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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2023
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Grant J. Wonderlich, Milan, IL (US);
Zimin W. Vilar, Dubuque, IA (US);
Bradley W. Van De Woestyne, West Des Moines, IA (US);
Timothy A. Wilcox, Cissna Park, IL (US);
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
An agricultural planting machine includes a row unit that opens a furrow in a field at which the agricultural planting machine operates and a seed supply system that delivers a seed to the furrow. The agricultural planting machine further includes one or more seed quality sensors that observe the seed as the seed is within the seed supply system and generate sensor data indicative of the quality of the seed. The agricultural planting machine additionally includes a control system that generates seed quality value indicative of a quality of the seed based on the sensor data indicative of the quality of the seed and generates a control signal based on the seed quality value.