ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,502, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to 101288550 SASKATCHEWAN LTD. (Assiniboia, Canada).

"Multi-crop valve for agricultural inter-cropping" was invented by Cameron Bodie (Assiniboia, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve for use with an air seeder apparatus to selectively seed one or two crops in a field is provided. The valve can include a first inlet connectable to a first air stream carrying a first crop seed, a second inlet connectable to a second air stream carrying a second crop seed, an outlet connectable to a opener hose running to an opener on the air seeder apparatus, and gate valves selectable to: place the firs...