Systems and methods for manufacture of controlled release of agricultural cores

A system for coating agricultural cores with a flexible film, the system comprising:

• a carrier having an exterior face including a connecting structure and a plurality of core supports recessed relative to the connecting structure, each core support including
• a central region to support the respective agricultural core, the central region including an aperture of a first fluid conduit;
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• a core periphery region surrounding the respective agricultural core, the core periphery region including a plurality of apertures of a second fluid conduit;
• and
• a vacuum system in fluid communication with the first fluid conduit and the second fluid conduit, for a respective core support the vacuum system controls an application of a partial vacuum to the first fluid conduit independent of an application of a partial vacuum to the second fluid conduit.