Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for seed metering for an agricultural seeder. The seed metering includes a metering member for an agricultural implement having a body configured to couple with a metering device and a raised ring formed circumferentially around a rim of the body. The raised ring defines a plurality of seed receiving portions each configured to receive a seed therein, wherein the plurality of seed receiving portions have a plurality of walls defining a continuous wall structure and forming a cavity therein. The cavity has an outwardly facing open end and one or more walls of the plurality of walls have a different height than one or more other walls within each seed receiving portion.

Abstract: A work vehicle with a metering system, airflow system, and a covering structure moveable between various positions for user access includes features that facilitate assembly and/or disassembly of the metering system. The work vehicle has a venturi structure with a plurality of venturi tubes that are disposed in a compact arrangement.

Abstract: An agricultural machine includes a plurality of components. Each component, of the plurality of components, has a transmitter configured to transmit a component identifier that identifies the component. A sensor is configured to detect the component identifiers of the plurality of components, and a control system is configured to control a controllable subsystem of the agricultural machine to perform an agricultural operation on a field, compare the detected component identifiers to a predefined set of component identifiers, detect an anomalous configuration based on a discrepancy between the detected component identifiers and the predefined set of component identifiers, and generate an output indicative of the anomalous configuration.

Abstract: A row unit has a seed meter and a seed delivery system. A target seed population is obtained and a motor that drives at least one of the seed meter and the seed delivery system is intermittently pulsed to plant seeds in groupings based on machine speed and target seed population.

Abstract: A seed metering system for metering a plurality of seeds includes a meter housing having a first side and a second side. A seed inlet is positioned at the first side and an aperture is positioned at the second side. The seed metering system further includes a hub mounted within the aperture, a retaining member located at the hub, and a metering member positioned on the hub. The metering member compressively engages the retaining member.

Abstract: An agricultural machine includes a material distribution system and a sensing system including a first sensor configured to generate an indication of a first measure of a first flow of agricultural material in a first material distribution line, a second sensor configured to generate an indication of a second measure of the first flow of the agricultural material in the first material distribution line, and a third sensor configured to generate an indication of a measure of a second flow of the agricultural material in a second material distribution line. A control system is configured to detect occurrence of an anomalous operating condition based on the measure of the second flow and at least one of the first measure of the first flow or the second measure of the first flow of the agricultural material.

Abstract: A product on demand nozzle assembly includes a chamber at least partially defined by an external wall and an array of vertically spaced nozzles. Each nozzle has an air inlet, an air and entrained product outlet extending from the external wall, and an entrainment zone between the air inlet and the air and entrained product outlet to receive a product therein to be distributed.

Abstract: Furrows can be opened in a field. Seeds can be delivered to the furrows in the field at different locations in the field. The locations of the seeds in the field can be identified using different types of processing. The different types of process can include event-based processing or frequency-based processing. A material is applied to the field, based upon the seed locations.

Abstract: An agricultural assembly that has a frame, a hitch assembly coupled to the frame and configured to selectively couple the frame to a work machine, a first tool bar assembly configured to receive at least one row unit assembly, the first toolbar assembly being foldable in a first direction towards the hitch assembly and a second tool bar assembly configured to receive at least one row unit assembly, the second toolbar assembly being foldable in the first direction towards the hitch assembly. The agricultural assembly is movable between a planting configuration and a transport configuration and both the first tool bar assembly and the second tool bar assembly fold towards the hitch assembly as the first tool bar and second tool bar transition from the planting configuration to the transport configuration.

Abstract: A seed meter disk includes a body defining a plane of rotation, a seed-side, and a lower-pressure-side. A circumferential array of seed openings are provided on the seed-side of the seed meter disk for seed adherence. A circumferential array of kick-out pockets are provided on the lower-pressure-side of the seed meter disk. A circumferential array of recessed seed agitator pockets may be provided for seed mixing and agitation. A circumferential array of raised agitator pegs or features may be provided for seed mixing and agitation. A kick-out wheel assembly includes a kick-out wheel rotatably held by a kick-out wheel arm. The kick-out wheel has at least one protrusion portion including a plurality of kick-out protrusions each of which is configured to mate with and enter one of the kick-out pockets to facilitate dislodgement of a seed or other particle from within a seed opening.

Abstract: Row unit coupling devices for securing a pair of row units to an agricultural implement. The row unit coupling devices can be pivotally coupled to the tool bar, and/or utilize a biasing element. Further, the row unit coupling devices can arrange the pair of row units in a partial overlapping side-by-side arrangement where one row unit extends further upstream than the other row unit. Such an arrangement allows wider regions of at least neighboring pairs of row units to be offset from each other, thereby accommodating closer placement of the row units, which can facilitate narrower crop row spacing. The row unit coupling devices also accommodate differences in the vertical position and/or angular orientations at least between the pair of row units, which can facilitate the row units being maintained in an orientation at which seeds are planted in a direction that is generally perpendicular to the ground surface.

Abstract: A row unit for a seeding machine includes a seed reservoir and a seed meter assembly having a metering member with a seed side facing the seed reservoir and a non-seed side opposite the seed side. The metering member is operable to selectively move seeds from the seed reservoir. A pump provides a pressure differential between the seed side and the non-seed side for adhering the seeds to the metering member. A conveyor has an inlet for receiving the seeds and an outlet configured to discharge the seeds from the seeding machine. The conveyor includes a belt movable from the inlet to the outlet. A pneumatic seed displacer includes a nozzle disposed adjacent the metering member for concentrating air. The nozzle is configured to eject the air towards the metering member for directing the seeds from the metering member to the conveyor.

Abstract: An agricultural machine includes a metering system comprising one or more meters configured to meter particulate material into a first material distribution line and a second material distribution line, a first sensor configured to generate a first sensor signal indicative of a first measure of a flow of the particulate material in the first material distribution line, a second sensor configured to generate a second sensor signal indicative of a second measure of the flow of the particulate material in the first material distribution line, and a control system. The control system is configured to receive an indication of a sensed flow rate of the particulate material in the second material distribution line, obtain an adjusted flow rate indication by applying, to the sensed flow rate, a rate offset based on the first and second sensor signals, and control the metering system based on the adjusted flow rate indication.

Abstract: An agricultural planting machine includes a seed meter configured to meter seed, a transport mechanism configured to transport the seed to a discharge location, and a loader assembly. The loader assembly includes an element having an actuating surface, a hub configured to rotate relative to the actuating surface, and a compartment supported on the hub and configured to receive the seed from the seed meter and to eject the seed into the transport mechanism, the compartment comprising first and second movable elements that are movably coupled to the hub and configured to engage the actuating surface and move relative to the hub based on rotation of the hub relative to the actuating surface.

Abstract: An agricultural machine includes a soil strength generation system that generates an output indicator of soil strength. A control system generates on action signal based on the soil strength.

Abstract: An agricultural machine includes a soil strength generation system that generates an output indicator of soil strength. A control system generates on action signal based on the soil strength.

Abstract: An agricultural machine includes a soil strength generation system that generates an output indicator of soil strength. A control system generates on action signal based on the soil strength.

Abstract: A seed delivery system for use in a seeding or planting machine that removes the seed from a seed meter by capturing the seed therefrom. The delivery system then moves the seed down to a lower discharge point and accelerates the seed horizontally rearward to a speed approximately equal to the forward travel speed of the seeding machine such that the seed, when discharged has a low or zero horizontal velocity relative to the ground. Rolling of the seed in the trench is thus reduced. Furthermore, as the seed only has a short drop from the outlet to the bottom of the seed trench, the seed has little vertical speed to induce bounce. The delivery system uses a brush belt to capture, move and accelerate the seed. By capturing the seed and moving it from the meter to the discharge, the seed is held in place relative to other seeds and the planter row unit. As a result, the seeds are isolated from row unit dynamics thereby maintaining seed spacing.

Abstract: A seed disk mountable within a housing of a singulating meter includes a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a central mounting point defining a center of rotation for the seed disk, and a volumetric metering element extending from the first side of the seed disk, the volumetric metering element configured to entrain a plurality of seeds.

Abstract: A wing flex assembly for a frame system of an agricultural implement that includes inner and outer tubes. The outer tube, to which tools of the implement are attached, is slidingly displaceable along the inner tube as the inner tube is downwardly pivotally displaced with a downward flex of a wing frame. A first tool of a center frame can be separated from an adjacent second tool of the wing frame that is attached to the outer tube by a first distance when the outer tube is at a retracted position, and a second distance when the outer tube is slidingly displaced in response to the downward pivotal displacement of the inner tube, the first distance being about equal to the second distance. The wing flex assembly can also prevent contact between the first and second tools when the inner tube is pivotally displaced in an upward direction.