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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2021
Applicant:
Bourgault Industries Ltd., St. Brieux, CA;
Inventors:
Mark Cresswell, St. Brieux, CA;
Devin Lung, St. Brieux, CA;
Assignee:
Bourgault Industries Ltd., St. Brieux, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/20 (2006.01); A01C 5/06 (2006.01); A01C 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/203 (2013.01); A01C 5/062 (2013.01); A01C 5/068 (2013.01); A01C 7/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of improving crop yields by optimizing seed depth and a separation distance between seeds and fertilizer during planting into a field surface as soil conditions change between negative field portions and positive field portions of the field surface and the transitional field portion lying between the negative and positive field portions wherein the seed depth and separation distance between seeds and fertilizer is increased in adverse soil conditions and decreased in favorable soil conditions.