Abstract: The invention relates to a plough module (1) with plough-following stabilisation for mounting on a base frame of a plough device, comprising a rotatable first cutting element designed as a hollow-disc cutting plate. A lateral region (122) of a soil ridge can be cut away by moving the plough module (1) on the ground along a ploughing direction (110). The plough module (1) comprises a second plat cutting element (105) with a second cutting edge (106), wherein a base region (121) of the soil ridge can be cut away by moving the plough module (1) on the ground. The plough module (1) is designed as a fully assembled unit, in which the second cutting element, designed as a fixed cutting blade (6), follows the first cutting element (102) in the ploughing direction (110). The cutting blade (6) is angled backwards relative to the working angle, achieving a dynamic balance of forces between the first cutting element (102) and the cutting blade (6) for plough-following stabilisation.

Abstract: A mobile soil cultivation appliance includes a chassis with at least one drive axle for driving a travel movement of the soil cultivation appliance over the soil, a drive unit with a drive shaft, a work implement which is configured to be ascended and descended relative to the chassis and includes a drive shaft and at least one soil working tool which is movable for soil working upon rotation of the drive shaft. The drive shaft is connected to the output shaft by means of a power transmission means to allow the drive shaft to be driven by the drive unit, and the drive unit is connected to the work implement as a counterweight for the work implement in such a way that the drive unit descends when the work implement is ascended and ascends when the work implement is descended.

Abstract: An adjustable furrow closing assembly that is used to close a seed furrow formed in the soil during a planting operation. The assembly includes a housing that is pivotally coupled to a planting unit. The housing includes an adjustable carrier that pivots within the housing. The adjustable carrier includes first and second closing wheels that are adapted to engage with the soil to close the seed furrow. The assembly also includes a downforce control lever that extends into the housing and is coupled to the adjustable carrier. The housing includes a gate member that including a plurality of slots. The downforce control lever is configured to be moved from one slot to a next slot of the gate to either increase or decrease downforce that is applied to the closing wheels. The slots formed in the gate to allow the gate position to be adjusted with respect to the housing to calibrate downforce on the closing wheels.

Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring plants'conditions in one or more plant growing areas are presented.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for providing a wide-area precision agriculture service based on collaboration between heterogeneous drones. The method for providing a wide-area precision agriculture service based on collaboration between heterogeneous drones includes transferring first mission information including photography of an entirety of arable land to a fixed-wing drone, receiving first drone data corresponding to the first mission information from the fixed-wing drone, and analyzing the entire agricultural arable land based on the first drone data, and transferring detailed mission information generated based on a result of analysis of the entire agricultural arable land to at least one rotary-wing drone.

Abstract: Provided are methods and compositions for increasing plant resistance to abiotic stress. The composition may comprise a hydrogel and a priming agent. The methods may include contacting the seed with a seed coating composition comprising a hydrogel and a priming agent.

Abstract: A soil apparatus (e.g., seed firmer) having a locking system is described herein. In one embodiment, the soil apparatus includes a lower base portion for engaging in soil of an agricultural field, an upper base portion, and a neck portion having protrusions to insert into the lower base portion of a base and then lock when a region of the upper base portion is inserted into the lower base portion and this region of the upper base portion presses the protrusions to lock the neck portion to the upper base portion.

Abstract: A row cleaner assembly includes an upper subframe mounted to an agricultural planter forward of the planter row unit and longitudinally aligned with the trench opening assembly. A lower subframe rotatably supports first and second row cleaner wheels. An intermediate subframe is pivotally connected at a forward end to the upper subframe and is pivotally connected at a rearward end to the lower subframe. A first and second linkages are pivotally connected at a forward end to the upper subframe and are pivotally connected at a rearward end to the lower subframe. An actuator system is capable of applying a downforce and an optional lift force to the lower subframe. The row cleaner assembly may include a gauge wheel supported by a rear strut subframe. The row cleaner assembly may include a depth selector to change the depth of penetration of the row cleaner wheels into the soil surface.

Abstract: A method for optimising the amount of slurry that is spread on a soil to be fertilised by means of a vehicle comprising a slurry spreader device fed by a tank through at least one conduit, wherein the concentration of at least one slurry ingredient in the conduit is acquired, a pressure difference between two points in the feed conduit upstream and downstream of a valve and the speed of the vehicle are measured, an effective volumetric flow rate of the slurry is calculated as a function of the measured pressure difference and a target volumetric flow rate of the slurry is calculated as a function of a target spreading factor and concentration of the ingredient, the measured speed and a spreading width of the slurry spreader device, and the valve is adjusted as a function of the difference between the effective volumetric flow rate and the target volumetric flow rate.

Abstract: 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: A self-propelled lawn care appliance for aerating and subsoiling the ground below a turf includes a chassis, an implement with piercing tools movable up and down for piercing the ground for subsoiling, and an optical lane recognition device comprising at least one camera and an image processing unit. In a first mode of operation of the lawn care appliance, the lane recognition device is designed to recognize a hole pattern of an area of the ground previously treated by the lawn care appliance and, based thereon, a boundary of a previously treated lane. In a second mode of operation of the lawn care appliance, the lane recognition device is designed to recognize a defined boundary of the deposited soil material of a ground area previously treated by the lawn care appliance and, based thereon, the boundary of a previously treated lane.

Abstract: Cable support and extraction device for brushcutting machines, comprising a first part (1) with a first hollow shaft (1.1) for the connection of a drive shaft, a cover (3) and a side surface (4) with a through hole (5) and two diametrically opposed slots (6) for the passage of the ends of a cable (7); a second part (2) to fit inside the first part, with a second hollow shaft (2.1) hollow, allowing the passage of the first shaft (1.1) inside it and the winding of the cable (7) around it, between a first stop (8.1) with a flange (9) oriented towards a second stop (8.2) opposite; a retractable pin (10) in the flange (9), which has an engaged position in the hole (5) and a disengaged position for the free rotation of the second piece (2), and; means of actuating.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods of harvesting a shrub from a base of the shrub proximate a ground surface utilizing a shrub harvester. The methods include dislodging the shrub from a base of the shrub proximate the ground surface via a shrub dislodging system on shrub harvester. The methods also include receiving the shrub via a shrub release system on the shrub harvester. The methods further include grasping the shrub via the shrub release system on the shrub harvester. The methods also include releasing the shrub via the shrub release system, which can include a plurality of catch members.

Abstract: Vehicle-mounted line trimmers and/or edgers for weed and vegetation, along with methods of operation of such trimmers, are discussed. The trimmer/edger can have a variety of features such as maintaining and/or adjusting the height of the trimmer/edger and maintaining the same orientation of the trimmer/edger at a variety of heights. The methods of operation can include methods for recording a path for the trimmer/edger and/or following a pre-recorded path for the trimmer/edger, trimming/edging around small obstacles, and trimming/edging along large obstacles.

Abstract: A combine harvester is a work vehicle that performs automatic traveling in a field and is equipped with a control device and a portable terminal. The portable terminal includes the control device and the display part. The control device functions as the display control part to display, on the display part, the automatic traveling route for performing automatic traveling to the unworked region in the field, the start point that is the target point indicating the target position of the combine harvester in the field, the own vehicle marker indicating the own vehicle position of the combine harvester, and the guideline connecting the start point and the own vehicle marker.

Abstract: A crop divider includes a housing including an interior cavity and an adjustment assembly disposed within the interior cavity of the housing. In an embodiment, the adjustment assembly is configured to adjust a height of the housing relative to ground. In an embodiment, the adjustment assembly includes an adjustment handle disposed within the interior cavity and a pivot disposed vertically above the adjustment handle within the interior cavity of the housing. In an embodiment, the housing is configured to rotate about an axis through the pivot in response to rotation of the adjustment handle.

Abstract: A system for processing a crop that is harvested from a field is disclosed. The system includes sorting the crop in-situ, washing the crop in-situ, blanching the crop in-situ, freezing the crop in-situ; and packaging the crop in-situ. The crop may comprise edamame pods.

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: Provided is a fan grow light. The fan grow light is configured to be mounted in a tent. The fan grow light includes a lamp board assembly and a fan assembly disposed on the lamp board assembly. The fan assembly is able to promote air circulation in the tent. The fan grow light can promote air circulation in the tent, enable plants to breathe better, inhibit molds, and promote plant growth.

Abstract: A container for growing plants includes a bottom wall, a first side wall extending perpendicular to the bottom wall, and a second side wall extending perpendicular to the bottom wall and parallel to the first side wall such that the bottom wall, the first side wall, and the second side wall at least partially define a plant growing chamber. Furthermore, the container includes a lid configured to selectively occlude access to the plant growing chamber. Additionally, one of the bottom wall, the first or second side walls, or the lid includes a rail and another of the bottom wall, the first or second side walls, or the lid defines a groove such that the rail of the container is configured to be received within a groove of a first adjacent container and the groove of the container is configured to receive a rail of a second adjacent container.

Abstract: A fertilizer composition according to an embodiment may reduce methane gas emission. The fertilizer composition includes ethephon as an effective component, and has an excellent effect of reducing the emission amount of methane gas from soils in which crops are cultivated. As the fertilizer application can be reduced to one application, labor can be saved and also environmental contamination can be prevented.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for remote and/or autonomous cutting at least a portion of a harvested tree trunk, at least a portion of a tree trunk to be harvested, at least a portion of a tree trunk during harvesting or at least a portion of a tree trunk during transporting, said system comprising: a remotely and/or autonomously controlled Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (100), UAV, means (116) for cutting at least a portion of a tree trunk attachable to said UAV (100), means for detecting at least a portion of a tree (135), means for detecting at least one tree parameter of at least a portion of a tree (135) and/or at least one growing condition of at least a portion of a tree (tree), a base station (120) for communication with said UAV (100), and means configured for selecting at least one cutting position on at least a portion of a tree trunk depending on the at least one detected tree parameter and/or the at least one detected growing condition of at least a portion of a tree (135).

Abstract: An autonomous irrigation apparatus that employs various data from the ambient environment to inform water dispensing functionality to optimize water use has an above-ground, mobile, self-propelled, autonomous water delivery platform (e.g., a water delivery robot) that is connected to a water source from which it is able to draw a continuous supply of water for irrigating residential or commercial landscapes, lawns and/or gardens. The irrigation apparatus has a drive sub-system, an onboard hose and reel system, a water dispenser system, a sensor system, a control system, a user interface system and a power and charging system.

Abstract: A pot with integrated irrigation that is provided in a single pot embodiment or in a networked embodiment having a plurality of pots wherein the present invention provides an ability to provide automated watering of plants disposed within the interior volume of the pots. The present invention includes a pot having a body wherein the body includes an upper circumferential edge. A peripheral fluid tube member is integrally formed into the upper circumferential edge and is operable to have water flow therethrough. A plurality of fluid distribution tube members are operably coupled to the peripheral fluid tube member and are oriented so as to distribute water into the interior volume of the pot. The fluid distribution tube members have fluid ejection ports and can be present in various quantities. A reservoir is provided to store water and includes a pump to move the water to the pots via tubes.

Abstract: System for cutting and collecting vegetable products arranged on at least one cultivation shelf. The cultivation shelf has a base to which root portions of the products cling, and a cultivation face opposite the base and from which epigeal portions of the vegetable products extend. The system has: a loading station to support the cultivation shelf in an upside down position, wherein the base is arranged above the cultivation face so that the epigeal portions of the products extend from the cultivation face below the relative root portions and remain suspended and extended by gravity below the cultivation face; a cutting unit to cut the epigeal portions suspended below the cultivation face, so as to separate them by gravity from the root portions clinging to the base of the cultivation shelf; and a collection station to collect the epigeal portions cut and separated by gravity from the cultivation shelf.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of indoor plant cultivation facilities for the cultivation of e.g., crops and/or herbs. Specifically, it relates to a system and method for cultivation of plants by means of a conveyor system.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods for using envirotype in genomic prediction, genomic selection, variety development, and breeding. Also provided herein are systems for implementing such methods, as well as computer-readable storage media storing instructions for performing such methods.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods of deliberately increasing a rare endogenous genome modification called tandem duplication events in the cells of an organism. The invention also provides methods for identifying and/or selecting a cell with a trait of interest that is the result of such tandem duplication events. Methods for screening a population of cells and identifying and/or selecting a cell with a desired trait are also provided herein. A population of plant cells, plant parts or plants obtained by the methods described herein are also provided.

Abstract: A new and distinct melon variety NUN 71580 MEM is disclosed as well as seeds and plants and fruits thereof. NUN 71580 MEM is a Honey Dew melon variety, comprising intermediate resistance to Podosphaera xanthii Race 1, Race 2, and Race 5.

Abstract: A barley cultivar, designated BG 2020, is disclosed. The disclosure relates to seeds, plants, and derivatives of barley cultivar BG 2020, and methods for producing a barley plant by crossing BG 2020 with itself or another barley variety. The disclosure also relates to barley varieties or breeding varieties and plant parts derived from barley BG 2020, to methods for producing other barley varieties, lines, or plant parts derived from barley BG 2020, and to the barley plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The disclosure further relates to hybrid barley seeds and plants produced by crossing barley cultivar BG 2020 with another barley cultivar. The disclosure relates to methods for developing other barley varieties or breeding lines derived from variety BG 2020, including cell and tissue cultures and haploid systems.

Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 85030154 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 85030154, to the plants of soybean cultivar 85030154, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 85030154, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 85030154. 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 85030154. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 85030154, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 85030154 with another soybean cultivar.

Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01091764. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01091764. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01091764 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01091764 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.

Abstract: New soybean varieties designated ‘20911173’, ‘20920233’, ‘10021384708’, ‘21053121’, ‘21753644’, ‘21754422’, ‘21850415’, ‘21850671’, ‘21850684’, ‘10021330747’, ‘10021384680’, ‘21097054’, ‘10021388226’, ‘10020851479’, and ‘20270943’ are described. ‘20911173’, ‘20920233’, ‘10021384708’, ‘21053121’, ‘21753644’, ‘21754422’, ‘21850415’, ‘21850671’, ‘21850684’, ‘10021330747’, ‘10021384680’, ‘21097054’, ‘10021388226’, ‘10020851479’, and ‘20270943’ are soybean varieties exhibiting stability and uniformity.

Abstract: New soybean varieties designated ‘10020512713’, ‘10020803305’, and ‘10020803330’ are described. ‘10020512713’, ‘10020803305’, and ‘10020803330’ are soybean varieties exhibiting stability and uniformity.

Abstract: Provided herein are materials and methods for producing diploid, fertile, uniform, and vigorous hybrid potato. Also provided are methods of using advanced breeding methods, such as genome design, to generate potato inbred lines with high homozygosity which enables the exploitation of heterosis in this tuber crop and transforms potato breeding from a slow, non-accumulative mode into a fast-iterative one.

Abstract: An intelligent defecation device for living creature includes a device body, a supporting portion, an image module, and a first analysis module. The supporting portion is formed within the inner side of the device body for accommodating a moisture absorption member so as to allow the living creature to leave over its excrement therein. The image module is also arranged at the device body for dynamically capturing the images of the excrement in the supporting portion and outputting the image. The first analysis module is arranged in the device body and connected with the image module to analyze and calculate the defecation mode with the image based on preset or accumulated data, so as to generate a signal when an abnormal defecation mode is diagnosed.

Abstract: A pet safety bag for a vehicle includes an extendable enclosure and a supporting frame structure. The extendable enclosure includes an inner space defined by a bottom wall and side walls extending upwardly from the bottom wall along its edges to define bottom joint edge, and terminating at a top edge, wherein side walls are joined along respective edges thereof to define side joint edges. Further, the supporting frame structure may be hingedably coupled along the top edge, side joint edges, and the bottom joint edges to provide support to the extendable enclosure and prevent deformation when a pet lay along the top edge of the extendable enclosure.

Abstract: A liquid container with a heating module that prevents the liquid from freezing by regulating the air temperature of air within the liquid container. The heating module may be attached to the container or may be housed within a body attached to the liquid container.

Abstract: The invention relates to apparatus and a method for performing cleaning, treatment and/or drying of an animal, such as a pet animal, with the apparatus including a housing and base defining a cavity in which the said animal is located, a supply of liquid, means for dispensing the liquid into the said cavity and onto the said animal and a drainage assembly to allow the liquid to be removed from the said cavity. Drying means can also be provided to allow the animal's coat to be dried whilst in the cavity.

Abstract: A cat scratcher in the form of a rigid shell having a planar base and opposing side walls. The opposing side walls extending diagonally and outwardly from the planar base. A first block of open-fluted cardboard is affixed to the planar base and second and third open-fluted cardboard blocks are affixed to the opposing side walls respectively creating an open space within the rigid shell having three open-fluted cardboard surfaces upon which a cat can scratch.

Abstract: A cat scratcher kit and method of assembly. The kit includes first and second corrugated cardboard blocks, each corrugated cardboard block having top and bottom curvilinear surfaces of exposed open cardboard flutes such that the top surface of the first corrugated cardboard block nests coextensively with the bottom surface of the second corrugated cardboard block in a first orientation. Each of the first and second corrugated cardboard blocks have a notch configured therein such that the first and second corrugated cardboard blocks are joined to one another through joinder of the notches forming a corrugated cardboard perch having a substantially X-profile in a second orientation.

Abstract: An apparatus for a chewable treat holder and pet toy may be shown and described. An exemplary embodiment may include two clamping blocks which are clamped together via top and bottom knobs. Each top knob is connected to a threaded rod which is screwed into a nut embedded in a bottom knob. A pet treat may be clamped between the two clamping blocks, which can be clamped by tightening the knobs on the top and bottom of the blocks. The clamping blocks and tightening knobs may be composed of a pet-friendly material and may be able to withstand stress from chewing. The knobs may fully contain the threaded rods and the nuts such that no part of the threaded rods or nuts is exposed to animals.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, a controller, an arrangement, and a milking system, wherein a point in time of an insemination of an animal is received, and a measurement of progesterone level is obtained in an analyte of the animal, and the animal is determined to be non-pregnant when the progesterone level of the obtained measurement is lower than a progesterone threshold limit, where the measurement is made within 11 days from the point in time of the insemination.

Abstract: In one or more arrangements, a tag system for monitoring of livestock is presented. The system includes at least one tag and a control system communicatively connected to the tag. In one or more arrangements, the tag includes a housing and a connector configured to operably connect with the housing to facilitate attachment of the tag to an animal. The tag also includes a set of sensors. In one or more arrangements, the set of sensors includes a first temperature sensor configured to monitor a temperature of the animal (animal reference temperature), a second temperature sensor configured to monitor an ambient temperature (ambient reference temperature) of the environment where the animal is located, a gyroscopic sensor, and/or an accelerometer sensor. In one or more arrangements, the tag includes an electronic circuit positioned within the housing and configured to communicate data from the set of sensors to the control system.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a bird feeder moveable from a first position to a second position. The bird feeder is preferably comprised of a seed tube for holding a substance, a seed tray having openings to receive and provide access to the substance, a shroud surrounding and protecting both the seed tube and seed tray and a cover secured to an upper end of the shroud. The bird feeder is also preferably comprised of a positioning mechanism to move the bird feeder from the first position, where access to the substance is provided, and the second position, where access to the substance is prevented.

Abstract: Provided herein are egg hatching incubators having a reduced operational noise. In particular, provided are egg hatching incubators configured for affecting or promoting the sex of egg embryos using soundwaves at specific frequencies, wherein the operational noise of the incubator does not interfere with the transmitted soundwaves. Further provided are systems including the incubators and methods of using the same.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods for promoting production of male embryos in avian eggs, utilizing a composition which includes Ginseng extract, Vitamin D and/or folic acid. Further provided are systems for delivering one or more substances for promoting the production of male embryos in avian eggs via a humidity unit of an incubator in which the fertilized avian eggs are incubated.

Abstract: A beeswax and/or beehive or bee keeping equipment surface is treated with a composition containing at least one solvent, at least one surfactant and at least one oxidizing agent (e.g., peroxide), optionally also containing other components such as an oxidizing agent activator, a viscosifying agent, an enzyme and/or a pH control agent, to reduce the amount of pesticide residues on the beeswax surface and/or disinfect against any bacterial, viruses, and fungi infestation.

Abstract: A honeycomb cutter has a cutting block that is of a mold shape that can cut honeycomb into honeycomb pieces of desired shape and size. The cutting block can be heated wherein the hot and sharp cutting block can easily cut through the honeycomb. The honeycomb cutter has a heating block for heating the cutting block.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to genetically modified non-human animals that express a human or chimeric (e.g., humanized) CD276, and methods of use thereof.