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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2011
James David Logan, Pullman, WA (US);
Richard Wayne Lloyd, Lewiston, ID (US);
Wayne Lucas Mcproud, Moscow, ID (US);
James David Logan, Pullman, WA (US);
Richard Wayne Lloyd, Lewiston, ID (US);
Wayne Lucas McProud, Moscow, ID (US);
HPFM Drill Co., LLC, Pullman, WA (US);
Abstract
This improved apparatus for planting grain crops provides improved emergence, particularly under heavy soil conditions, promotes more vigorous growth, reduces tillering and improves the yield in wheat and barley crops. The improved apparatus receives seed at a more-or-less uniform rate, captures the flow of seed until a multiplicity of seed generally in the range of 20 to 30 seeds is gathered, then releases seed in concentrated groups spaced apart from one another and with blank or non-seeded portions therebetween into a furrow prepared by an angled disk.