Abstract: A dirt digging tool is provided which includes a handle and an asymmetrical head. The asymmetrical head include an upper end and a lower end which collectively form the tool's face. The lower end includes a ground engaging edge which includes a first convex arcuate edge which includes the tool's tip, a second convex arcuate edge, and a medial edge. The second convex arcuate edge is longitudinally spaced above the tip. Meanwhile, the medial edge is preferably straight and extends longitudinally, parallel to the handle, from the first convex arcuate edge's tip to the second convex arcuate edge.

Abstract: A knife for creating berms in agricultural fields for strip-till farming is improved by adding wings on opposing sides of the knife edge that are configured to fracture and raise soil in a wider path for building a berm behind the knife. The wings can be swept back, angled downward from front to back, and angled downward from inside to outside, for better loosening compacted soil below the surface and creating improved berms rearward of the knife. The knife edge can be replaceable by removal of a single pin. If a difficult object is encountered, such as large rocks or tree roots, the knife can swing reward with respect to a supporting shank to minimize damage to the knife. Upon swinging reward, an agricultural product delivery tube rearward of the knife for depositing agricultural product into the berm can swing forward to minimize crimping of the delivery tube.

Abstract: A ground aeration device comprising: an air supply connector for receiving pressurised air from a source; a supporting element for supporting a drill element for insertion into the ground and a pneumatic hammer for hammering the drill element into the ground; a first pneumatic means comprising a first actuating means for actuating the pneumatic hammer; and a second pneumatic means comprising a second actuating means for controlling supply of the pressurised air through the drill element.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for shifting weight between a tractor and toolbar and between sections of the toolbar and for folding a toolbar between a field position and a transport position.

Abstract: Methods and systems are presented for making good use of recently obtained biometric data, for configuring propagule capsules (e.g. containing seeds or spores with growth media and other helpful materials) for deployment via drones so that each has an improved chance of survival, and for configuring drones or piloted craft for safe fleet deployment in remote locations.

Abstract: Methods for increasing growth rate of livestock. Methods for increasing survival rate of livestock. Methods for decreasing hydrogen sulfide concentration in an environment containing manure. Methods for decreasing odor concentration in an environment containing manure. Methods for decreasing ammonia concentration in an environment containing manure. Compositions for decreasing noxious gases in an environment containing manure.

Abstract: Seed press wheel for sowing units for precision seeders. The seed press wheel includes a solid tire in the shape of a disc that has a hole or central axis for mounting the tire on a hub. The solid tire has a first portion extending radially from the central axis, and a second portion extending radially from the first portion, the first portion being made of a first material having a first modulus of elasticity value, and the second portion being made of a second material having a second modulus of elasticity value, the first modulus of elasticity value being different from the second modulus of elasticity value.

Abstract: A sowing apparatus controlling method includes obtaining a target opening size of a discharge port and a target rotational speed of a turntable, obtaining a safe rotational speed of the turntable according to the target opening, and controlling a next-instance rotational speed of the turntable and a next-instance opening size of the discharge port according to the target rotational speed and the safe rotational speed.

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: A sowing machine includes a stirring mechanism and a material detecting mechanism. The material detecting mechanism includes a driven member, a magnetic member, and a Hall effect sensor. When not blocked by material in the sowing machine, the driven member is configured to rotate under a driving force of a rotating shaft of the stirring mechanism, and drive the magnetic member to rotate; and the Hall effect sensor is configured to detect a first signal corresponding to the magnetic member indicating material absence. When blocked by the material, the driven member is configured to stop rotating under a resistance of the material, and stop driving the magnetic member to rotate; and the Hall effect sensor is configured to detect a second signal corresponding to the magnetic member indicating material presence. Whether the material exists is determined based on the first or the second signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hay rake tooth assembly for use with a mounting clip on a hay rake wheel. The hay rake tooth assembly has a tine with a ball-shaped retaining member that is configured to permit a shaft of the tine to move along the length of the difference in diameter between the shaft and a tine opening of the mounting clip in which is the tine is assembled.

Abstract: An interchangeable landscaping tool system including a landscaping tool having an elongated shaft, a rake head having a channel and a plurality of tines, and at least one interchangeable head having a base and an engaging-member. A first-end of the elongated shaft is provided as a handle of the tool and the rake head is positioned at a second-end of the elongated shaft during use. The channel extends along a top-edge of the rake head and is configured to slidably receive and removably engage one of the at least one interchangeable heads at the engaging-member for use. The engaging-member extends along a bottom-edge of the base of the at least one interchangeable head and is configured to mate with the channel extending along a top-edge of the rake head. The at least one interchangeable head includes a squeegee-head, a first-brush-head, and a second-brush-head.

Abstract: A robotic lawnmower system, comprising a robotic lawnmower and a charging station, said charging station comprising a signal generator being configured to transmit a boundary signal (A) utilizing CDMA coding having a frame length corresponding to a full frame length through a boundary wire, wherein said signal generator is configured to transmit said boundary signal in subframes, and wherein said robotic lawnmower is configured to receive said boundary signal by detecting magnetic fields generated by the boundary signal, and wherein the robotic lawnmower is configured to determine a set of conditions; and to determine if said set of conditions correspond to a first set of conditions, and if so listen to the subframes, and to determine if said set of conditions correspond to a second set of conditions, and if so listen to the full frames.

Abstract: A robotic lawnmower system comprising a signal generator (240), a boundary cable, at least one guide cable (260) and a robotic lawnmower (100), said signal generator being configured to transmit a control signal through said boundary cable and a guide signal through said at least one guide cable, and wherein said robotic lawnmower comprises a controller (110) and at least one sensor (170), wherein the controller is configured for receiving said control signal through said at least one sensor (170?) and determining a signal level for the control signal; and if the signal level for the control signal is below a threshold value, the controller (110) is configured to receive said guide signal and to synchronize on said guide signal.

Abstract: A method and a system for controlling a self-propelling lawnmower including the self-propelling lawnmower having a control unit and at least one sensor, a boundary wire and a signal generator. The self-propelling lawnmower moves across an area surrounded by the boundary wire. By encoding a data frame with a recognition code in an alternating current that is Direct Current, DC-balanced and that is randomly transmitted within a predetermined period of time, by means of the signal generator, to the boundary wire a system robust against interference is accomplished. The data frame burst is received by a sensor and decoded by a control unit in the lawnmower. By comparing the received recognition code with a stored recognition code, the control unit determines that the lawnmower is on the inside of the boundary wire if the received recognition code matches the stored recognition code, and on the outside if the received recognition code matches the inverse of the stored recognition code.

Abstract: A mowing machine may include a central cutting deck generally disposed in a neutral mowing plane and a wing cutting deck pivotable with respect to the central cutting deck. A main gearbox may be connected to a wing gearbox by a wing driveline. The main gearbox may be disposed a sufficient distance forward of the central cutting deck and the wing cutting deck to permit the wing cutting deck to pivot about a hinge in a range of motion without disconnecting the wing driveline from either the main gearbox or the wing gearbox.

Abstract: A separator for a crop harvester configured to harvest sugarcane. The separator includes a frame having: i) an inlet configured to receive cut sugarcane, wherein the cut sugarcane includes cut stalk and crop residue, ii) a cut stalk outlet configured to discharge the cut stalk from the frame; and iii) a crop residue outlet. An extractor is operatively connected to the crop residue outlet. The extractor includes a tapered nozzle disposed adjacently to the crop residue outlet and a fan disposed adjacently to the tapered nozzle, wherein the tapered nozzle is configured to provide a pressure differential between the crop residue outlet and the fan in response to air flow provide by the fan. The tapered nozzle, in one embodiment, is a truncated cone having a smaller end disposed adjacently to a flow of cut crop, wherein the fan draws air through the truncated cone to separate the crop residue from the cut stalk.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present disclosure is a multi-material needle assembly for a baler that has a core formed from a first material and a first side formed of a second material and coupled to the core. The first side is positioned at least partially along a wear zone of the core.

Abstract: In a grain cart having an auger fold actuator, a gate actuator, and at least one spout actuator, a grain cart control system has an input device received within an operator cab to generate command signals responsive to operator commands, an electronic controller operatively associated with selected actuators of the grain cart, a valve actuator connected to each valve of the selected actuators of the grain cart, and stored programmable criteria to generate activation signals for the valve actuators in response to the command signals. Each mechanical function that is controlled also has a rotary potentiometer for positional feedback. To actuate any sequence, a joystick will send commands to the controller to activate a sequence. Since the controls according to the present invention are driven by a logic-based controller, various functions can be automated.

Abstract: A harvester includes a main frame supported on a ground surface for transport along the ground surface, an inlet for receiving a crop, and a separator for separating the crop into a first portion and a second portion. The separator includes a hood having an outlet, and a fan operable to generate an airflow through the outlet. The hood of the separator is movable relative to the main frame between a transport position and a harvest position. In the transport position, the hood is positioned at a first height above the ground surface. In the harvest position, the hood is positioned at a second height, greater than the first height, above the ground surface.

Abstract: A combine grain cleaning system having front and rear rollers, a conveyor belt having an upper surface extending from the front roller to the rear roller, a motor operatively connected to the conveyor belt and configured to drive the upper surface in a belt travel direction from the front roller to the rear roller, and a baffle located adjacent the rear roller. The baffle has a leading edge, a trailing edge located behind the leading edge with respect to the belt travel direction and below the leading edge with respect to a vertical direction, and a baffle surface extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge. One or more sieves are located below the baffle, and a fan is provided to direct an airflow at least partially upwards in the vertical direction adjacent the rear roller. A method for separating grain is also provided.

Abstract: A knotter system for a baler, including a needle; a tucker arm; a billhook; and a driver adapted to make the billhook perform at least a first full rotation during the first knot forming cycle and a second full rotation during the second knot forming cycle. The driver comprises a pinion and at least a first and second gear stretch provided along a circumference of a disc. The disc is provided with a recess downstream of at least one of the first gear stretch and the second gear stretch. An obstacle is arranged for engaging the pinion when moving in the recess. The recess and obstacle are configured to rotate the pinion over a determined angle and back to move the upper lip of the billhook away from the lower lip and back after at least one of the first full rotation and the second full rotation.

Abstract: A system and method for selecting plants based on climate data and plant data. The system receives climate data and plant data and selects plants for a geographical division based on the climate data and plant data. The system generates durable plant tags with for the plants that have an icon that identifies the lighting level and watering level of the plants using a color and a number.

Abstract: A plant container may include a vertical wall surrounding a plant receiving recess and having vertically aligned slot sets. The plant container may have a bottom including a panel, and panel tabs extending from a periphery of the panel. The panel tabs are to be received by a lowermost vertically aligned slot set. The plant container may include a ring having ring tabs on an inner radial edge, and the ring tabs may be received by a respective vertically aligned slot set.

Abstract: A foldable panel combination for a modular greenhouse is described. The combination includes a first side panel, a second side panel, a first roof panel, and a second roof panel that are hingedly connected. The combination is transitionable between a collapsed state and an open state. In the collapsed state, the four panels are in a stacked configuration. In the open state, the panels form a sidewall-to-roof-to-roof-to-sidewall structure that can be connected with other panel combinations for linear expansion. Each panel comprises a rectangular frame and a cover for enclosing art open space in the middle of the frame.

Abstract: An integrated modular and scalable fogponics crop growth system for cultivating a crop includes an upper growth chamber housing a leafy portion of a crop, a lower growth chamber housing a root portion of the crop, a nutrient tank and dispenser, and an environmental system. The nutrient dispenser is coupled to the nutrient tank holding a nutrient mixture for sustaining the crop. The dispenser atomizes the nutrient mixture into a nutrient fog using a booster pump and a high pressure pump capable of generating approximately 800 PSI to 1500 PSI. The high pressure pump is operatively coupled to a nozzle configured to dispense the atomized nutrient fog, substantially between 6 microns and 15 microns droplet size, into the lower growth chamber. Temperature and humidity are separately controlled in the leaf area.

Abstract: A steam shank rotor assembly having rigid teeth connected to a hollow shaft via teeth mounts which collectively allow steam to circulate from the hollow shaft to the nozzles located near the working end of the teeth, and then into the soil. This invention provides an agricultural apparatus that simultaneously tills and disinfects soil with the use of steam.

Abstract: An axial flow blower comprises a housing having a suction opening and an ejection opening formed thereon and having an air blow passage formed therein through which the suction opening and the ejection opening are in communication with each other, a motor case disposed in the air blow passage, a motor housed in the motor case, an air blow fan connected with a driven section of the motor and configured to rotate on a driving force of the motor to blow air from the suction opening toward the ejection opening and an air communication passage provided between an outside of the air blow passage and an inside of the motor case. An outflow hole is bored through the motor case and in communication with the air blow passage and an outer space outside the housing is in communication with an inner space inside the motor case through the air communication passage.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a distributor apparatus adapted for positioning individual pieces of a length of growth medium cut into pieces of suitable size into a propagation tray. The distributor apparatus comprises a plurality of distributor units configured to move between a loading position and an unloading position. Each distributor unit comprises an open-ended channel or cavity adapted for receiving a whole number of growth medium pieces. The distributor units, in a loading position, are positioned relatively to each other such that their open-ended channels or cavities are disposed in continuation to each other to form a receiving unit with an open-ended channel or cavity adapted for receiving a single length of growth medium pieces. The distributor units, when in an unloading position, are rotated, relative to their loading position, such that their open-ended channels or cavities are disposed parallel relative to each other.

Abstract: A boat-shaped sprinkler irrigation machine is adapted for large-scale farm irrigation canals, and includes a hull, a traveling propulsion device, a sprinkler irrigation device, and an electric control device. A sprinkler irrigation auxiliary support mechanism is disposed on the hull, and comprises support legs and support roller groups. The support legs are symmetrically disposed on left and right sides of the hull, and top ends of the support legs are mounted on the hull. The support roller groups are mounted on bottom ends of the support legs. The support roller group comprises support rollers. The sprinkler irrigation device comprises a self-priming pump, a sprinkler frame, and a sprinkler gun. The sprinkler frame is fixedly mounted on the hull in a position corresponding to a symmetrical center of the support legs, and the sprinkler gun is fixedly mounted on the sprinkler frame by means of a sprinkler gun adjusting assembly.

Abstract: A seaweed farming system may include a harvesting unit. The harvesting unit may include a harvest disintegrator. The harvest disintegrator may be configured to receive a plantation substrate having mature seaweed thereon after severing a vegetative portion of seaweed. The harvesting unit may further be configured to disintegrate the mature seaweed to separate the mature seaweed from the plantation substrate, the plantation substrate remaining intact during separation of the mature seaweed.

Abstract: System and methods for monitoring the growth of an aquatic plant culture and detecting real-time characteristics associated with the aquatic plant culture aquatic plants. The systems and methods may include a control unit configured to perform an analysis of at least one image of an aquatic plant culture. The analysis may include processing at least one collected image to determine at least one physical characteristic or state of an aquatic plant culture. Systems and methods for distributing aquatic plant cultures are also provided. The distribution systems and methods may track and control the distribution of an aquatic plant culture based on information received from various sources. Systems and methods for growing and harvesting aquatic plants in a controlled and compact environment are also provided. The systems may include a bioreactor having a plurality of vertically stacked modules designed to contain the aquatic plants and a liquid growth medium.

Abstract: The present invention relates to materials and methods for temporary storage of a cereal plant being regenerated, for the production and regeneration of cereal plants, for increasing yield of a regenerated cereal plant, such as wheat plants. In particular, a step of temporarily immersing plantlets in liquid medium at low temperature is provided.

Abstract: The invention provides a new and distinct hybrid variety of tomato, NUN 00279 TOP as well as seeds and plants and fruits thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-133 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-133 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-133 RZ.

Abstract: Novel Stevia rebaudiana plant cultivars, a process for preparing superior compositions comprising steviol glycosides, and the advantageous use of the compositions comprising steviol glycosides in consumables, including food and beverage products, are disclosed.

Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of melon hybrid SVMF5152 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of melon hybrid SVMF5152 and the parent lines thereof and to methods for producing a melon plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another melon 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 plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of melon hybrid SVMF5152, melon line HAR-DV14-4220MO, and melon line HAR-DV14-4188AN comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.

Abstract: A milker unit detacher with an adjustable and releasable hose support and a support arm that pivots about a tilted axis to bias the support arm toward a milking position to maintain engagement with the adjustable hose support member.

Abstract: An animal enclosure with a wall assembly and a panel that is configured to couple to the wall assembly. The wall assembly includes a plurality of walls that are coupled together to define an interior space. The walls define an opening configured for fluid connection to a ventilation system. When the panel is coupled to the wall assembly, the panel divides the interior space into a vent space, which is in fluid communication with the opening, and a living space. A vent opening formed in the panel is configured to place the living space in fluid communication with the vent space. The panel may be removably coupled to the wall assembly. The panel may include a damper system for selectively opening and closing the vent opening.

Abstract: A litter box comprises a body made of at least one flexible elastomeric material, the body having a wall defining a cavity with a top open end. The wall has four generally upstanding wall portions contouring the cavity. A first wall portion has a first minimum height of 8.0 inches or less, a second wall portion having a second minimum height of 10.0 inches or more and being opposite the first wall portion. Third and fourth wall portions are higher than the first minimum height and the second minimum height, the third and fourth wall portions being on opposite sides of one another and being located between the first wall portion and the second wall portion.

Abstract: An excrement-drying device (1) for animal stalls, such as poultry stalls, comprises an excrement conveyor belt (2) for conveying the excrement along a conveying direction (F), wherein the excrement conveyor belt (2) extends over a conveying length (L) and has a top side (10) for receiving the excrement (K), and a drying unit (3) with at least one discharge element (4), which has at least one air nozzle (5) for blowing air onto the excrement (K) lying on the excrement conveyor belt (2) in order to dry the excrement (K). The top side (10) for receiving the excrement (K) of the excrement conveyor belt (2) is divided into several excrement conveyor belt sections (TB1, TB2) arranged one after the other in the conveying direction (F); and the at least one discharge element (4) is arranged in such a way that air is blown onto only one of said excrement conveyor belt sections (TB1, TB2).

Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring organisms within an aquatic environment are described. According to one aspect, an injectable acoustic transmission device includes a body configured to be injected inside of an organism, a transducer within the body and configured to convert a plurality of electrical signals into a plurality of data transmissions which are transmitted externally of the body and the organism, a plurality of circuit components within the body and configured to use electrical energy from a power source to generate the electrical signals which are provided to the transducer, and wherein the transducer defines an internal volume and at least one of the circuit components is provided within the internal volume of the transducer.

Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems, apparatuses, and methods for exercising and entertaining a pet. In one implementation, a pet exercise and entertainment device includes a launch funnel for launching projectiles for a pet to retrieve. The launch funnel has a feeder and a chute. The feeder is configured to receive a projectile and transport the projectile to an intake end of the chute. A sensor is configured to sense the projectile in the intake end of the chute and to command one or more motors to power up in response to sensing the projectile. An actuator is configured to release the projectile from the intake end of the chute into the launch end of the chute after a pre-determined time has elapsed. One or more wheels, rotated by the one or more motors, are configured to launch the projectile from the launch end of the chute.

Abstract: A multi-sensor system for monitoring water parameters, the system including a first metallic layer; a dielectric layer formed on the first metallic layer; a second metallic layer formed on the dielectric layer; a power source electrically connected to the second metallic layer; a computing device electrically connected to the second metallic layer; and a stretchable outer layer that encapsulates the first metallic layer, the dielectric layer, the second metallic layer, the power source and the computing device. The multi-sensor system is stretchable and flexible.

Abstract: A tag device for placement on a livestock animal can generally include a first communications interface, a second communications interface, one or more batteries, and a local controller. A base station can be configured for bidirectional communications with a plurality of mobile communication units, which may be mobile tag devices (e.g., being made mobile by being carried by a corresponding livestock animal). A low-frequency emitting system for identifying a feed lot feature can generally include at least one wire loop and a wire driver coupled to the wire loop. The wire loop can be physically associated with or positioned adjacent to the feed lot feature. A data silo may generally include a transceiver, a memory, and a processor. The transceiver is configured to receive a plurality of historical data sets pertaining to respective livestock animals from a base station.

Abstract: Farm system comprising an area where animals can be, a position determining system to record where at least one animal is and what the identity is of that animal, and a computer system which is communicatively coupled with the position determining system, wherein, in use, the computer system receives information from the position determining system about at least one record of where the at least one animal is and what the identity, wherein the area comprises a multiplicity of subareas, wherein the computer system is provided with information about the subdivision of the area into the subareas and wherein the computer system is configured to process the information received from the position determining system in combination with the information about the subdivision of the area into subareas for obtaining new information and for generating an output signal which represents at least a part of the new information.

Abstract: To provide a management apparatus capable of capturing a position of a specific individual satisfying a predetermined condition. A management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a control unit. The control unit extracts, on the basis of first information that is generated by a sensor device worn by an individual and is related to a living body of the individual, a specific individual satisfying a predetermined condition, and generates, on the basis of position information related to a position of the specific individual, search information for causing a mobile object to move to the position of the specific individual.

Abstract: A poultry coop carriage and rail system comprises a movable poultry coop that may be maneuverable between various positions on an area of land. The poultry coop is moved from one position to another to allow for management and cleaning of the land beneath the poultry coop when moved. Methods of using the same are further provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to an airtight poultry house and an intelligent monitoring automatic control system thereof that collects large data related to growth factor correlation. The intelligent monitoring automatic control system includes: at least one detection module disposed in a processing unit for generating a farming area data according to the airtight state of at least one poultry farming area; at least one control module disposed in the processing unit, wherein each of the at least one control module is provided with a processing unit automatic control rule, and each of the at least one control module is used to automatically control the desired airtight state for the farming environment according to the processing unit automatic control rule and the farming area data and to put the at least one poultry farming area in a negative pressure state; and a database storing the farming area data.

Abstract: There is provided a fish egg processing apparatus capable of performing a predetermined processing on fertilized eggs with higher efficiency. A gene injection device 1 which is a fish egg processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a processing water tank 8 which processes collected fish eggs e and a processing device for injecting a predetermined substance into the fish eggs e positioned in the processing water tank 8, wherein the processing water tank 8 includes: a region prior to processing 81 where the width dimension is set such that a plurality of the fish eggs e are not allowed to lie side by side and form a line in order to house the fish eggs e prior to processing; and a region after processing 82 for housing the fish eggs e on which a predetermined processing has been performed.