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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2020
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., Ames, IA (US);
Cary S. Hubner, Geneseo, IL (US);
Matthew J. Darr, Ames, IA (US);
Justin Borgstadt, West Des Moines, IA (US);
John P. Just, Ames, IA (US);
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A mobile agricultural machine includes a row unit having a furrow opener mounted to the row unit and configured to engage a surface of ground to open a furrow in the ground. A furrow closer is mounted to the row unit behind the furrow opener and configured to engage the surface of the ground to close the furrow. A furrow sensor system is mounted to the row unit and configured to sense characteristics relative to the furrow opened by the furrow opener and generate a sensor signal indicative of the characteristics. The mobile agricultural machine can further include a control system configured to determine a furrow quality metric corresponding to the furrow sensed by the furrow sensor system based on the sensor signal and generate an action signal to control an action of the mobile agricultural machine based on the furrow quality metric.