Methods and systems to reduce theft in ground-based crop spraying operations

A material tracking system configured to track agricultural material to be transferred from a first entity to a second entity, the material tracking system comprising:

• a transaction management system configured to
• generate a transaction record indicating a destination location for the agricultural material and a first amount of the agricultural material to be applied at the destination location;
• receive (i) measurement information indicating a second amount of the agricultural material applied by vendor equipment at the destination location and (ii) location information indicating locations of the vendor equipment while applying the second amount of the agricultural material;
• update the transaction record based on the received measurement information and location information;
• and
• at least one of
• transmit, using a satellite data communication protocol, the transaction record to the second entity, and
• determine whether any of the agricultural material was not applied at the destination location based on a comparison between the first amount and the second amount and transmitting a notification based on the determination.

A transaction management system configured to track agricultural material to be transferred from a first entity to a second entity, the transaction management system comprising:

• a controller configured to
• generate, based on a transaction for a first amount of agricultural material, a transaction record indicating a destination location for the first amount of the agricultural material;
• at least one of (i) identify vendor equipment containing at least the first amount of the agricultural material and (ii) update the transaction record to include a transfer event indicating a transfer of at least the first amount of the agricultural material to the vendor equipment;
• receive, from the vendor equipment, (i) measurement information indicating a second amount of the agricultural material applied by vendor equipment at the destination location and (ii) location information indicating locations that the vendor equipment is applying the second amount of the agricultural material;
• update the transaction record based on the received measurement information and location information;
• and
• at least one of (i) transmit the transaction record to the second entity, and (ii) determine whether any of the agricultural material was not applied at the destination location based on a comparison between the first amount and the second amount and transmitting a notification to the second entity based on the determination.