Patent ID: 9538714
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: A01G,G06Q

Claim:
1. A method for managing resource use, the method comprising: identifying by one or more computers individual resource needs for each plant in a plurality of plants to form individual resource needs; identifying conditions in an environment in which the plurality of plants are located using a sensor system to form current conditions; calculating by the one or more computers a plurality of per plant prescriptions for the plurality of plants using the individual resource needs and the current conditions, wherein the plurality of per plant prescriptions for the plurality of plants are directed to individual plants in the plurality of plants, wherein each per plant prescription in the plurality of per plant prescriptions is specially formulated for a given individual plant in the plurality of plants; and dispensing a mobile utility vehicle to the each plant in the plurality of plants to automatically apply a resource to the each plant according to the each per plant prescription.