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Granted Patent B2
US 11,358,906 · App. 16/511,828 · Granted Jun 14, 2022

Black nitrogen—a milk-based fertilizer

Inventors: William Robert Selkirk, Jr. (Cambridge City, IN); Rebecca Sue Selkirk (Cambridge City, IN)
C05B17/00A01N65/03C05F11/00
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Patent No.
US 11,358,906
App. No.
16/511,828
Granted
Jun 14, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fertilizer product and method to compose based on milk. Dairy Milk from ruminant animals like cows and goats has been used for centuries for fertilizer and pesticides. The poor efficacy obtained previously was due to the high fat content of these milk sources. Along with the benefits of using milk-based fertilizer, one must include its drawbacks. These include using too much milk, or rather too much fat in the milk, since the bacteria in it will spoil and result in a foul odor and poor growth and crop yield. This fertilizer product and method to compose results in the fertilizer compositions that contain a nutrient ingredient, which is the de-fatted milk, as a liquid or dry product, and are utilized between 10 percent weight and 95 percent and are a stabilizer and chelator for Nitrogen-Phosphorus-Potassium utilization, as well as other known crop minerals.

Claims (21)

1. A milk-based fertilizer composition prepared by a process comprising: removing any amount of a fat with a defatting process from a quantity of a milk, obtained from a ruminant animal, to make an amount of skim milk a main nutrient ingredient, the skim milk comprising between 40 and 97 percent by weight of the milk-based fertilizer composition; adding an amount of a citric acid to the skim milk, the amount of citric acid consists essentially of 3 per cent by weight of the milk-based fertilizer composition; mixing an amount of a chelate substance by weight of the milk-based fertilizer composition whereby the chelate substance is a combination of a fulvic acid and a humic acid

wherein the milk-based fertilizer composition contains Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, and Calcium, and whereby the milk-based fertilizer composition further contains proteins, urea nitrogen, and at least one mineral.

2. The milk-based fertilizer composition of claim 1 further comprising a seaweed powder comprising between 5 and 10 percent by weight of the milk-based fertilizer composition whereby a performance of the milk-based fertilizer composition as measured by a crop yield is increased.

3. The milk-based fertilizer composition of claim 2 wherein the seaweed powder is selected from a group consisting of a red marine alga, a green marine alga, and a brown marine alga.

4. The milk-based fertilizer composition of claim 1 further comprising an additive of at least one L-Amino Acid whereby a performance of the milk-based fertilizer composition as measured by a crop yield is increased.

5. The milk-based fertilizer composition of claim 4 whereby the at least one L-Amino Acid is selected from a group consisting of L-Aspartic Acid, L-Threonine, L-Serine, L-Glutamic Acid, L-Proline, Glycine, L-Alanine, L-Cystine, L-Valine L-Methionine, L-Isoleucine, L-Leucine, L-Tyrosine, L-Phenylalanine, L-Lysine, L-Histidine and L-Arginine.

6. The milk-based fertilizer composition of claim 1 further comprising a soil microbe comprising between 0 and 2 percent by weight of the milk-based fertilizer composition whereby a performance of the milk-based fertilizer composition as measured by a crop yield is increased.

7. The milk-based fertilizer composition of claim 6 wherein the soil microbe is selected from a group consisting of Bacillus Megaterium, Bacillus Subtilis, Bacillus Licheniformis, Bacillus Simplex , Brasiliense, N-FIXING Microbes, Bacillus Pumilus, Bacillus Amyloliquefaciens Streptomyces Lydicus , and Trichoderma Harzianum.

8. A milk-based fertilizer composition of claim 1 further containing urea nitrogen and at least one mineral whereby a performance of the milk-based fertilizer composition as measured by a crop yield is increased.

9. The milk-based fertilizer composition of claim 8 wherein the at least one mineral is selected from a group consisting of sulfur, cobalt, iron, sodium, copper, manganese, magnesium, molybdenum, and zinc.

10. The milk-based fertilizer composition of claim 1 wherein the defatting process is selected from a group consisting of defatting the milk with a centrifuge and defatting the milk with a cream separation machine.

11. A milk-based fertilizer composition prepared by a process comprising: removing any amount of a fat with a defatting process from a quantity of a milk, obtained from a ruminant animal, to make an amount of skim milk a main nutrient ingredient, the skim milk comprising between 40 and 97 percent by weight of the milk-based fertilizer composition; adding an amount of a citric acid to the skim milk, the amount of citric acid consists essentially of 3 per cent by weight of the milk-based fertilizer composition; mixing at least one of a preservative at a prescribed amount; mixing an amount of a chelate substance by weight of the milk-based fertilizer composition whereby the chelate substance is a combination of a fulvic acid and a humic acid wherein the milk-based fertilizer composition contains Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, and Calcium and whereby the milk-based fertilizer composition further contains proteins, urea nitrogen, and at least one mineral.

12. The milk-based fertilizer composition of claim 11 further comprising a seaweed powder comprising between 5 and 10 percent by weight of the milk-based fertilizer composition whereby a performance of the milk-based fertilizer composition as measured by a crop yield is increased.

13. The milk-based fertilizer composition of claim 12 wherein the seaweed powder is selected from a group consisting of a red marine alga, a green marine alga, and a brown marine alga.

14. The milk-based fertilizer composition of claim 11 further comprising an additive of at least one L-Amino Acid whereby a performance of the milk-based fertilizer composition as measured by a crop yield is increased.

15. The milk-based fertilizer composition of claim 14 whereby the at least one L-Amino Acid is selected from a group consisting of L-Aspartic Acid, L-Threonine, L-Serine, L-Glutamic Acid, L-Proline, Glycine, L-Alanine, L-Cystine, L-Valine L-Methionine, L-Isoleucine, L-Leucine, L-Tyrosine, L-Phenylalanine, L-Lysine, L-Histidine and L-Arginine.

16. The milk-based fertilizer composition of claim 11 further comprising a soil microbe comprising between 0 and 2 percent by weight of the milk-based fertilizer composition whereby a performance of the milk-based fertilizer composition as measured by a crop yield is increased.

17. The milk-based fertilizer composition of claim 16 wherein the soil microbe is selected from a group consisting of Bacillus Megaterium, Bacillus Subtilis, Bacillus Licheniformis, Bacillus Simplex , Brasiliense, N-FIXING Microbes, Bacillus Pumilus, Bacillus Amyloliquefaciens Streptomyces Lydicus, Trichoderma Harzianum.

18. A milk-based fertilizer composition of claim 11 further containing urea nitrogen and at least one mineral whereby a performance of the milk-based fertilizer composition as measured by a crop yield is increased.

19. The milk-based fertilizer composition of claim 18 wherein the at least one mineral is selected from a group consisting of sulfur, cobalt, iron, sodium, copper, manganese, magnesium, molybdenum, and zinc.

20. The milk-based fertilizer composition of claim 11 wherein the defatting process is selected from a group consisting of defatting the milk with a centrifuge and defatting the milk with a cream separation machine.

Continuity (2)
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