Patent ID: 8489437
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a processor, first data associated with an impact on groundwater pollution and surface water pollution, the impact on the groundwater pollution and the surface water pollution resulting from a production of an agricultural product within a predetermined time period, the first data being received from a single agricultural production system; receiving, by the processor, second data associated with the impact on the groundwater pollution and surface water pollution, the impact on the groundwater pollution and surface water pollution resulting from the production of the agricultural product within the predetermined time period, the second data being received from a plurality of agricultural production systems; calculating, by the processor, descriptive and inferential statistic on the second data; generating, by the processor, a benchmark result based on the second data and for comparing the first data against the second data benchmark; and displaying, by the processor, in real-time the benchmark result and the descriptive and inferential statistic˜and wherein the single agricultural production system includes one or more of a production unit, a production practice or a biological process.