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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2021
Agco Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Benjamin Anson Fanshier, Hesston, KS (US);
Monte J. Rans, Hesston, KS (US);
Ross Duerksen, Hesston, KS (US);
Zane Wesley Unrau, Wichita, KS (US);
Robert L. Figger, Hesston, KS (US);
AGCO Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Abstract
A system includes a tractor comprising a lifting hitch, and an implement comprising an implement frame carried by the lifting hitch. The implement frame has an integrated elongate toolbar carrying at least one row unit. A sensor is configured to sense a position of the at least one row unit relative to the ground. A control system is configured to receive a signal related to the sensed position of the at least one row unit relative to the ground and cause the lifting hitch to raise or lower a portion of the implement frame connected to the lifting hitch relative to the tractor based at least in part on the signal. Control systems and related methods are also disclosed.