Methods and Systems for Monitoring Crop Management and Transport

Abstract

Methods and system for multi-dimensional environmental monitoring, systematic dissection of interpretive relationships and extensive computational analysis, which can be displayed in a visual real-time data-rich web-based configuration called AdviroGuard™ interpretive analysis. Additionally, methods and systems for monitoring crop production, the logistics of crop transport, and the impact of crop production and transport on the environment.

1 . A method, comprising:
 (a) receiving data related to crop management;   (b) determining a crop management profile from the data;   (c) generating a unique identifier that is associated with the crop management profile; and   (d) providing the crop management profile to a user in response to a request for the unique identifier.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the unique identifier is associated with a symbol affixed to a product. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the data related to crop management is received from a plurality of sensors. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the data related to crop management is received from a grower. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein providing the crop management profile to a user in response to a request for the unique identifier comprises displaying the crop management profile to a user at a kiosk or a website. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the website is a social networking website. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the data related to crop management comprises a plurality of data readings, and wherein determining a crop management profile comprises determining a metric based at least on a difference between a first reading in a plurality of data readings and a second reading in a plurality of data readings, wherein the metric has a value. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the plurality of data readings comprise time-stamped resource measurements from a plurality of sensors in a medium. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the metric is moisture in a medium. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the medium is soil. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein determining a metric based at least on a difference between a first reading in the plurality of data readings and a second reading in the plurality of data readings comprises subtracting a value of the first reading from a value of the second reading, wherein the second reading occurred later in time than the first reading. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the data comprises one or more of weather, soil salinity, tillage operations, crop protection applications, fertilizer applications, or irrigation. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the crop management profile comprises one or more of crop water use efficiency, crop nutrient efficiency, or total carbon usage. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the metric is one or more of a season-end metric or an in-season metric. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the crop management data ranks crop-growing performance. 
     
     
         16 . A method, comprising:
 (a) receiving data related to crop transport;   (b) determining a crop transport profile from the data;   (c) generating a unique identifier that is associated with the crop transport profile; and   (d) providing the crop transport profile to a user in response to a request for the unique identifier.   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the unique identifier is associated with a symbol affixed to a product. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the data related to crop transport is received from a plurality of sensors. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the data related to crop transport comprises data obtained during crop manipulation. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , wherein the data obtained during crop manipulation comprises one or more of water cleanliness, oxidation-reduction potential, pH, sanitizer content, or microbial testing results. 
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the data related to crop transport comprises time-stamped product exchange data. 
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the crop transport profile comprises one or more of microbial loads, taste levels, or remaining shelf-life. 
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein providing the crop transport profile to a user in response to a request for the unique identifier comprises displaying the crop transport profile to a user at a kiosk or a website. 
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein the website is a social networking website. 
     
     
         25 . A system, comprising:
 a memory comprising a plurality of computer-executable instructions; and   a processor coupled to the memory and configured to carry out the steps of:   (a) receiving data related to crop management;   (b) determining a crop management profile from the data;   (c) generating a unique identifier that is associated with the crop management profile; and   (d) providing the crop management profile to a user in response to a request for the unique identifier.   
     
     
         26 . The system of  claim 25 , wherein the data related to crop management is received from a plurality of sensors. 
     
     
         27 . The system of  claim 25 , wherein the data related to crop management is received from a grower. 
     
     
         28 . The system of  claim 25 , wherein the unique identifier is associated with a symbol affixed to a product. 
     
     
         29 . The system of  claim 25 , wherein providing the crop management profile to a user in response to a request for the unique identifier comprises displaying the crop management profile to a user at a kiosk or a website. 
     
     
         30 . A system, comprising:
 a memory comprising a plurality of computer-executable instructions; and   a processor coupled to the memory and configured to carry out the steps of:   (a) receiving data related to crop transport;   (b) determining a crop transport profile from the data;   (c) generating a unique identifier that is associated with the crop transport profile; and   (d) providing the crop transport profile to a user in response to a request for the unique identifier.   
     
     
         31 . The system of  claim 30 , wherein the unique identifier is associated with a symbol affixed to a product. 
     
     
         32 . The system of  claim 30 , wherein the data related to crop transport is received from a plurality of sensors. 
     
     
         33 . The system of  claim 30 , wherein providing the crop transport profile to a user in response to a request for the unique identifier comprises displaying the crop transport profile to a user at a kiosk or a website.