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US 9,938,202 B2Granted
Coating for improved granular fertilizer efficiency
AssigneeLandview, Inc.
InventorsKory J. Wheeler, Roy M. Young, Gregg M. Harman, Micheal W. Hill
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Abstract
A fertilizer granule having a coating on at least of portion of a surface of the granule. The coating is made of one or more complexing agents and a coating agent of one or more of a fatty acid, fatty acid ester, organic oil mineral oil or combinations thereof. The coating may optionally include a surfactant and micronutrients. The coated fertilizer granules demonstrates a noted improvement in the utilization of the nutrients of plants and crops.
Claims16
A granule fertilizer coating system comprising:
- (a) a dry component having a complexing agent capable of dissolution through contact with water, and
- (b) a liquid component having a coating agent and optionally a surfactant, wherein the dry component and the liquid component when blended with a plurality of fertilizer granules are capable of forming a coating on at least a portion of a surface of the fertilizer granules, wherein the coating agent comprises a fatty acid ester, a fatty acid, an organic oil, a mineral oil, or combination thereof, and wherein the fatty acid ester, the fatty acid, the organic oil, or the mineral oil is methylated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.