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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2020
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Cary S. Hubner, Geneseo, IL (US);
Grant J. Wonderlich, Milan, IL (US);
Mark E. Barker, Johnston, IA (US);
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
An agricultural row unit adapted to be moved over soil by an agricultural planter to clear crop residue includes a residue clearing disk or brush. The row unit may include a motor to drive rotation of a crop residue disk or brush. The agriculture row unit may also include a controller configured to adjust the operating speed of the motor in response to factors internal and/or external to the agricultural row unit. The factors may include at least one of a speed of the agricultural planter along the row, a height of crop residue disk or brush the relative to a surface of the soil, a height of the crop residue disk or brush relative to a surface of the soil, amount of crop residue in the row, and a downforce pressure on the row unit.