Facilitating environmental resource and/or energy management on farms
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1. A method of facilitating environmental resource energy management on farms, the method comprising:
- for each of a plurality of farms, collecting sensor data descriptive of energy use and/or energy production on the farm;
for each of at least a sub-plurality of the farms determining one or more farming industry segments engaged in on the farm, and analyzing at least some of the collected sensor data as relating to the one or more industry segments to obtain a farm-specific analysis of energy management; and
making at least some of the collected data and/or farm-specific analyses available to one or more parties unaffiliated with the farm.
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Abstract
A method of facilitating environmental resource and/or energy management on farms. From each of a plurality of farms, data is collected relating to environmental resource and/or energy management on the farm. For each farm, at least some of the data is monitored to provide a verification of one or more conditions related to a goal of the environmental resource and/or energy management. For one of the farms, the verification is communicated to a party unaffiliated with the one of the farms.
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50 Claims
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1. A method of facilitating environmental resource energy management on farms, the method comprising:
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for each of a plurality of farms, collecting sensor data descriptive of energy use and/or energy production on the farm; for each of at least a sub-plurality of the farms determining one or more farming industry segments engaged in on the farm, and analyzing at least some of the collected sensor data as relating to the one or more industry segments to obtain a farm-specific analysis of energy management; and making at least some of the collected data and/or farm-specific analyses available to one or more parties unaffiliated with the farm. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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20. A method of compiling farm environmental resource data for use in the agricultural industry, the method comprising:
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collecting, from each of a plurality of farms representing a plurality of farming industry segments, farm-specific data descriptive of environmental resource management being performed on the farm; receiving, from a specific one of the farms, a request for a proposal for improving the environmental resource management being performed on the specific farm; in response to the request, analyzing a portion of the collected data relating to a farming industry segment represented on the specific farm, to determine a scenario for implementing one or more environmental resource management-related products and/or applications on the specific farm; and making the collected data and scenario available to at least one party unaffiliated with the one of the farms. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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49. A web-based system for facilitating improvements to farm energy production and/or usage, the system comprising at least one processor and memory configured to:
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receive data descriptive of one or more energy-related conditions at a specific farm receive, from a party affiliated with the specific farm, a request for a scenario for improving energy management on the specific farm; retrieve, from one or more databases, data descriptive of energy use and/or energy production at a plurality of farms and data descriptive of a plurality of energy-related products and/or applications; analyze the received and retrieved data to identify one or more energy-related products and/or applications in connection with which one or more benefits may be obtainable by the affiliated party if implemented on the specific farm; and based on the analysis, output a scenario to the affiliated party for implementing the one or more energy-related products and/or applications and obtaining the one or more benefits. - View Dependent Claims (50)
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