Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for adjusting an orientation angle of an agricultural implement. The method comprising arranging a hitch such that an upper link and at least one lower link is articulated to a support structure of the utility vehicle; and adjusting the orientation angle based on a target length of the upper link, wherein the target length of the upper link is determined as a function of the orientation angle and as a function of a lower link angle.

Abstract: Agricultural planting implements, as well as other ground-engaging implements, can utilize supplemental force assemblies to provide up and/or down force at the row or rows of the implements. The force can be used to overcome changing field conditions, obstructions, as well as changing particulate amounts and weights carried by the rows of the implements, and the implement itself. The up force can be set at system pressure, or can include control valves at each of the row units to control the amount of up force provided. The down force can be controlled by control valves at each of the row units, and can be used to overcome the up pressure or provide a designated amount of down force to the row.

Abstract: A quilted composite sheet containing seeds makes growing microgreens and other crops simple. Each sheet is a layered composite of multiple materials including seed, grow substrate and seed cover. A user can spread a seed quilt over the surface to be planted, water, wait, and harvest.

Abstract: A sensor device for determining a position of seeds while sowing. The sensor device includes a radiation assembly which generates an illumination radiation oriented towards a target area, and a detection assembly. The radiation assembly includes a radiation source which provides an emission spectrum of the illumination radiation covering a spectral range. The detection assembly includes a radiation detector which detects an incident radiation, and a filter member with an attenuation band and a pass band. The radiation detector includes a field of view. The pass band has an attenuation which is less than an attenuation of the attenuation band in a wavelength range where the wavelengths are longer than those of the attenuation band. The target area and the field of view intersect. The radiation source and the radiation detector form a triangulation arrangement so that a distance from the target area to the detection assembly can be determined.

Abstract: The tree planting machine includes a vehicle main unit, a washing water tank, a planting device, a washing water circuit, and a controller. The washing water tank is attached to the vehicle main body and holds water. The planting device is disposed on the vehicle main unit. The washing water circuit connects the washing water tank and the planting devices. The controller control s the washing water circuit so as to supply the water from the washing water tank to the planting devices.

Abstract: The tree planting machine includes a vehicle main unit, a beam, and a plurality of planting devices. The beam is attached to the vehicle main unit along the vehicle width direction, and is longer than the vehicle width of the vehicle main unit. The plurality of planting devices are attached to the beam.

Abstract: A liquid application apparatus includes a plurality of control assemblies, each with input and output ports, a liquid information sensor, and a position controlled valve activator operative to activate a valve to vary a flow opening size. A controller receives liquid and position information and sets each control assembly to dispense the same desired rate of flow of liquid from the each output port by activating each valve activator to move the valve activator to a valve position where the size of the flow opening achieves the desired rate of flow. The controller is operative to compare a position of the valve activator in a first control assembly with the positions of the valve activators in other control assemblies to determine a malfunction. The liquid information sensor is typically a flow sensor or a pressure sensor.

Abstract: Apparatuses associated with cutting elements are disclosed herein. In embodiments, a blade pin may include a head and a main body. The main body may extend from the head of the blade pin, and may include a cavity. The main body may further include a first aperture, wherein the first aperture is connected to the cavity. The main body may further include a second aperture formed in a sidewall, wherein the sidewall extends from the first end to the second end of the main body, and wherein the second aperture is connected to the cavity. The blade pin may include a valve, wherein the valve allows passage of a lubricant into the cavity through the first aperture and prevents passage of the lubricant out of the cavity through the first aperture. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: A mower includes including: a mower deck housing a plurality of cutting blades; cutting blade shafts individually supporting the cutting blades; a driven pulley fixed to the cutting blade shafts; a gearbox supported on an upper surface of the mower deck and configured to decelerate a driving force from an engine; a driving pulley fixed to an output shaft of the gearbox; and a belt wound around the driving pulley and the driven pulley, and the gearbox is pivotable upward about an end of the driving pulley around which the belt is wound.

Abstract: A header for an agricultural harvester includes a header body that is configured to be connected to the harvester. The header body is configured for cutting plants from the ground and distributing those plants to a feeder of the agricultural harvester. A wheel is attached to the header body for contacting the ground to support the header body above the ground. A lifting power unit moves the wheel with respect to the header body to adjust a distance between the header body and the ground.

Abstract: A harvesting header is operable in a first mode of operation by engagement of a skid at the cutter bar for cutting along the ground. A gauging system operable in a second mode includes four ground engaging members supporting the header such that the cutter bar skid plate is at a controlled distance from the ground. The ground engaging members include a long skid and removable gauge wheels are carried on an elongate beam pivoted adjacent the cutter bar and extending to the rear of the frame and adjustable by an upstanding telescopic mast up to a position to allow the cutter bar to run on the ground. A resilient suspension can be provided at the rear of the beam at the junction to the post. The location under the table allows a very high adjustment of the cutter bar in the second mode.

Abstract: A harvesting header is operable in a first mode of operation by engagement of a skid at the cutter bar for cutting along the ground. A gauging system operable in a second mode includes four ground engaging members supporting the header such that the cutter bar skid plate is at a controlled distance from the ground. The ground engaging members include a long skid and removable gauge wheels are carried on an elongate beam pivoted adjacent the cutter bar and extending to the rear of the frame and adjustable by an upstanding telescopic mast up to a position to allow the cutter bar to run on the ground. A resilient suspension can be provided at the rear of the beam at the junction to the post. The location under the table allows a very high adjustment of the cutter bar in the second mode.

Abstract: A float arm support system may include a float arm supporting an active member, the float arm being pivotable about a first axis, a skid shoe to bear against and follow local ground contours of the underlying terrain while supporting the active member of the float arm above the underlying terrain and a powered actuator. The skid shoe may be coupled to the float arm between the first axis and the active member. The powered actuator may be operably coupled to the skid shoe to vertically move the skid shoe to adjust a spacing at which the skid shoe supports the active member of the float arm relative to the underlying terrain.

Abstract: In a header for a crop harvester including two side drapers each a front edge adjacent the cutter bar and a feed draper including a feed draper belt, a front roller behind the cutter bar and parallel thereto and a rear roller with two side edges each adjacent a respective one of the side drapers there is provided a pair of edge seals for engaging a respective side edge of the feed draper belt each comprising a strip of a flexible material extending from a frame member adjacent the respective side edge to a position in engagement with the feed draper at or adjacent the side edge. The strip is distorted by an interference connection with the draper belt so as to follow sagging of the edge of the draper belt by flexing and is biased by a downturned flange of the mounting member into an interference connection with the draper belt.

Abstract: A crop picking end effector for robotic harvesting of crops includes a body. A cutting mechanism is arranged on the body and is operable to cut a stem or stalk of the crop. A gripper is operable to attach itself to the crop. A decoupling mechanism includes a tether connected to the gripper and tethering the gripper with respect to the body. A releasable securing mechanism releasably secures the gripper with respect to the cutting mechanism and is configured to allow the gripper to decouple, thereby to release the gripper with respect to the cutting mechanism.

Abstract: An agricultural harvester including a header and a cab for an operator of the harvester. The header includes a frame, a reel assembly having a first reel, and a second reel spaced from the first reel a fixed distance. The header further includes a reel support structure supporting the first and second reels for movement between first and second positions, and a crop divider connected to the reel assembly, wherein the crop divider substantially spans a width of the fixed distance.

Abstract: A draper platform for mounting on a feeder house of an agricultural combine may include a frame, a center belt conveyor to carry cut crop material rearwardly towards a center opening in the frame through which crop may be fed into a feeder house, a left side belt conveyor to carry cut crop material to the center belt conveyor, a right side belt conveyor to carry cut crop material to the center belt conveyor, at least one elongate reciprocating knife assembly extending along a front edge of each of the center belt conveyor, the left side belt conveyor and the right side belt conveyor, a left side top cross auger above the left side belt conveyor, the left side top cross auger having a right inner end, a right side top cross auger above the right side belt conveyor, the right side top cross auger having a left inner end opposite to and spaced from the right inner end and a conveyor drum above the center belt conveyor below a space between the right inner end and the left inner end.

Abstract: A draper platform for mounting on a feeder house of an agricultural combine may include a frame, a center belt conveyor to carry cut crop material rearwardly towards a center opening in the frame through which crop may be fed into a feeder house, a left side belt conveyor to carry cut crop material to the center belt conveyor, a right side belt conveyor to carry cut crop material to the center belt conveyor, at least one elongate reciprocating knife assembly extending along a front edge of each of the center belt conveyor, the left side belt conveyor and the right side belt conveyor, a conveyor drum above the center belt conveyor and a central roller baffle. The central roller baffle may include a rotatable support rotatably supported above the conveyor drum and a crop driver removably mounted to the rotatable support.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a system, comprising: one or more pairs of oppositely rotatable, laterally extending rolls, wherein for each pair, at least one of the rolls is moveable relative to the other of the rolls; a hydraulic circuit, comprising: a tensioner circuit comprising: for each pair of rolls, one or more pairs of hydraulic cylinders arranged in parallel, each configured to resist movement of the at least one of the rolls at a respective end of the at least one of the rolls; an accumulator arranged in parallel to the hydraulic cylinders; and plural control valves; and a computing system configured to cause the one or more pairs of hydraulic cylinders to adjust the resistance to movement of the at least one of the rolls of the respective pair of rolls by sending signals to one or more of the plural control valves.

Abstract: A plant seed harvesting device comprises a multi-layer net unit; the multi-layer net unit comprises collecting net, intermediate layer net and bottom layer net; the collecting net, the intermediate layer net and the bottom layer net are all plate-like structure having a plurality of meshes; the peripheral edge of the plate-like structure is a net frame, area with the meshes is net face; The collecting net, the intermediate layer net and the bottom layer net are arranged closely in the axial direction to form the multi-layer net unit; mesh sizes on the collecting net, the intermediate layer net and the bottom layer net are configured to be successively and gradually decreased; plant seeds can pass through the meshes of the collecting net; air but not plant seeds can pass through the meshes of the bottom layer net.

Abstract: An agricultural baler system having a direction of travel and adapted to compile a windrow of crop into a bale, the agricultural baler system having a baler assembly coupled to the work machine and configured to consolidate crop from the underlying windrow into the bale, the baler assembly implementing a wrapping process to maintain the form of the bale and an eject process for ejecting the bale, and a windrow diverter selectively positionable between a divert position and a bypass position. Wherein, when the windrow diverter is in the divert position, the underlying windrow is repositioned as the baler assembly moves in the direction of travel.

Abstract: Provided is a novel plant body comprising a plant tissue of a plant belonging to the family Solanaceae, Brassicaceae, Lamiaceae, or Orobanchaceae, wherein graft incompatibility is avoided or suppressed by using a graft medium between different-family plants.

Abstract: An integrated, self supporting elevated gas delivery and light emitting system for crops. The system has a gas and light line that is made of an elongated, tubular body having a central, longitudinal lumen and a plurality of apertures extending from the lumen through the body. The lumen conveys a gas and the apertures emit gas from the lumen to the plant foliage. A plurality of light emitting diodes are fixedly coupled to an exterior surface of the tubular body. A conductor is fixedly coupled to the tubular body and conductively connected to the plurality of light emitting diodes.

Abstract: A vertical farming layer structure comprising: an underlying support for supporting a plurality of farmed plants; a light-reflective upper surface positioned above and facing the underlying support, the light-reflective upper surface being adapted to reflect light by diffuse reflection; and a plurality of light-emitting devices positioned between the underlying support and the light-reflective upper surface, each light-emitting device being positioned to emit light along a respective optical axis oriented towards the light-reflective upper surface such that light emitted from the light-emitting device is at least partially diffusely reflected off of the light-reflective upper surface to reach the plants supported on the underlying support.

Abstract: A tree-planting structure device includes a securing net, an anchor, a plurality of stacking pouches and hooks. The securing net is formed in a size capable of covering a part of a guard, the ground, or a building outer wall and having an arrangement of a plurality of meshes. The anchor is coupled to the guard, the ground, or the building outer wall in order to fix a position of the securing net. The plurality of stacking pouches includes sacks coupled to the meshes for forming the securing net and respectively having plant growing soil contained therein. The stacking pouches are stacked while coming in contact with the securing net. The hooks include members for coupling the stacking pouches to the meshes of the securing net.

Abstract: Provided is a plant cultivation facility capable of keeping the temperature around plants in the optimum cultivation range. Provided is a plant cultivation facility comprising a cultivation shelf and an air conditioner in a chamber having a floor, side walls, and a ceiling, wherein an air blow part of the air conditioner is disposed on a side wall of the chamber, and wherein a suction part is disposed on a side wall surface opposed to said side wall surface; the plant cultivation shelf including: a holding container, a lighting device, and a support structure including a plurality of stages which are arranged in heightwise direction and each include, a supporting surface and a ceiling surface; wherein ?T, obtained according to a particular mathematical equation (1) using an effective shelf-to-shelf height (H) and an effective shelf width (D), is 10° C. or less.

Abstract: A shield for protecting a plant, the shield having: a shield assembly apparatus having: a top apparatus portion; a base apparatus portion having a base center tube extending upwards from a floor; an interior space formed by an association of the top apparatus portion with the base apparatus portion; support stick holes in a circular arrangement along an outer edge; grooves within the interior space; wherein each groove is supported by walls, and extends from a support stick hole to the base center tube, and is sloped such that the walls are taller when meeting the base center tube than when meeting the support stick hole; such that the shield assembly apparatus is capable of supporting frame components within the grooves; and wherein the shield is capable of shielding and protecting the plant without any portion of the shield being supported by the plant.

Abstract: The battery-powered backpack blower includes a back support assembly including a back plate configured to permit a user to mount the blower to the user's back, and a volute assembly including a first volute portion and a second volute portion. The backpack blower further includes a housing assembly including a battery assembly and a motor assembly therein, the housing assembly is provided intermediate to the back assembly and the volute assembly.

Abstract: A grow media includes a layered grow media including a mechanical support structure layer and a wicking structure layer. The mechanical support structure layer and the wicking structure layer are coupled together in a vertical configuration.

Abstract: This emitter is constituted from an emitter body, a film, and a cover. The emitter has a water intake part, a discharge part, a first flow path, a second flow path, a flow reduction part, a flow path opening/closing part, a pressure-reducing flow path, and a bypass flow path. When the pressure of an irrigation liquid flowing through a tube is less than a first pressure, the irrigation liquid passes through the pressure-reducing flow path and the bypass flow path and is guided to the discharge part. When the pressure of the irrigation liquid flowing through the tube is equal to or greater than the first pressure, the second flow path is closed by the flow path opening/closing part, and the irrigation liquid taken in from the water intake part passes through the pressure-reducing flow path and is guided to the discharge part.

Abstract: Growth device for crop, comprising a panel-shaped structure, a substrate included in the panel-shaped structure for receiving crop, at least one water reservoir included in the panel-shaped structure, connecting means to bring the water reservoir in communication with the substrate for moistening the substrate, wherein the water reservoir extends substantially above a bottom side of the substrate in a vertical position of use of the growth device.

Abstract: A flowerpot includes a main body and a water conservation arrangement. The water conservation arrangement includes a plurality of ventilating holes formed on a lower portion of the main body, at least one through drainage hole formed on the main body, a control valve provided on the drainage hole, and a plurality of selective passage members attached on an inner surface of the main body to completely cover the ventilating holes respectively. Each of the selective passage members is configured to have a predetermined water permeability and a predetermined air permeability. When a predetermined amount of soil and water are disposed in the receiving cavity, the water is substantially conserved in the received cavity for being absorbed by the plant.

Abstract: This invention provides, among other things, an aquaponics system which comprises two tanks made of a lightweight, collapsible material. The first tank is configured to hold a volume of water sufficient to raise aquatic animals. The second tank is configured to hold a volume of planting medium that is suitable for growing crops. The aquaponics system of the invention is more easily assembled, disassembled, and transported compared to other aquaponics systems.

Abstract: The hydroponic growing system may include a gutter assembly configured to manage flow of a liquid solution to one or more components of the hydroponic growing system. Further, the hydroponic growing system may include at least one growing trough movably engaged to the gutter assembly and configured to hold one or more plants. Moreover, the hydroponic growing system may include an automation assembly movably engaged with the at least one growing trough and configured to move the at least one trough from a first position on the gutter assembly to a second position on the gutter assembly via one or more engagement devices.

Abstract: The hydroponic growing system may include a gutter assembly configured to manage flow of a liquid solution to one or more components of the hydroponic growing system. Further, the hydroponic growing system may include at least one growing trough movably engaged to the gutter assembly and configured to hold one or more plants. Moreover, the hydroponic growing system may include an automation assembly movably engaged with the at least one growing trough and configured to move the at least one trough from a first position on the gutter assembly to a second position on the gutter assembly via one or more engagement devices.

Abstract: The hydroponic growing system may include a gutter assembly configured to manage flow of a liquid solution to one or more components of the hydroponic growing system. Further, the hydroponic growing system may include at least one growing trough movably engaged to the gutter assembly and configured to hold one or more plants. Moreover, the hydroponic growing system may include an automation assembly movably engaged with the at least one growing trough and configured to move the at least one trough from a first position on the gutter assembly to a second position on the gutter assembly via one or more engagement devices.

Abstract: Plants are positioned in containers on a conveyor having conveyor rails. The conveyor rails pass into a radiation space above a roof of a building, along an exterior side of the building and into a processing space below the roof of the building. One or more of the conveyor rails in the radiation space may be supported by a frame. A part of the conveyor extends horizontally above the roof of the building, and another part of the conveyor extends vertically along the exterior side of the building. Water pipelines and a dispenser are provided in the processing space and not in the radiation space, the dispenser being positioned below the roof of the building. The conveyor moves the plants between the radiation space and the processing space during the plants' lives. The frame may be moved to raise or reposition the conveyer in the radiation space.

Abstract: An indoor farming system includes a water-based nutrient bath resident in a tank and a pump for pumping the bath from the tank upwardly through a plurality of pipes to at least one divided high-density table comprising growing crops resting in at least one float. The plurality pipes includes at least one valve suitable to shut off the bath per each of the high density tables. At least one non-block drain is coupled to the at least one divided high-density table. The bath turbulently flows respectively across the at least one divided high-density table, down the at least one non-block drain, and back into the tank that includes the nutrient bath. A lighting system provides moving light from points above the growing crops.

Abstract: It was found that plants with loss of functional Msi2 protein due to a nucleotide polymorphism resulting in the introduction of a premature stop codon in the Msi2 protein, are able to induce haploid offspring after a cross to or with a wild type plant comprising a functional Msi2 protein. The invention relates to generation of haploid and doubled haploid plants.

Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of cucumber hybrid DRCE1266 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of cucumber hybrid DRCE1266 and the parent lines thereof and to methods for producing a cucumber plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another cucumber plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.

Abstract: A novel hybrid tomato plant, designated CLX37993 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of tomato hybrid CLX37993, to the plants and plant parts of hybrid tomato CLX37993, and to methods for producing a tomato plant by crossing the hybrid tomato CLX37993 with itself or another tomato plant. The invention further relates to methods for producing a tomato plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other tomato plants derived from the hybrid tomato plant CLX37993.

Abstract: A novel hybrid tomato plant, designated CLX37997 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of tomato hybrid CLX37997, to the plants and plant parts of hybrid tomato CLX37997, and to methods for producing a tomato plant by crossing the hybrid tomato CLX37997 with itself or another tomato plant. The invention further relates to methods for producing a tomato plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other tomato plants derived from the hybrid tomato plant CLX37997.

Abstract: A novel hybrid tomato plant, designated HM 7182 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of tomato hybrid HM 7182, to the plants and plant parts of hybrid tomato HM 7182, and to methods for producing a tomato plant by crossing the hybrid tomato HM 7182 with itself or another tomato plant. The invention further relates to methods for producing a tomato plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other tomato plants derived from the hybrid tomato plant HM 7182.

Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064206. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064206. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064206 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064206 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and distinctive lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) variety designated ‘Frazier’. ‘Frazier’ is described as a variety with large head size, short core, slower bolting, smooth mid rib, round head shape, sure heading ability, thick leaf texture, dark green color, and high tolerance to downy mildew (Bremia lactucae). This invention thus relates to the seeds of lettuce cultivar ‘Frazier’, to the plants of lettuce cultivar Frazier, to plant parts of lettuce cultivar ‘Frazier’, to methods for producing a lettuce cultivar by crossing the lettuce cultivar ‘Frazier’ with another lettuce cultivar, and to methods for producing a lettuce cultivar containing in its genetic material one or more backcross conversion traits or transgenes and to the backcross conversion lettuce plants and plant parts produced by those methods.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and distinctive lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) variety designated ‘Foreman’. “Foreman” demonstrates large head size, short core, slower bolting, smooth mid rib, round butt appearance, thick leaf texture, dark green color and high tolerance to downy mildew (Bremia lactucae). This invention thus relates to the seeds of lettuce cultivar ‘Foreman’, to the plants of lettuce cultivar foreman, to plant parts of lettuce cultivar ‘Foreman’, to methods for producing a lettuce cultivar by crossing the lettuce cultivar ‘Foreman’ with another lettuce cultivar, and to methods for producing a lettuce cultivar containing in its genetic material one or more backcross conversion traits or transgenes and to the backcross conversion lettuce plants and plant parts produced by those methods.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a new and distinct hybrid variety of spinach, NUN 06212 SPS as well as seeds and plants and leaves thereof.

Abstract: New lettuce varieties designated ‘Cavendish’, ‘Clearwater’, and ‘Pensacola’ are described. ‘Cavendish’, ‘Clearwater’, and ‘Pensacola’ are lettuce varieties exhibiting stability and uniformity.

Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated TMG4177 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar TMG4177, the plants of soybean cultivar TMG4177, the plant parts of soybean cultivar TMG4177, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar TMG4177. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar TMG4177.

Abstract: A new and distinct Wolffia globosa plant that exhibits fast vegetative propagation, an ovoid shape, and is neutral in taste.