Abstract: An agricultural work assistance system includes an input to input dimension information of a working device coupled to an agricultural machine and a work condition for performing agricultural work on an agricultural field by the agricultural machine and the working device, a route creator to create a traveling route of the agricultural machine on a map indicative of the agricultural field on the basis of the dimension information of the working device and the work condition, an output to output the traveling route, and a dimension determiner to receive the dimension information of the working device input by the input, determine whether the dimension information satisfies a predetermined restriction condition according to a kind of agricultural work performed by the working device, and refuse to receive the dimension information in a case where it is determined that the dimension information does not satisfy the restriction condition.

Abstract: A method including: recording a first image of a first field region; automatically treating a plant within the first region in-situ based on the first image; automatically verifying the plant treatment with a second image of the first region; and automatically treating a second region concurrently with treatment verification.

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

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to an on-the-go planting system utilizing soil organic matter data to prescribed seeding rate, hybrid/variety selection or soil treatment. The system weights at least two field attribute data types, such as soil organic matter data and normalized yield data to prescribe one or more outcomes. The system can also generate a yield potential value so as to prescribe the outcomes.

Abstract: An agricultural machine includes a product bin configured to store particulate material; a conveyor configured to draw the particulate material from the product bin; a distribution plate including a plurality of apertures; and a sectional control funnel box mounted on the distribution plate. The sectional control funnel box is configured to receive particulate material from the conveyor, and has a plurality of chutes extending therethrough and connecting the sectional control funnel box to the distribution plate. Distribution lines are configured to receive particulate material from a single aperture of the distribution plate and provide the particulate material to a distribution point of the distribution line. A system controller is configured to individually control a flow of the particulate material to each distribution line based on a location of the agricultural machine. Related systems and methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: A one hand controller for zero turn mowers includes a left steering controller and a right steering controller. The left steering controller mounts to a left steering lever of the mower and includes an angle plate, a linear track, and at least one left-steering-lever fastener. The right steering controller mounts to a right steering lever of the mower and includes a plate body, handle, a latch, and a right-steering-lever fastener. The linear track traverses along a top plate of the angle plate. The left-steering-lever fastener is connected to a bottom plate of the angle plate. The latch is connected to the plate body. The right-steering-lever fastener is rotatably mounted to the plate body. The handle is mounted to the plate body and oppositely positioned to the latch and the right-steering-lever fastener. The latch is slidably engaged within the linear track thus allowing the handle to operate the mower.

Abstract: An agricultural implement comprises: a main frame, an operational unit interconnected to the main frame, and a height adjustment apparatus interconnected to the main frame and the operational unit. The height adjustment apparatus comprises a terrain contact element that can be positioned to contact a terrain surface such that the contact element supports the operational unit at a vertical separation distance of the operational unit above the terrain surface. The height adjustment apparatus can adjust the vertical separation distance of the operational unit above the terrain surface. A shock absorbing assembly is operationally positioned between the main frame and the terrain contact element and provides for resilient deformation in response to forces transmitted during operation to the terrain contact element, from contact with the terrain surface. The shock absorbing assembly may absorb and/or cushion forces imparted to a component of the height adjustment apparatus.

Abstract: A cover assembly for a knife drive of an agricultural header includes a cover having a channel configured to receive a drive arm of the knife drive. The channel faces upwardly with respect to a vertical axis of the agricultural header, and a lateral extent of the channel is configured to enable the drive arm to oscillate to drive a blade support of a cutter bar assembly to oscillate. Furthermore, the cover has a front section and a rear section, the front section extends upwardly and rearwardly from a front end of the cover to the rear section, the rear section extends continuously downwardly and rearwardly from the front section to a rear end of the cover, and the rear section is configured to be angled less than 45 degrees relative to a longitudinal belt of the agricultural header.

Abstract: A walk-behind lawnmower comprising one or more wheels, one or more cutting blades, a motor configured to rotate the one or more cutting blades, a sensor configured to sense an acceleration of the motor, and a controller coupled to the motor and the sensor. The controller is configured to receive, from the sensor, a signal indicative of the acceleration of the motor, determine, based on the signal, whether an amplitude of the acceleration of the motor is greater than or equal to an amplitude threshold, and increment, in response to the amplitude being greater than or equal to the amplitude threshold, a hopping counter. The controller is configured to determine whether the hopping counter is greater than or equal to a hopping threshold, and disable, in response to the hopping counter being greater than or equal to the hopping threshold, operation of the motor.

Abstract: A cutting blade for a rotating trimmer includes a loading section at a proximal end securable to the rotating trimmer, a flexible hinge section extending from the loading section, and a transition section extending from the flexible hinge section. A cutting section extends from the transition section to a distal end. The transition section and the cutting section are tapered at a taper angle toward the distal end. In some variations, a mass of the transition section is greater than a mass of the cutting section, and a center of gravity based on a mass of the cutting blade may be positioned closer to the loading section than the cutting section.

Abstract: Brush cutters are provided. A brush cutter includes a handle assembly and a working head assembly. The working head assembly includes a working implement and a bevel pinion extending from a first end to a bevel end, wherein the bevel end is functionally coupled to the working implement, wherein the bevel pinion is supported in a cavity by a first bearing and a second bearing disposed around an outer surface of the bevel pinion, and wherein the first bearing and the second bearing are separated by a gap. The brush cutter further includes a shaft extending at least partly between the handle assembly and the working head assembly; and a motive device operable to rotate the bevel pinion for actuating the working implement.

Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods are disclosed. An example method for preparing an electronic yield map includes a computer device to perform operations including: identifying, based on a yield map, a location of a crop edge that separates a first part of a field from a second part of the field, the second part of the field containing at least one track on which a harvesting machine has travelled and picked a crop; identifying, based the yield map, a first time at which the harvesting machine crossed the crop edge while driving on the track; identifying, based on a signal generated from a sensor, a second time when the harvesting machine started or stopped picking the crop while driving on the track; identifying a time delay between the first time and the second time; and correcting the yield map based on the identified time delay.

Abstract: A stalk roll may be configured to be mounted upon a stalk roll drive shaft of a corn harvesting header, wherein the stalk roll drive shaft has a generally square cross-sectional shape. The stalk roll may comprise a main cylinder with a plurality of flutes extending radially from the main cylinder along the length of the main cylinder. A taper may be positioned toward the front end of the main cylinder. The flutes may be configured such this with differing edges to facilitate stalk movement into and through the ear separation zone to the plant separation zone. The flutes may be configured such that a bladeless area proximate to the nose cone on each of two stalk rolls of an opposing pair cooperate to form at stalk engagement gap in at least one moment in time per revolution of the stalk rolls.

Abstract: A platform header (10) for harvesting agricultural crops in a field includes a header frame (12) extending between a front portion (14) and a rear portion (16). A cutting assembly (24) is attached to the front portion for cutting the crops. A belt feeder assembly (34) includes a front drum (42), a rear drum (46) and a conveyor (48) tensioned therebetween for carrying the crop from the cutting assembly to an agricultural machine. The front drum includes a plurality of radially extending fingers (44) operatively coupled between a fixed shaft (78) and extending through slots (67) formed in the front drum such that the fingers protrude at varying distances as the front drum rotates about the fixed shaft to pull crops under the front drum to the rear portion of the header while avoiding interference with the conveyor.

Abstract: A bale accumulator for attaching to a round baler and for transporting a bale, with a carrying device for carrying the bale, which is adjustable into a loading position to pick up the bale, into a transport position to transport the bale, and into an unloading position to discharge the bale onto the ground, wherein the bale accumulator has two wheels, wherein the carrying device is mounted, as seen in a first spatial direction, at the height of or below a wheel axis of a wheel of the bale accumulator and/or that the carrying device is arranged between the two wheels of the bale accumulator. The present disclosure furthermore relates to a work train comprising a round baler and such a bale accumulator as well as a method for unloading a first and a second bale from a round baler of such a work train onto the ground.

Abstract: A baler combination includes a towing vehicle and a baler pulled by the towing vehicle by means of a drawbar. A control unit is connected to a drive system of the towing vehicle, the baler and an actuator. An angle between the drawbar and the baler is able to be set and/or adjusted by the actuator. The control unit is operable to control the drive system and/or the actuator such that the baler combination is moved from a first position to an unloading position, to actuate the baler such that a bale is unloaded at the unloading position, and to actuate the drive system and/or the actuator such that the baler combination is moved back from the unloading position to the first position.

Abstract: An embodiment introduced in track cylinders of grain harvesting and processing machines, including reinforcements obtained by casting applied to an inlet region for harvested material at helical portions of a feeding, a distributor and track cylinders; and beater fingers, applied to a helical portion of a track cylinder incorporating, at least one flat lengthwise band, where height markings are located, allowing standardized regulation of their heights.

Abstract: A baler implement includes an upper compression panel and a first side compression panel. A compression frame is disposed around the upper compression panel and the first side compression panel. A panel support structure includes a top portion positioned proximate the upper compression panel, and a first side portion attached to the top portion and positioned proximate the left side compression panel. An actuator interconnects the compression frame and the panel support structure. The actuator is operable to extend to move the panel support structure and the upper compression panel in a first vertical direction along a first compression axis. A first wedging system includes a wedge for converting movement of the first side portion in the first vertical direction along the first compression axis into movement of the first side compression panel in a first horizontal direction along a second compression axis.

Abstract: A bale wrap assembly for an agricultural baler includes a segmented shaft having multiple segments configured to couple to one another along a rotational axis of the segmented shaft. The bale wrap assembly also includes a bale wrap configured to be disposed about the segmented shaft. Furthermore, the bale wrap assembly includes at least one engagement feature positioned at an end of the bale wrap and configured to engage the segmented shaft. The at least one engagement feature is configured to couple the segments to one another while engaged with the segmented shaft, and the at least one engagement feature is configured to disengage the segmented shaft as the end of the bale wrap moves away from the segmented shaft to enable the segments to uncouple from one another.

Abstract: A baler implement includes a wrap system having a first spool roller and a second spool roller arranged in parallel and positioned to form a nip therebetween. The first and second spool rollers are configured to receive a wrap material through the nip and discharge the wrap material from the nip toward an inlet of a baling chamber. A scraper is positioned on the outlet side of the nip adjacent to the first spool roller for guiding the wrap material away from a circumferential exterior surface of the first spool roller to prevent the wrap material from wrapping around the first spool roller. The scraper includes an undulating edge defining a plurality of peaks and a plurality of valleys with the plurality of peaks positioned proximate to the circumferential exterior surface of the first spool roller.

Abstract: A combination of a towing vehicle and a baler includes a control unit which is connected to an actuator. The actuator is specified to adjust and/or set an angle between a drawbar and the baler. The control unit, as a function of an unloading signal, is able to be operated so as to actuate the actuator in such a manner that, for unloading a fully formed or fully wrapped bale from the baler in a specified direction, an unloading angle between the drawbar and the baler is able to be set in such a way that the bale is able to be ejected from the baler in the specified direction.

Abstract: A festive wreath system secures to, or drapes over, at least a portion of an object having preselected length, width, and height values. The wreath system includes multiple festive lights, at least one battery to electrically energize each of the lights, and a cord for connecting the battery to each light. The wreath system also includes a length of festive garland, a strap, and a buckle.

Abstract: A method for the antifungal treatment of a turf includes a step of applying blue light on said turf.

Abstract: A light reflector for plants in a planter including a planter pot having a circular base and side walls which extend up from the base to a rim which extends around the top opening of the pot. A reflector having a circular shape with an elastic waist band which forms a circular opening which grips the side walls and engages the bottom surface of the rim whereby the reflector extends outward from the sidewalls to reflect light on a bottom surface of the plants.

Abstract: The invention relates to a non-woven textile fabric of one or a combination of wool, hemp, cotton, cellulose and or other natural fibres, treated with a natural water proofing and fungicide solution for planter bags and pots. The planter bag or pot fabric enables superior air pruning of the plant roots. The bag or pot can be directly planted into the ground with the plant and biodegrades.

Abstract: A plants management/treatment system is disclosed comprising at least one robotic arm system configured to reciprocally move along a longitudinal axis thereof towards or away suspension devices placed on a cable, a manipulator coupled to the at least one robotic arm and configured to grip one of the suspension devices between gripping fingers thereof and manipulate it to adjust at least one of suspension height of the plant coupled to the suspension device, or location of the suspension device along the cable, and at least one sensing unit coupled to the at least one robotic arm and configured to detect location of one of the suspension devices suspended from the cable, and generate signals/data to cause the at least one robotic arm to reciprocally move along the longitudinal axis to grip the suspension device and manipulate it.

Abstract: Disclosed and claimed are methods for producing a bio-based material from a waste material containing gypsum via mycoremediation.

Abstract: A turf roller can include a chassis, a roller assembly supporting the chassis, the roller assembly including a roller, a first actuator operably connected to the roller and configured to control an angular position of the roller, a second actuator operably connected to the roller and configured to rotationally drive the roller, and an operator station supported by the chassis, the operator station including a single input member controlling the output to both the first and second actuators to provide directional and speed control for the drive the turf roller.

Abstract: Green bean plants exhibiting resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum are provided, together with methods of producing, identifying, or selecting plants or germplasm with a Sclerotinia sclerotiorum resistance phenotype and lacking an undesirable seed color trait. Such plants include green bean plants comprising introgressed genomic regions conferring disease resistance. Compositions, including novel polymorphic markers for detecting plants comprising introgressed disease resistance alleles, are further provided.

Abstract: Plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of the hybrid rice RT23L401, and methods for producing a rice plant by crossing a rice plant of hybrid rice RT23L401 with itself or with another rice plant, such as a plant of another rice variety or rice hybrid, are disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to rice grain with thickened aleurone. Also provided is a rice plant comprising at least one genetic variation which reduces the activity of at least one ROS1a gene in the plant. Grain of the invention, or aleurone therefrom, has improved nutritional properties, and hence is particularly useful for human and animal feed products.

Abstract: The present invention relates to wheat plants comprising a mutation causing an alteration of the amino acid sequence in centromere histone H3 (CENH3), which have the biological activity of a haploid inducer. Further, the present invention provides methods of generating the wheat plants of the present invention and haploid and doubled haploid wheat plants obtainable by crossing the wheat plants of the present invention with wildtype wheat plants.

Abstract: A petunia-calibrachoa plant designated SAKPCX035 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of petunia-calibrachoa SAKPCX035, the plants of petunia-calibrachoa SAKPCX035, to plant parts of petunia-calibrachoa SAKPCX035, and methods for producing a plant produced by crossing petunia-calibrachoa SAKPCX035 with itself or with another variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to varieties, breeding varieties, plant parts, and cells derived from petunia-calibrachoa SAKPCX035, methods for producing other lines or plant parts derived from petunia-calibrachoa SAKPCX035, and the plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing petunia-calibrachoa SAKPCX035 with another variety.

Abstract: The invention provides seeds and plants of tomato hybrid DRTH2913 and tomato line FDR-A820-0618. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid DRTH2913 and tomato line FDR-A820-0618 and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a tomato 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 tomato hybrid DRTH2913 and tomato line FDR-A820-0618 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.

Abstract: A dark-out apparatus is provided for use with a ventilation fan disposed on the wall of an agricultural building for passing ventilation air from one side to the other. The dark-out apparatus includes light-trapping media and first and second door members for holding the light-trapping media and being movable between open and closed positions and being openable away from the wall. When in the closed positions, the first and second door members cover a ventilation port of the fan, and when in the open positions, the first and second door members expose the ventilation port. When in the closed positions, distal sides of the first and second door members define an air gap. The air gap allows ventilation air to pass through, but does not allow ambient exterior light to pass through.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pet lavatory. The pet lavatory includes a base element, a decorative element, a water receiving tank, a flushing system and a water flushing passage ring. The decorative element has an external design that is attractive to pet animals. The pet lavatory further includes a drain that extends though the base element to allow the excreted waste of pet for optimal flushing. The pet lavatory allows a pet to release their excreted materials without human intervention.

Abstract: A method for pet waste removal. The method includes installing a pad on a surface of a platform and receiving pet waste on the pad. A portion of the pad receiving the pet waste defines a soiled portion of the pad. The method includes capturing one or more images of the pad. The one or more captured images are compared to a reference image. Based on the one or more captured images being compared to the reference image, a type of pet waste is detected on the pad on the soiled portion of the pad or an amount of pet waste is detected on the soiled portion of the pad.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a plant-based cat litter and a preparation method thereof, and relates to the technical field of pet products. In the present disclosure, the plant-based cat litter is prepared by coconut shell fiber, coffee grounds, starch, a binder, and water. The plant-based cat litter adopts purely natural, pollution-free, safe, and non-toxic raw materials, is easy to clean, has desirable adsorption and deodorization effects, and cannot be moldy after long-term storage. The plant-based cat litter is easy to use, is not easy to be broken and fractured during storage and transportation, and shows excellent coating properties on feces. Therefore, the plant-based cat litter can effectively improve a living environment of cats.

Abstract: An animal feeding bucket includes a container, a locking system, and a base plate. The container has a top edge, a bottom, and sidewalls. The base plate has a peripheral rim with an interior surface and an exterior surface. The locking system includes a first locking member coupled to the base plate interior surface, a second locking member coupled to the container bottom, a third locking member coupled to the base plate exterior surface, and a fourth locking member coupled to the container top edge. The base plate may be used as a base when the first locking member is coupled with the second locking member, or used as a lid when the third locking member is coupled with the fourth locking member.

Abstract: A feeder system has a reservoir holds feed, which is to be dispersed according to a desirable, preferred, animal, namely, a livestock animal (e.g., horse, cow, cattle, sheep, goats) and/or game animal (e.g., deer, elk, turkey). The feed contained in the reservoir is dispensed to at least one feed outlet chamber through a corresponding feed outlet in the housing. The inventive animal feeder system helps to prevent unscheduled feeding, water and/or moisture incursion, and access to feed by undesired animals. The present system further limits power draw, to improve deployment longevity of a feeder system, and offers a self-contained complete feeder system to prevent corrosion and unwanted disruption of electrical elements.

Abstract: Disclosed are a feed management service provision device and method.

Abstract: A tracking system and method for animal racing and/or training. The system comprises at least one RTK base station installed at or near a racecourse and/or training track and configured for generating calibrated GPS/GNSS data indicating a fixed location of the RTK base station and for obtaining current GPS/GNSS data of the RTK base station; one or more TAG modules configured for being moveable with respective ones of the animals along the race course and/or training track, each TAG module configured for obtaining current GPS/GNSS data of the TAG module; and a processor unit configured for generating output tracking data based on the current GPS/GNSS data of the respective TAG modules and correction data generated from the calibrated GPS/GNSS data and the current GPS/GNSS data of the RTK base station; wherein each tag module is configured for transmitting position data based on the current GPS/GNSS data of the tag module via the mobile network to the processing unit.

Abstract: A pet washing system with front and rear walls, two side walls, and a roof that is slanted downwardly from front to back. A dividing wall is between and parallel to the front and rear walls and between and perpendicular to the first and second side walls, thereby defining first and second areas within the rectangular structure. A first gap is situated directly underneath the bottom edge of the dividing wall between the dividing wall and the floor and configured to allow fluids to pass between the first area and the second area. A second gap is situated directly above the top edge of the dividing wall between the dividing wall and the ceiling. A plurality of louvres within the second gap is configured to allow air to pass between the first and second areas. The floor is slanted to direct liquids into a sump in the second area.

Abstract: A pet hair comb includes an installation shell body having an air duct, a grooming assembly, and a hair scraping assembly, wherein a relative movement between the hair scraping assembly and the grooming assembly allows the hair scraping assembly to scrape down the pet hair on the grooming assembly, wherein the pet hair comb has an air pressure adjusting port which is configured to be switched between an unblocked sate and a blocked state when the air duct is in a negative pressure state for sucking the pet hair, so as to adjust an air pressure in the air duct for facilitating the removal of the pet hair on the comb.

Abstract: Disclosed in the disclosure is a manual and automatic dual-purpose bark stopper, including a remote control and a receiver, wherein the remote control is provided with a function switching key; and the main control board is provided with a dog training control unit and a bark stopping control unit, respectively, and the main control board receives an instruction from the function switching key to switch between the dog training control unit and the bark stopping control unit to control the vibration motor, or the ultrasonic generator or the electric shock electrode, thereby switching the receiver to be in a working mode of dog training or of bark stopping.

Abstract: A system for autonomously training an animal is provided, the system comprising an input device comprising one or more sensors for monitoring an animal during a training session. The input device is configured to communicate with a processing system. The system is further configured to: receive a first set of data from the input device, transmit the first set of data to the processing system, wherein the processing system is configured with a first machine learning model trained to detect the performance of a first behavior in the first set of data; receive a signal from the processing system comprising a determination from the first machine learning model that the first behavior has been performed by the animal; and upon receipt of the signal from the processing system, cause a reward device to provide one or more of audible feedback or a reward for the animal.

Abstract: A device for launching objects of varying shapes and sizes that include a means of being hooked and accurately launched overhand, underhand, or sideways with minimal effort and strain.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel cat chew toy that is developed from natural materials and promotes dental health in addition of providing amusement and enjoyment to the cats. The proposed assembly is economical, is developed from natural ingredients thus is safe and effective, and is an interactive toy that keeps the cats engaged and relaxed.

Abstract: A cat chew toy is disclosed. The cat chew toy is made from materials comprising natural materials. In some embodiments, the natural materials are derived from plants. The cat chew toy may comprise an elongated stick extending longitudinally from a first end to an opposing second end, a first plurality of fibers extending outwardly from the first end of the stick, a second plurality of fibers extending outwardly from the second end of the stick, a dried fruit extending outwardly from one or both of the first and second ends of the stick, and a first rope winding around the elongated stick.

Abstract: A pet recovery cone harness is disclosed that features a cone to prevent pets from licking, biting, or otherwise interfering with their healing wounds. The pet recovery cone harness device is water resistant and water repellent, comprising a harness component and a cone component that is both protective and comfortable for the animal. The harness component comprises half of a zipper for removable attachment of the cone component, a secure and adjustable hook and loop closure, two front paw holes for a secure fit, and a D loop for attachment of a leash or lead. The cone component comprises the other half of the zipper for removable attachment to the harness component, as well as a hook and loop cone closure to form the shape of the recovery cone.