Patent ID: 11871698
Assignee: 10691976 CANADA LTD.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A method for growing crops in a growth medium comprising:
on a harvesting machine harvesting elements from crops in the growth medium;
using a common threshing system to separate the harvested elements from other crop material;
collecting the harvested elements from the common threshing system as a common supply of the separated harvested elements;
causing relative movement between the growth medium and the harvesting machine;
wherein there is provided a device for singulating the harvested elements from the common supply into a singulated stream of the harvested elements so that each harvested element is singulated from the other harvested elements into a singulated stream of the harvested elements for measurement,
using a sensing system to measure at least one property of each of the singulated elements independently of the other singulated elements while in the singulated stream;
dividing some of the singulated elements from others of the singulated elements into a separate path based on the property sensed;
and planting seeds from at least some of the collected elements in said growth medium.