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US 10,820,476 B2Granted
Apparatus, system and method for monitoring soil criteria during tillage operations and control of tillage tools
AssigneePrecision Planting LLC
InventorsJason Stoller, Justin McMenamy, Matthew Morgan, Dale Koch
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Abstract
A tillage implement comprising a frame operably supporting tillage tools, and a soil monitoring system comprising instrumentation operably supported from the frame and disposed to detect soil criteria before, after, or before and after the soil is tilled by the tillage tools. The soil criteria detected is at least one of surface residue criteria, soil clod size criteria and soil shatter criteria.
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A tillage implement, comprising:
- a frame operably supporting tillage tools;
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- a soil monitoring system comprising instrumentation operably supported from the frame and disposed to detect soil criteria after soil is tilled by the tillage tools, wherein the soil criteria detected is at least one of soil clod size criteria and soil shatter criteria.
A method of controlling a planter based on soil criteria, the method comprising:
- tilling soil of an agricultural field using a tillage implement having a frame operably supporting tillage tools and a soil monitoring system comprising instrumentation operably supported from the frame;
- detecting soil criteria after the soil is tilled by the tillage tools using the soil monitoring system, the soil criteria selected from the group consisting of soil clod size criteria and soil shatter criteria;
- mapping the soil criteria to GPS coordinates;
- adjusting operation of a planter based on the mapped soil criteria.
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