Patent ID: 7434375

Claim:
A method of harvesting, comprising: collecting harvested product within a continuously constructed flexible container, the continuously constructed flexible container being configured as a tube, the tube being formed of a continuous sheet of flexible, plastic material; sealing the harvested product within discrete sections of the continuously constructed flexible container such that harvested product sealed within a first discrete section of the container is isolated from harvested product sealed within a second discrete section of the container and the first discrete section is interconnected with the second discrete section; attaching a traceability device to a surface of each of the discrete sections of the continuously constructed flexible container to allow the harvested product included within each section to be tracked; and unwinding the continuously constructed flexible container from a roll, the roll being coupled to a combine harvester, and directing the continuously constructed flexible container including the interconnected harvested product-containing sealed sections of the continuously constructed flexible container from the combine harvester onto a field when the combine harvester is moving in a generally forward direction, thereby providing for in-field storage of the harvested product at a pre-determined rate, the continuously constructed flexible container being stored on a roll and connected to the combine harvester.