Precision Planting, Inc.

Agco Do Brasil Solucoes Agricolas Ltda

Jeremy J Hodel

Derek A Sauder

Ian Radtke

Dale M Koch

Todd Swanson

Timothy Kater

Dillon Sloneker

Jason J Stoller

Michael Strnad

Douglas Urbaniak

Kent Levy

Phil D Baurer

Tim Sauder

Ben L Schlipf

Cory Muhlbauer

Matthew Morgan

Justin L Koch

Chad E Plattner

Doug Sauder

Gregg A Sauder

Timothy A Sauder

Adam Vaccari

Matthew P Morgan

Reid Harman

Tracy Leman

Riley Litwiller

Dexter Travis

Nicholas Minarich

Jarlis Luiz Matter

Doug Urbaniak

Jordan Charles Solberg

Derek(deceased) Sauder

Douglas William Urbaniak

Dillion Sloneker

Dale Koch

Ian R Radtke

A system for sensing characteristics of a trench in a soil surface during planting operations. A trench opening assembly opens a trench in the soil surface as the trench opening assembly moves in a forward direction of travel. A trench closing assembly disposed rearward of the trench opening assembly closes the opened trench with soil. One or more sensors may be disposed on an appurtenance disposed in said trench configured to provide characteristics of an area of the open trench or an area of the trench closed with soil by the trench closing assembly or a sensor may be disposed outside of said trench configured to provide characteristics of an area of the trench closed with soil or a combination of the sensors may be disposed in the trench and outside of the trench.

Seed trench closing sensors

Apparatus for adjusting the depth of a trench opened by a row unit () of an agricultural planter. The row unit () includes a trench depth adjustment assembly () configured to modify the trench depth. The trench depth adjustment assembly () includes a depth adjustment body () pivotally connected via a pivot () to a frame member () of the row unit (). An electric motor () is operable to cause rotation of a shaft () operably coupled with the depth adjustment body (), whereby rotation of the shaft () causes the depth adjustment body () to pivotally move about the pivot () thereby changing a position of contact of the depth adjustment body () with a gauge wheel arm (), thus changing the amount of upward travel of the gauge wheel () with respect to a trench opening disc () and thus the depth of the trench.

Agricultural trench depth systems, methods, and apparatus

A system that is able to vary a depth of a row cleaner by adjusting a downforce applied to the row cleaner to promote planting at a desired seed depth and soil moisture.

Systems and apparatuses for soil and seed monitoring

An agricultural toolbar having: a frame; a wheel mounted to the frame and disposed to be on one side of a trench opened by a furrow opening assembly, wherein the wheel has a channel disposed from the outer circumference and radially inward toward the center of the wheel and disposed to at least partially accept a fluid injector at least partially within the channel; and wherein the fluid injector is disposed behind the wheel.

Systems, methods, and apparatus for agricultural material application

An agricultural implement including an implement frame, a trench opener, a gauge wheel arm and a depth adjustment assembly. A depth adjustment body is disposed between the depth adjustment assembly and the gauge wheel arm. An accelerometer is disposed on at least one of the depth adjustment assembly, the gauge wheel arm and the depth adjustment body and is configured to detect a position thereof. The accelerometer is disposed such that none of the x-axis, y-axis and z-axis of the accelerometer are perpendicular to the soil surface across the entire range of motion of the depth adjustment assembly, the gauge wheel arm or depth adjustment body to which the accelerometer is attached.

Agricultural trench depth sensing systems, methods, and apparatus

A system for seed orientation includes a seed disk capable of rotation in operation and having at least one singulator to adjust an orientation of seed to a desired seed orientation for placement within a furrow during planting. A vision system in proximity to the seed disk determines seed orientation data for seed on the seed disk.

Systems, implements, and methods for seed orientation with adjustable singulators during planting

A row planting unit closing system including a first stage closing unit adapted to be attached to a row planting unit and including: a first stage frame; and a set of at least one row closing wheel having a closing angle orientation non-perpendicular relative to the ground; and wherein the first stage frame is attached at a first end to the row planting unit, the first stage frame comprising a linkage mechanism for setting a toe in angle orientation of the set of at least one row closing wheel relative to the first stage frame.

Row closing assemblies

Systems, implements, and methods for seed orientation during planting operations of agricultural plants include a system for seed orientation having a vision system positioned in proximity to a seed disk. The vision system determines seed orientation data for seed on the seed disk. A seed belt receives seed from the seed disk and the seed belt adjusts an orientation of the seed from the seed disk to a desired seed orientation within a furrow during planting.

Systems, implements, and methods for seed orientation within agricultural fields

An agricultural row unit includes a knife disposed ahead of the gauge wheel for delivering material to soil adjacent to a trench. In one example, an agricultural row unit includes a frame, a wheel mounted to the frame, and a knife disposed ahead of the wheel and comprising a material delivery conduit disposed on, through, or adjacent the knife.

A seed unit for placing seeds into soil is described herein. A seed unit includes a seed meter for singulating seeds, a shaft to deliver the seeds into soil during operation, and an actuator coupled to the shaft. The actuator moves the shaft during operation and the shaft delivers seeds into the soil without a continuous seed trench.

Seed injector

Systems, methods, and apparatus for closing a planting trench include a disc assembly for loosening soil adjacent to the planting trench. In some embodiments a closing wheel assembly has a subframe, a vertical pivot mounting the closing wheel subframe to a row unit subframe, and a air of pivot arms. The closing wheel subframe pivots relative to the subframe of the row unit.

Planting trench closing systems, methods, and apparatus

Systems, methods and apparatus for adjusting the depth of a trench opened by a row unit of an agricultural planter. The row unit includes a trench depth adjustment assembly configured to modify the furrow depth. In one embodiment, the depth adjustment assembly may include a gear box having one or more gears which engage with a gear rack. The gear box may be pivotally connected to a depth adjustment body supporting a rocker that adjusts upward travel of gauge wheel arms. In another embodiment, the depth adjustment assembly may include a depth adjustment arm having a screw receiver that cooperates with a driven screw that adjusts the position of the depth adjustment arm acting on the gauge wheels to adjust trench depth.

A seed delivery apparatus and methods in which a seed conveyor delivers seed from a metering device to a furrow in a controlled manner to maintain seed placement accuracy within the furrow.

Seed delivery apparatus, systems, and methods

A trench closing sensor adapted to mount to an agricultural implement to detect whether a seed trench is sufficiently closed with soil to ensure good seed to soil contact. The trench closing sensor may also detect the amount of compaction of the soil over the seed within the seed trench. The trench closing sensor may be in the form of a seed firmer from which a drag wire extends. As the open seed trench and drag wire are covered with soil, instrumentation measures or detects whether the seed trench is being adequately closed with soil by measuring the amount of force required to pull the wire through the soil or by measuring the amount of strain, pulling force or tension in the wire or by measuring the amount of soil pressure acting on the wire. The trench closing sensor may include other sensors for detecting soil characteristics.

A row unit downforce system including: a downforce actuator in operational communication with the row unit and constructed and arranged to apply supplemental downforce to the row unit and opening disks; a monitoring system comprising at least one furrow depth sensor constructed and arranged to generate furrow depth values; and a control system module, wherein the control system module is constructed and arranged to generate actuator command signals in response to the furrow depth values.

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Roanoke, IL, United States of America

Jeremy J Hodel