Abstract: An agricultural system having at least two connectors for moving a first tool with a first marker and a method are configured to check a controllability of the tool by connecting a first actuator with at least one of the least two connectors for moving the first tool in a first degree of freedom, triggering an actuation via one connector, receiving sensor information from a sensor unit capturing a first marker connected with the first tool and determining whether the first marker moves in the first degree of freedom in response to the triggered actuation via the one connector.

Abstract: An automated farming machine can operate in low light environments (e.g., at night) using one or more lights, attached to a boom, to illuminate the ground surface of a field for cameras of the machine. The cameras capture images of the field, which the machine processes by identifying a region of interest (ROI) within the image and a plant within the ROI. The boom moves as the machine goes over uneven ground, causing the brightness captured in the images to change. The machine may analyze a portion of the ground surface that is illuminated to identify an ROI within the image. The machine identifies the ROI by comparing the brightness of the image to a threshold brightness level. The machine takes actions based on the ROI, such as spraying herbicide on a weed identified in the ROI at a certain time after identifying the weed.

Abstract: An automatic steering device for a vehicle comprising: a frame: a handle coupled to the frame by a drive assembly: a motor; and a control module, and: wherein the handle is adapted to be held in a substantially stationary position by a user such that, in use, the drive assembly will rotate the steering wheel in accordance with a rotation command received from the control module. Also disclosed is an automatic steering system for steering a vehicle comprising: an automatic steering device: a location sensor: a guidance module which includes map data and which is adapted to define travel paths and to process location data from the location sensor by comparing the location data from the location sensor to the map data and the guidance module determines the steering instructions by comparing location data to the defined travel path: wherein the automatic steering device receives the steering instruction from the guidance module and moves the steering wheel in accordance with the steering instructions.

Abstract: A method for automated steering by machine vision receives a point cloud that is generated using a stereo camera. A location of a row is determined based on the point cloud and a steering angle is generated based on the location of the row. The center of the row is detected using a Hough transform detection algorithm and a horizontal projection of the point cloud.

Abstract: A control system for an agricultural implement may include a sensor that generates sensor data for a disc blade and a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor and comprising a memory and a processor. The controller performs operations including receive the sensor data from the sensor, determine a trace based on the sensor data, and determine a status of the disc blade based on a comparison of the trace to a target trace. The status includes operational or not operational.

Abstract: Treatment assemblies and systems including treatment assemblies are provided. One example treatment assembly includes an inlet configured to receive a treatment product, an outlet, and at least one rotatable wheel. The at least one rotatable wheel includes a base having an outer circumferential surface, and tabs extending away from the outer circumferential surface of the base. The tabs define receptacles each configured to receive a portion of the treatment product from the inlet as the wheel rotates. The at least one rotatable wheel is configured to transport the portion of the treatment product from the inlet and deliver the portion of the treatment product to the outlet. The outlet is configured, then, to dispense the portion of the treatment product to a field.

Abstract: An air flow control system for an agricultural system includes a controller configured to receive an agricultural product signal indicative of an agricultural product disposed within a storage tank of the agricultural system. The storage tank is configured to provide the agricultural product to a metering system of the agricultural system, and the metering system is configured to control an agricultural product flow rate of the agricultural product into a primary line of the agricultural system. The controller is also configured to select a selected flow rate relationship from a set of flow rate relationships based on the agricultural product disposed within the storage tank. Furthermore, the controller is configured to determine a target air flow rate of an air flow through the primary line based on the selected flow rate relationship and the agricultural product flow rate, and the controller is configured to control an air source.

Abstract: A plug detection system for an agricultural system includes a controller configured to receive first sensor signals indicative of a set of upstream air pressures. The controller is configured to receive second sensor signals indicative of a set of downstream air pressures. The controller is configured to determine a downstream pressure variance based on the set of downstream air pressures. The controller is configured to determine a set of pressure drops based on the set of upstream air pressures and the set of downstream air pressures, and the controller is configured to determine a pressure drop variance based on the set of pressure drops. The controller is configured to determine a variance delta based on the pressure drop variance and the downstream pressure variance, and the controller is configured to identify an impending plugging condition in response to determining the variance delta is greater than a threshold value.

Abstract: An air flow calibration system for an agricultural system includes a controller configured to receive first sensor signals indicative of a set of upstream air pressures and second sensor signals indicative of downstream air pressures. The controller is also configured to iteratively determine a variance delta based on the pressures, compare the variance delta to a threshold value, and output a first output signal to decrease an air flow rate by a first amount until the variance delta is greater than the threshold value. The controller is configured to iteratively output a second output signal to increase the air flow rate by a second amount, determine the variance delta, and compare the variance delta to the threshold value until the variance delta is less than or equal to the threshold value. The controller is configured to determine a plugging condition is terminated, and store a calibration value.

Abstract: A sensor generates an output signal indicative of an attribute of a limited amount of material above the sensor. A controller receives the output signal and incorporates a corresponding variable into a programmatic calculation of an indication of a volume of material in a tank.

Abstract: A system includes an agricultural vehicle, a rear-mounted mower coupled to the agricultural vehicle by a rear hitch, a front-mounted mower pivotably coupled to a front hitch of the vehicle by a pivot member and at least one pivot-adjustment mechanism, and a control system configured to control the front-mounted mower. The control system includes processing circuitry configured to obtain a steering angle signal from a sensor, assign a value to the signal, determine if the value exceeds a first threshold, and responsive to determining that the value exceeds the first threshold, transmit a first instruction to adjust the at least one pivot-adjustment mechanism from a first position to a second position.

Abstract: A system including an agricultural vehicle, a rear-mounted mower coupled to the agricultural vehicle by a rear hitch, a front-mounted mower coupled to the agricultural vehicle by a front hitch, and a control system. The control system is configured to control the rear-mounted mower by obtaining a signal from a sensor positioned on the front hitch coupled to the front-mounted mower. Then assigning a value to the signal, determining if the value exceeds a threshold, transmitting an instruction to adjust the rear-mounted mower laterally, and executing the instruction by adjusting the rear-mounted mower laterally to a lateral position.

Abstract: A management system 1 includes an electronic controller 14 and a communicator 15.The electronic controller 14 is arranged at a self-propelled lawn mower 10 and performs a drive control of a drive source 11 that drives the lawn mower 10. The communicator 15 is arranged at the lawn mower 10, includes an apparatus that communicates with the electronic controller 14 and with a server 30 via a network, acquires drive control information used for the drive control from the electronic controller 14, and transmits the drive control information to the server 30.

Abstract: A rotary apparatus is provided for attachment to a rotating shaft. The rotary apparatus includes a mounting base and an attachment. The mounting base includes a circular plate, a receptacle centrally located at the circular plate and being configured to receive the rotating shaft, and a mounting base circumferential side wall connected to the circular plate. The circumferential side wall includes a first aperture and a second aperture. The attachment includes an attachment circumferential side wall having a first resilient retaining clip and a second resilient retaining clip. The first resilient retaining clip is configured to releasably lock into the first aperture, and the second resilient retaining clip is configured to releasably lock into the second aperture so as to releasably fasten the attachment to the mounting base.

Abstract: A mower deck height of cut adjustment mechanism includes a shaft having a caster wheel mounted to the shaft, and a screw rotatably threaded to the shaft to move the shaft vertically relative to an inner cylinder to adjust a mower deck height of cut. The inner cylinder is pivotable on a vertical axis within an outer cylinder. A locking plate may lock the screw to the inner cylinder to disable adjustment of the mower deck height of cut.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile vehicle, in particular for cutting lawns or gardens, comprising a support frame (3), a driving station (4), at least one work tool (5) carried below by said support frame (3) for performing a process on land to be maintained, and a command device (7), such as a joystick, operable by the operator seated in said driving station (4), for determining a movement of the vehicle. The vehicle comprises a right drive wheel and a left drive wheel as well as a first and a second electric motor (9a), independent of each other, coupled to the first and the second wheel respectively and powered by a battery pack (10); a controller (50) is configured for receiving at least one command signal from the command device (7) and consequently commanding the two electric motors. In one aspect, the controller (50) can, upon detection of emergency signals, command the locking of the electric motors active on the wheels, and of the electric motor(s) active on the work tool (5).

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for automatically controlling a position of a reel relative to wing of an agricultural header in response to movement of the wing are disclosed. In some instances, a position of the reel, such as a portion of the reel, is located at a different position relative to the wing based on an amount of articulation of the wing, such as an amount of angular displacement of the wing relative to a datum, such as a center frame of the header.

Abstract: A harvesting machine includes a frame structure. A cutter is coupled to the frame structure for cutting standing crop material. A conveyor rotor is rotatable about a rotor axis relative to the frame structure, and includes a plurality of drivers mounted to an exterior surface of the conveyor rotor. A discharge hood is mounted to the frame structure above the conveyor rotor. The conveyor rotor is configured for rotation about the rotor axis in a first rotational direction for moving crop material over the conveyor rotor, between the discharge hood and the conveyor rotor, for conditioning the crop material. The conveyor rotor is configured for rotation about the rotor axis in a second rotational direction, opposite the first rotational direction, for moving the crop material under the conveyor rotor for cutting the crop material.

Abstract: An agricultural crop conditioner comprising: a frame with a first conditioner roll rotatably mounted to the frame, and a second conditioner roll rotatably and movably mounted to the frame. A tensioner is connected between the frame and the second roll, and configured to generate a first force to bias the second roll towards the first roll. The conditioner has a roll drive circuit comprising a hydraulic pump configured to drive a hydraulic motor. A hydraulic actuator is operatively connected to a forward supply line between the pump and the motor. The hydraulic actuator is configured to change the first force as an inverse function of changes in a pressure of hydraulic fluid in the forward supply line during operation of the hydraulic motor in a forward processing direction.

Abstract: An agricultural crop conditioner comprising: a frame; first and second conditioner rolls with the second conditioner roll being movable towards and away from the first conditioner roll to change a size of a gap between the rolls; a tensioner configured to generate closing force component to bias the second conditioner roll in the closing direction; a conditioner roll drive circuit; and a hydraulic actuator. The conditioner roll drive circuit has a hydraulic pump and motor to drive at least one of the conditioner rolls. The hydraulic actuator is configured to convert pressure from hydraulic fluid in the reverse supply line into an opening force to bias the second conditioner roll away from the first conditioner roll. The opening force is less than the closing force when the pump is operated in a forward direction, and greater than the closing force when the pump is operated in a reverse direction.

Abstract: A swather includes a frame, a chassis which supports the frame, at least one processing member which is connected at least indirectly to the frame, a front coupling device which is arranged at a front side of the frame with respect to a longitudinal axis of the swather, and a rear coupling device which is arranged at a rear side of the frame with respect to the longitudinal axis. The at least one processing member grips a crop material. The front coupling device defines a front coupling point for attaching the swather to a tractor. The rear coupling device defines a rear coupling point for attaching a baler to the swather.

Abstract: A grain cart for transporting grain or agricultural inputs, having a foldable tank to make it easier to transport the equipment, especially on highways. The proposed grain cart further comprises a single chassis with supports having a large fastening area linking the chassis to the lower portion of the tank and a simple and coplanar structure formed by two longitudinal tubes shaped at the front end to form the trailer portion. This arrangement, besides making it easy to manufacture and adapt to various rolling systems, allows the structure to operate mainly in a traction mode, avoiding possible structural deformations and critical failures due to flexural stresses.

Abstract: One or more information maps are obtained by an agricultural system. The one or more information maps map one or more characteristic values at different geographic locations in a worksite. An in-situ sensor detects a material dynamics characteristic value as a mobile machine operates at the worksite. A predictive map generator generates a predictive map that predicts a predictive material dynamics characteristic value at different geographic locations in the worksite based on a relationship between the values in the one or more information maps and the material dynamics characteristic value detected by the in-situ sensor. The predictive map can be output and used in automated machine control.

Abstract: A continuous round baler forms a cylindrically-shaped bale by spiral, coiled layers created by a conical portion of a bale-forming chamber and protruded upwardly from a cylindrical portion of the bale-forming chamber. The bale is circumferentially supported by netting applied to the bale in the cylindrical portion. A rotary feed table receives crop from the field and feeds the crop into the conical portion. The bale forming process can be interrupted if an insufficient volume of crop is collected on the rotary feed table. The netting material is provided on short rolls to facilitate loading onto the machine. A cutoff mechanism is coupled to the growth of the bale from the cylindrical portion to sever the bale at a predetermined length with end surfaces that are perpendicular to the axis of the bale. A bale density mechanism supports the distal end of the bale as the bale protrudes upwardly.

Abstract: A method for operating a coupled unit with a swather attached to a tractor, and a round baler attached to the swather. The method includes using the swather to pick up a crop and to deposit the picked-up crop in a deposit area to form a swath with a swath center, using the round baler to pick up the swath via a pick-up device and to further compress the picked-up swath into a crop bale, and performing an automatic pick-up adjustment via a device adjustment on the swather and/or the round bailer via an actuator-based device setting, at which automatic pick-up adjustment a relative picking up position taken at the swath center and at the pick-up device relative to one another with respect to a round baler transverse axis is adjusted so as to achieve a uniform build-up of the crop bale.

Abstract: A garden shear may include a main body and two holding members. The main body has a pair of shear blades, and each of the shear blades has a first handle at one end and a through hole on the middle section thereof. Each of the first handles has one holding member disposed on the lower end thereof, and each of the holding members comprises a sleeve. A connecting opening is formed on the top of the sleeve, and the diameter of the connecting opening is gradually smaller from top to bottom. Each of the sleeves comprises a first coated member and a second coated member respectively coated on two side surfaces of the sleeve, and the second coated member is covered with an imitation carbon fiber texture.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for recovering LED light in indoor multi-level farms. A plurality of cameras and sensors capture in real time in a vertical farm environment a plurality of camera images and sensor data. The camera images include physical images of the vertical farm environment, and the sensor data includes light data. The camera images and sensor data are analyzed to identify a pattern of light origin and direction in the vertical farm environment. The plant characteristics are identified based on comparing the captured camera images, using image recognition, against a model. Based on the identified plant characteristics, manipulating the light data. The plant characteristics include plant species growth state and general health. The light is manipulated by breaking it into component visible light wavelengths. The model predicts optimizing the redirecting of the optimal wavelengths for improved plant growth.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for directing crop disease treatments to agricultural fields. An example computer-implemented method includes receiving a user input from a user at a communication device associated with an interface indicative of likelihood of a first disease in a plurality of agricultural fields and, in response, determining a likelihood of occurrence of the first disease for ones of the plurality of agricultural fields. The method then also includes generating an interface indicative of the likelihood of occurrence of the first disease in the ones of the plurality of agricultural fields and causing the interface to be displayed at the communication device associated with the user.

Abstract: A plant cultivator and a server that transmits and receives plant cultivation information from a plant cultivator are provided. The plant cultivator identifies detachment of a cultivation port when the detachable or attachable cultivation port is detached from the plant cultivator, and obtains identifier for the detached cultivation port to transmit it to a mobile terminal device.

Abstract: A system comprises a structure for removably attaching one or more holders for plants and the like, and at least one such holder. The structure comprises a plurality of horizontal supports; and a holder comprises a front part, a rear part connected to the front part and having a linear extension at a top side, and a bottom part for supporting the holder, located between the front and the rear parts. When the holder is attached to the structure, a first horizontal support is located between the front part and the linear extension and the centre of mass of the holder is at a distance in front of a plane formed by the plurality of horizontal supports, so that gravity pulling on the holder will make the linear extension engage with the first horizontal support of the structure and the bottom part engage with a second horizontal support.

Abstract: A seed cartridge configured for indoor growing appliances. The seed cartridge may be a self-contained apparatus having a structure that contain one or more seeds suspended in one or more layers of substrate. The structure of the seed cartridge may include a removable top surface, a bottom surface, and a side surface. The side surface may be substantially coned shaped to provide a larger top surface when compared with the bottom surface and include one or more openings, holes, or slits along the exterior side surface to allow water to be delivered from the indoor growing appliances to the seeds.

Abstract: A modular green roof system includes a planter including a bottom wall, a plurality of sidewalls, an interior space and a plurality of corners located between adjacent sidewalls, the sidewalls including an upper edge that extends to a first height above the bottom wall, the first height being constant between adjacent corners, and an insert removably inserted into the interior space to retain a plant matter in the interior space and extending above the sidewalls to retain the plant matter in the interior space where the plant matter extends above the upper edge of the sidewalls, the insert extending to a second height above the upper edge of the sidewalls of the planter, and wherein a ratio of the second height to the first height is equal to or greater than about 0.4.

Abstract: Various embodiments of a weather management system launch an aerial feature to an elevation while the aerial feature is tethered to a positioning system. The positioning system generates a motion strategy to direct aerial feature movement over time to induce a surface condition selected by the positioning system. Execution of the motion strategy over time with the positioning system steers the aerial feature to react with naturally occurring weather conditions to provide the selected surface condition.

Abstract: Cellulose filament medium for growing plant seedlings, comprising mixture of water and cellulose filaments, the cellulose filaments being at a consistency of between about 4% and 50% in the mixture. Composition of matter suitable for forming a cellulose filament medium for growing plant seedlings, comprising: mixture of water and cellulose filaments, the cellulose filaments being at a consistency of between about 28% and 35% in the mixture. Method of forming a medium for growing plant seedlings, comprising: adding a sufficient amount of water to a mixture of water and cellulose filaments, the cellulose filaments being at a consistency of between about 28% and 35% in the mixture, to lower the consistency to between about 14% to 27%. Method of growing plant seedlings comprising: implanting plant seeds in a mixture of water and cellulose filaments, the cellulose filaments being at a consistency of between about 4% and 50% in the mixture.

Abstract: A surge irrigation system with one or more valve location units configured for location at a flood irrigation valve assembly. Each valve location unit has an elongate linkage with a rod configured to rotatably open and close a flood irrigation valve assembly with a powered actuator. A control unit is connected to the powered actuator and configured to wirelessly receive instructions to operate the powered actuator. Various embodiments also implement a base station to relay information and/or instructions between valve location units and a user. A user may control the system through, for example, a mobile device interface. Embodiments of the invention may also include moisture sensors configured to provide feedback to the system. A method of using the surge irrigation system is also disclosed.

Abstract: A device and method for irrigating and providing nutrients to plants and fungi, having a supply unit, which has an inlet that can be connected at least indirectly to a water and/or nutrient solution supply and which has an outlet through which water and/or nutrient solution can be dispensed in at least two locations that are positioned at different heights with respect to a vertical. The solution features the fact that the supply unit has a drive train (8), which can be connected to a drive unit, and at the outlet, has at least one nozzle, which is coupled to the drive train and is for dispensing the water and/or nutrient solution, wherein based on an activation of the drive train, the nozzle is movable to at least two locations positioned at different heights.

Abstract: A plant cultivation apparatus and a method for controlling the same is disclosed, and the plant cultivation apparatus includes a cabinet; a mixing tank provided inside the cabinet and configured to store a nutrient solution provided to plants by mixing water and nutrients; a concentration detection unit provided inside the cabinet to measure the concentration of nutrients in the nutrient solution; a mixing tank water level detection unit provided in the mixing tank to measure the water level of the nutrient solution; and a control unit configured to determine expected concentration in a state in which water is added to a difference between the water level of the nutrient solution and an upper limit water level, based on the concentration of the nutrient solution when the water level of the nutrient solution is less than the upper limit water level of the mixing tank, and to perform a drain process of draining the nutrient solution from the mixing tank when the expected concentration is at the upper limit or m

Abstract: Provided are improved herbicide tolerant Beta vulgaris, particularly improved sugar beet plants, with increased yield performance, while maintaining optimal and agronomically relevant herbicide tolerance, wherein the large and small subunits of the herbicide tolerance acetolactate synthase enzyme are optimally fitted. Further provided are markers for identifying such improved herbicide tolerant Beta vulgaris plants, as well methods for obtaining and identifying such improved herbicide tolerant Beta vulgaris plants.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a banana plant with tolerance or resistance to Fusarium oxysporum Cubensis TR4 and such plants. The method includes (a) exposing one or more banana meristems, in one or more propagating cycles, to a medium including a demethylating agent (in vitro mutagenesis) to thereby provide one or more banana meristems exhibiting expression and thereby amplification of retrotransposable elements in their plant genome as determined by Southern blot hybridization analysis, and (b) rooting the meristems that exhibited the amplification and regenerating therefrom one or more regenerated banana plants, at least one of the regenerated banana plants having tolerance or resistance to Fusarium oxysporum Cubensis TR4.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of plant breeding and in particular to the regeneration of plants from cells and other tissues. More particularly, the invention provides methods and means for improving callus and shoot formation and regeneration of plants using SNP in combination with BnBBM.

Abstract: The present invention relates to spinach plants displaying resistance to Peronospora effusa. The present invention also relates to seeds and parts of said plants, for example leaves and heads. The present invention further relates to methods of making and using such seeds and plants. The present invention also relates to genetic sequences associated with said resistance to Peronospora effusa and to molecular markers associated with said genetic sequences.

Abstract: A Weigela plant having one or more of the following traits: 1) dark foliage color, 2) reblooming (remontant) (e.g., blooming multiple times throughout the growing season without pruning), 3) large flower size, 4) flowers that are bright pink, 5) petals that occasionally exhibit a medial stripe in a darker pink color, and 6) compact plant habit.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel lettuce cultivar Luke and plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom. The invention also provides methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the lettuce plants of the invention with themselves or another lettuce plant. The invention also provides lettuce plants produced from such a crossing as well as plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom.

Abstract: A new and distinct lettuce variety NUN 06623 LTL is disclosed, as well as seeds and plants and heads or leaves thereof.

Abstract: A new and distinct lettuce variety NUN 06832 LTL is disclosed, as well as seeds and plants and heads or leaves thereof.

Abstract: A new and distinct watermelon variety NUN 12201 WMW is disclosed as well as seeds and plants and fruits thereof.

Abstract: A new and distinct watermelon variety NUN 12102 WMW is disclosed as well as seeds and plants and fruits thereof.

Abstract: The invention provides seeds and plants of cucumber hybrid SVCS0294, cucumber inbred line ASL-M317-0717GY, and cucumber inbred line ASL-M319-0126MO. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of cucumber hybrid SVCS0294, cucumber inbred line ASL-M317-0717GY, and cucumber inbred line ASL-M319-0126MO and to methods for producing a cucumber plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a cucumber 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 cucumber hybrid SVCS0294, cucumber inbred line ASL-M317-0717GY, and cucumber inbred line ASL-M319-0126MO comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.

Abstract: Inbred corn line, designated KP18736S2, is disclosed. The disclosure relates to the seeds of inbred corn line KP18736S2, to the plants and plant parts of inbred corn line KP18736S2 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing inbred corn line KP18736S2 with itself or another corn line. The disclosure also relates to products produced from the seeds, plants, or parts thereof, of inbred corn line KP18736S2 and/or of the hybrids produced using the inbred as a parent. The disclosure further relates to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other corn lines derived from inbred corn line KP18736S2.

Abstract: Inbred corn line, designated KW7FP1866, is disclosed. The disclosure relates to the seeds of inbred corn line KW7FP1866, to the plants and plant parts of inbred corn line KW7FP1866 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing inbred corn line KW7FP1866 with itself or another corn line. The disclosure also relates to products produced from the seeds, plants, or parts thereof, of inbred corn line KW7FP1866 and/or of the hybrids produced using the inbred as a parent. The disclosure further relates to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other corn lines derived from inbred corn line KW7FP1866.