PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL PHYSICS POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS PUMPS PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS SOIL WORKING IN AGRICULTURE OR FORESTRY TAPS TESTING THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL TRANSPORTING TRAPPING VALVES WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	An automated computer-controlled sampling system and related methods for collecting, processing, and analyzing agricultural samples for various chemical properties such as plant available nutrients. The sampling system allows multiple samples to be processed and analyzed for different analytes or chemical properties in a simultaneous concurrent or semi-concurrent manner. Advantageously, the system can process soil samples in the "as collected" condition without drying or grinding to produce a sample slurry. The system includes a chemical analysis sub-system which processes and analyzes the prepared slurry for quantifying multiple analytes and/or chemical properties of the sample. The chemical analysis sub-system may be embodied in a multi-layered microfluidic manifold processing substrate comprising microfluidic devices which extract and quantify the concentration of analytes or other chemical parameters associated with the sample. The system can be used to analyze various type of agricultural-related samples including soil, vegetation, manure, milk or other.