Patent ID: 7743699

Claim:
A system for applying inoculants to forage material comprising: an inoculant container for storing and dispensing an amount of inoculants, and an auger disposed in the container for controllably dispensing the inoculants; a conveying line for conveying the inoculants from the container to a pre-designated location; a forage material transport element for transporting the forage material from a field to a processing machine; means for sensing moisture in the forage material as it is transported into the processing machine, and prior to the forage material being transported to a baling chamber of the processing machine; and a controller for receiving signals from the means for sensing indicative of the moisture content of the forage material, and said controller transmitting a control signal to a motor which drives the auger to vary the speed of the auger in order to dispense a pre-determined amount of inoculants in response to the sensed moisture content.