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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2023
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Troy M. Heims, Davenport, IA (US);
Nathan E. Krehbiel, Bettendorf, IA (US);
Duane M. Bomleny, Geneseo, IL (US);
Curtis R. Hammer, Bettendorf, IA (US);
Nathan R. Vandike, Geneseo, IL (US);
Meghna Chandrasekaran, Moline, IL (US);
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
An agricultural system comprises a stalk-diameter sensing system associated with a row unit and configured to sense diameter-related data of respective stalks and generate signals based on the diameter-related data. Deck plates associated with the row unit are spaced apart to define a deck plate spacing. A deck plate positioning system is coupled to at least one of the deck plates to adjust the deck plate spacing. A control system is configured to communicate with the stalk-diameter sensing system and the deck plate positioning system. The control system is configured to receive the signals, determine a statistical representative stalk diameter for a sample of stalks based on the diameter-related data, determine a target deck plate spacing based on the statistical representative stalk diameter, and output a control signal to command the deck plate positioning system to set the deck plate spacing based on the target deck plate spacing.