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US 2018/0007834 A1Published application
Agricultural device
OwnerCharles H. MARTIN, Dominic R. MARTINinventors
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Abstract
An agricultural device associated with reduced tillage techniques in a field includes a frame and at least one mower module supported by the frame, the at least one mower module positionable to cut plant matter between adjacent crop rows in the field. The plant matter has penetrated a previously formed mat of at least partially crushed residual plant matter.
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An agricultural device associated with reduced tillage techniques in a field, comprising:
- a frame;
- at least one mower module supported by the frame, the at least one mower module positionable to cut plant matter between adjacent crop rows in the field;
- wherein the plant matter has penetrated a previously formed mat of at least partially crushed residual plant matter.
An agricultural device associated with reduced tillage techniques in a field, comprising:
- a frame;
- at least two mower modules supported by the frame, the at least two mower modules positionable to cut plant matter at at least one of between adjacent crop rows in the field, and between an outer crop row and an adjacent crop row in the field and along a side of the outer crop row opposite the adjacent crop row;
- wherein the plant matter has penetrated a previously formed mat of at least partially crushed residual plant matter.
A method for achieving reduced tillage techniques in a field, comprising:
- forming at least two strips of exposed soil in residual plant matter in the field;
- at least partially crushing stems of residual plant matter while maintaining the strips, the at least partially crushed residual plant matter forming a mat;
- planting crops in the strips, forming crop rows;
- and
- cutting plant matter between adjacent crop rows in the field, wherein the plant matter having penetrated the previously formed mat of at least partially crushed residual plant matter.
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