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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2011
Ted S. Kornecki, Auburn, AL (US);
Henry A. Torbert, Iii, Opelika, AL (US);
Stephen A. Prior, Auburn, AL (US);
Ted S. Kornecki, Auburn, AL (US);
Henry A. Torbert, III, Opelika, AL (US);
Stephen A. Prior, Auburn, AL (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
The residue manager deflects cover crop stalks and flattens cover crop residue during a no-till or minimum-till agricultural planting process. The residue manager apparatus comprises an 'A' shaped frame. A leading portion of the frame is designed to deflect cover crop stalks. Press shoes attached to an intermediate portion of the frame depress cover crop residue that is not deflected by the leading portion. The trailing portion of the residue manager frame is configured to attach to existing planting mechanisms, such as seed drills. As the residue manager is propelled across a field of cover crops, the residue manager deflects cover crop stalks and depresses cover crop residue adjacent to the planting mechanism so that the planting process is not obstructed by the cover crop biomass on the surface of the field.