Abstract: A three-point hitch adapter has: a structural frame; a three-point hitch connector at a leading end of the structural frame; a three-point hitch at a trailing end of the structural frame; and a fifth wheel coupling mounted on the structural frame. A bale wrap roller assembly has a structural frame; a hitch connector at a leading end of the structural frame; a wrap-receiving spool; and a motor connected to rotate the wrap-receiving spool.

Abstract: A working implement diagnostic system includes a weight sensor to detect the weight of a working implement connected to a traveling machine body of an agricultural machine that travels in an agricultural field, and a controller configured or programmed to diagnose the working implement based on a change in the weight of the working implement. An agricultural machine includes a working implement diagnostic system, a traveling machine body, and a connector to connect a working implement to the traveling machine body. An agricultural work support system includes the working implement diagnostic system, an agricultural machine, and a management server including a database accessible from outside. The agricultural machine further includes a communicator to wirelessly communicate with the management server. The controller transmits a result of diagnosing the working implement to the management server via the communicator.

Abstract: A method includes selecting a registered route of a work vehicle system, selecting a particular work vehicle, from among a plurality of work vehicles, to follow the registered route, and selecting a particular agricultural task, from among a plurality of agricultural tasks, for the particular work vehicle to perform when the particular work vehicle follows the registered route.

Abstract: A method includes selecting a registered route of a work vehicle system, the registered route including one or more task points each of which including a geographical location, and selecting a particular agricultural task, from among a plurality of agricultural tasks, that a work vehicle can perform at the one or more task points when the work vehicle follows the registered route.

Abstract: An agricultural vehicle includes a steering system configured to operate to steer the agricultural vehicle to perform a turn. The agricultural vehicle includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain an input indicating a specific turn to be performed by the steering system. The processing circuitry is configured to control the steering system of the agricultural vehicle to implement the specific turn based on the input and a model of the steering system of the agricultural vehicle while accounting for a time delay of the steering system due to slop of the steering system.

Abstract: An agricultural vehicle includes a steering input device configured to steer the agricultural vehicle to perform a turn. The agricultural vehicle includes a steering control system configured to operate the steering input device. The steering control system includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to receive a steering input indicating a curvature to be performed by the agricultural vehicle. The processing circuitry is configured to operate the steering input device using a primary curvature model of the agricultural vehicle and the steering input. The primary curvature model of the agricultural vehicle is configured to predict a steering condition of the steering input device to perform the steering input.

Abstract: A dual frame agricultural toolbar includes a lower front primary frame tube and an upper, rear truss frame tube. The front lower frame tube is adapted to support row units and other ground working tools, without interference from the upper rear frame tube. With the primary frame tube in front of the secondary frame tube, the row units and tools are located closer to the tractor, thereby minimizing power requirements for lifting the toolbar.

Abstract: An agricultural management system includes a server configured or programmed to obtain implement information concerning a plurality of types of implements from a plurality of users and store the obtained implement information, and a processor configured or programmed to set a size of an alert zone around an implement connected with a work vehicle. The processor is configured or programmed to obtain identification information which identifies the first implement, retrieve implement information corresponding to the identification information from the server, and set the size of the alert zone based on the retrieved implement information.

Abstract: A farming implement for decompacting the soil in a growing environment of a perennial or annual farm crop. The main aspect that differentiates this implement from implements known in the state of the art is that the soil is decompacted selectively, based on a compaction map that enables, by the georeferenced position of the soil, operations at a greater or lesser depth, incorporating into one same implement the functions of a scarifier and a subsoiler.

Abstract: A system for determining compaction layer depth during agricultural machine includes a transceiver-based sensor configured to generate surface profile data indicative of a surface profile of a portion of a field across which the agricultural machine is traveling. Furthermore, the system includes a computing system communicatively coupled to the transceiver-based sensor. As such, the computing system is configured to identify a wheel depression within the portion of the field within the surface profile data generated by the transceiver-based sensor. Additionally, the computing system is configured to determine a depth of the identified wheel depression and determine a depth of a compaction layer beneath the identified wheel depression based on the determined depth of the identified wheel depression.

Abstract: A method includes monitoring, by sensors, a drive path of a farming machine in an agricultural field, where the drive path includes multiple tracks each including a planting row, and detecting, based on data from the sensors, an end of drive path planting pattern, which includes multiple plants in at least a first one of the multiple tracks as a track extension, but no plants in at least a second one of the tracks. The method also includes, based on the detected end of drive path planting pattern, determining, by a computing device, location data of an edge of a previous drive path and generating alignment guidance data for the farming machine based on a current location of the farming machine and the location data of the edge of the previous drive path. The method further includes outputting, at the farming machine, the alignment guidance data.

Abstract: An agricultural machine includes a traveling machine body equipped with a working implement including a plurality of ground working mechanisms to perform ground work, and a controller configured or programmed to acquire work information indicating whether or not the ground work is to be performed in each of a plurality of areas of an agricultural field. The controller is configured or programmed to selectively activate each of the plurality of ground working mechanisms based on the work information when the traveling machine body travels in the agricultural field and when the working implement passes through an area of the plurality of areas.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to soil conditioning/amending equipment for use with a tractor or similar hauling equipment to improve soil conditions of a vineyard, orchard, field, or the like. Embodiments of the soil conditioning equipment include a leading bow-shaped structure that cuts through the soil when dragged from the surface by the tractor, etc. The bow shaped structure (“injector”) is part of an open chute that moves thorough the soil to break up the soil and create an opening for soil amendment to fall through. Compost and/or other soil amendments are poured onto a conveyor and into the void landing roughly 1-3 feet below the soil line. The soil and amendments are mixed together in the wake of the injector by waterfall-like currents both above and below the soil line as the void in the soil collapses as the tractor moves forward.

Abstract: An agricultural implement (1) for distribution of granular material to ground over which the agricultural implement travels comprises a plurality of output units (20), each comprising a unit frame (21), a material outlet (262) and at least one ground engaging member (22), a plurality of packer units (30), each packer unit being laterally aligned with and positioned in front of, as seen in a working direction, one of the output units (20). Each packer unit (30) comprises a base (31), an arm (32), which is movably connected to the base (31), a force element (34) operable between the base and the arm (32), so as to influence a relative position of the arm and the base (31), and a packer wheel (33), rotatably supported by the arm (32), said packer wheel (33) having an effective width corresponding to that of the output unit (20). There is also disclosed a method of operating an agricultural implement.

Abstract: A motorized gardening apparatus with a container assembly configured to contain a variable supply of material, an air-blowing assembly powered by a battery, an activation controller, a dispensing conduit forming flow communication between an exit valve of the container assembly, the air-blowing assembly and at least one dispensing outlet in a distal end of the dispensing conduit. The dispensing apparatus may be activated in at least two modes of operation: a first mode of operation wherein the exit valve is closed, such that air stream from air blowing assembly is pushed out from the dispensing conduit through the dispensing outlet and a second mode of operation wherein the exit valve in the container assembly is open, such that material from the container assembly is released into the dispensing conduit and pushed by air stream out from the dispensing conduit through the dispensing outlet.

Abstract: A variable speed motor driven conveyor of a spreader is controlled, to achieve more precise delivery of agricultural chemicals, using a proportional integral derivative loop when sufficient sensor data is available related to the ground speed of the spreader and the speed of the conveyor, and using stored parameters if sufficient sensor data related to the speed of the conveyor is unavailable.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to soil conditioning/amending equipment for use with a tractor or similar hauling equipment to improve soil conditions of a vineyard, orchard, field, or the like. Embodiments of the soil conditioning equipment include a leading bow-shaped structure that cuts through the soil when dragged from the surface by the tractor, etc. The bow shaped structure (“injector”) is part of an open chute that moves thorough the soil to break up the soil and create an opening for soil amendment to fall through. Compost and/or other soil amendments are poured on a conveyor and into the void landing roughly 1-3 feet below the soil line. The soil and amendments are mixed together in the wake of the injector by waterfall-like currents both above and below the soil line as the void in the soil collapses as the tractor moves forward.

Abstract: A method of mowing with an autonomous robot lawnmower includes traversing a mowable area with the autonomous robot lawnmower carrying a cutter and a vegetation characteristic sensor. The vegetation characteristic sensor is configured to generate sensor data in response to detecting a vegetation characteristic of the mowable area. The vegetation characteristic is selected from the group consisting of a moisture content, a grass height, and a color. The method includes storing position-referenced data representing the vegetation characteristic detected across the mowable area. The position-referenced data is based at least in part on the sensor data and position data. The method includes sending data to a remote device to cause the remote device to display a map including information based on the position-referenced data.

Abstract: A height adjustment mechanism (22, 24, 40) for a mower (4) is disclosed in which the adjustment mechanism includes a pair of arms (36, 38), set opposite each other so that any stresses generated during alteration of the mower deck (14) height are dispersed in order to reduce the chance of damage to the mechanism.

Abstract: The present invention consists of a novel design of a lightweight string trimmer support intended to be positioned above the cutter head in a parallel plane to the plane of the rotating string generally consisting of an integral attachment device sized to fit string trimmer shafts both straight and curved and fastening to an angled or curved support arm to the string trimmer shaft with a wheel assembly connected to the opposite end of the attachment device configured so that the wheel is closely parallel to the plane of the string motion. The attachment device is design to allow for adjustments along the trimmer shaft for allow for proper positioning and well as allow for rotation adjustment to allow the wheel to be positioned at a slight planer angle to the string rotation plane to retard to the pull forces caused by the string trimmer impacting the surface at the string end.

Abstract: An assistance system for generating driving routes for one or more driver-controlled or autonomous agricultural work machines. The assistance system includes a computer configured to create a driving route for an agricultural work machine configured to work an agricultural area on the basis of a saved strategy, which may take into account features of areas adjacent to the agricultural area which are not to be worked.

Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically aligning an agricultural machine with an implement to be attached to the agricultural machine may include sensing an orientation of an agricultural implement, determining a tilt of the agricultural implement based on the orientation of the agricultural implement; comparing the tilt of the agricultural implement to a tilt of a feederhouse of the agricultural machine; determining a difference between the tilt of the feederhouse and the tilt of the agricultural implement; and moving the feederhouse to align the tilt of the feederhouse with the tilt of the agricultural implement.

Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically aligning an agricultural machine with an implement to be attached to the agricultural machine may include moving, in a first manner, a feederhouse of the agricultural machine, detecting alignment of a first laser located on the feederhouse with a first target located on the implement, moving, in a second manner, the feederhouse of the agricultural machine, and detecting alignment of a second laser on the feederhouse with a second target on the implement.

Abstract: A mobile agricultural harvester comprises a grain camera configured to detect grain and generate a camera output indicative of the detected grain, a display screen, one or more processors, memory, and computer executable instructions, stored in the memory, and executable by the one or more processors. The computer executable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the one or more processors to generate and display on the display screen an interface comprising a grain camera display portion comprising a grain camera display element, a grain characteristic value display portion comprising a grain characteristic value display element indicative of a value of a grain characteristic, and a limit value adjuster display portion comprising an interactable limit value adjuster display element configured to receive operator or user interaction to adjust a limit value of the grain characteristic.

Abstract: A rotary lawn mower has one or more grass cutting blades that are rotatable in opposite directions about a vertical axis or axes. Each blade is double edged having front and rear cutting edges on each end of the blade. Each blade end has a front sloped face inboard of the front cutting edge and a rear sloped face inboard of the rear cutting edge. These faces create air flow within the cutting chamber when cutting grass regardless of the direction of rotation of the blade. The direction of rotation of each blade is reversed to switch between discharge and mulching modes of operation. A flow director has a curved vertical guide wall that guides the grass clippings through a discharge opening in the discharge mode and that guides the flow of grass clippings away from the discharge opening in the mulching mode.

Abstract: A mower system comprising a powered mower, a connecting device connected to the powered mower and an attachment connected to the powered mower through the connecting device for conducting specified function during the operation of the mower system. The connecting device includes a mounting assembly mounted to the powered mower and a base rotatably mounted to the mounting assembly for driving the attachment being rotated together with the base in a horizontal plane relative to the powered mower. The utilization rate of the powered mower is effectively improved because other working functions can be conducted by the attachment which is connected to the powered mower through the connecting device.

Abstract: In one aspect, a method for detecting diseases within harvested materials during operation of an agricultural harvester includes receiving, with a computing system, an image of billets created by a chopper assembly of the agricultural harvester; analyzing, with the computing system, the image to identify indications of disease in association with one or more of the billets contained within the image; and initiating, with the computing system, a control action in response to the identification of indications of disease in association with the one or more billets contained within the image.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for controlling operation of one or more operable components of or otherwise associated with a crop transfer device of an agricultural harvesting machine. Data indicative of a position of an unloading spout of the crop transfer device is used to determine an operational setting for a crop transfer device for controlling a discharge trajectory of material from the unloading spout. One or more operable components of or otherwise associated with the crop transfer device can be controlled accordingly.

Abstract: A method for tensioning an endless belt may include determining a first tension level in a conveyor belt of a conveyor assembly; comparing the first tension level to a desired tension level in the conveyor belt of the conveyor assembly; in response to the first tension level not corresponding to the desired tension level in the conveyor belt of the conveyor assembly, determining one of a slip condition of the conveyor belt and a stall condition of the conveyor belt; and determining a second tension level of the conveyor belt based on the first tension level of the conveyor belt and the one of the slip condition of the conveyor belt and the stall condition of the conveyor belt.

Abstract: An apparatus to adjust tension in an endless belt of an industrial machine may include a conveyor assembly, a tension system, an image sensor, and a controller. The controller may be operable to receive a first image from the image sensor; determine a position of a first raised feature of an endless belt of the conveyor assembly relative to a first groove formed in the first roller of the conveyor assembly based on the first image and actuate an actuator of the tension system to alter the tension level in the endless belt in response to a determination that the first raised feature is at a location relative to the first groove outside of a selected range of locations to move the first raised feature to within the selected range of locations.

Abstract: An outdoor power machine includes a chassis having main frame rails. Two or more drive wheel assemblies are physically mounted to the chassis. Each drive will assembly is coupled to an electric motor. An electrical power pack is configured to supply electric energy to the electric motors. One or more steer wheels are mounted to the chassis. A lighting package is mounted on the machine such that the lighting package is visible from at least one of: the forward and rear aspects of the machine, and at least one of: the left and right aspects of the machine.

Abstract: An outdoor power machine includes: a chassis including main frame rails; two or more drive wheel assemblies physically mounted to the chassis, each drive wheel assembly coupled to an electric motor; an electric power pack configured to supply electric energy to the electric motors; one or more steer wheels; and at least one storage plate connected to the outdoor power machine, the storage plate configured to carry an item thereon.

Abstract: A threshing and separating system for a combine harvester includes a threshing cage and a plurality of movable vanes mounted to the threshing cage. The threshing cage partially surrounds a threshing rotor. The plurality of movable vanes are moveable between a first position in which all of the vanes of the plurality of movable vanes are substantially parallel with one another and a second position in which an acute angle is defined between each pair of adjacent vanes of the plurality of movable vanes. The acute angles progressively increase in the rearward direction of the threshing cage such that the acute angle between adjacent vanes at a forward end of the threshing cage is less than the acute angle between adjacent vanes at a rearward end of the threshing cage.

Abstract: A wrapping system of an agricultural baling system includes a wrap directing system configured to direct a wrapping material to cover an entire periphery of a bale of crop material, such that a first portion of the wrapping material overlaps a second portion of the wrapping material. The wrapping system further includes a fastening system configured to secure the first portion of the wrapping material to the second portion of the wrapping material and a sewing system configured to sew the first portion and the second portion to one another.

Abstract: A binding needle for a needle yoke of a bale press. The binding needle includes a mounting element which mounts to a rocker support of the needle yoke, a guide element which at least indirectly guides a strand-shaped binder, and a needle body which is made of a metal. The needle body is at least partially formed by a pipe profile which defines a profile interior. The needle body is arranged to extend from the mounting element to the guide element and to run at least in sections in a manner of an arc along a plane of curvature so as to define an inside of the arc and an outside of the arc.

Abstract: A dual compartment container is disclosed. The dual compartment container includes a container body having a proximal end and a distal end opposite the proximal end. Disposed between the proximal end and the distal end is a separator coupled to the container body. The separator forms a first compartment a second compartment wherein the first compartment is isolated from the second compartment and the second compartment is isolated from the first compartment. The dual compartment configuration has a myriad of benefits including freshness preservation and improved storage and transportation.

Abstract: A laser assembly for controlling foliage growth including a body adapted to being mounted at a location in order to emit an axial direction defining laser pattern to establish a growth limiting boundary for any of a tree, shrub or like foliage. The laser pattern provides a high intensity light beam causing cellular damage to tissue of the foliage in order to retard growth into the affected area. The body further includes at least one eyepiece for issuing the laser pattern according to any of a pin-point or arcuate/sweep pattern. A clamp or post arrangement mounts the body in a multi-axial adjustable fashion.

Abstract: The present disclosure a system and method of utilizing ultrasonic waves to promote plant growth. The system and method are configured to emit ultrasonic frequencies covering a sweeping range, maximizing the ability to generate standing wave resonance with various sizes of plant leaves and stems. One or more surfaces of the plant are vibrated generating standing wave resonance and increasing turgor pressure in the surfaces of said plant. The sweeping range of frequencies is capable of generating standing wave resonances at a plurality of wavelengths while the plants grows.

Abstract: An apparatus for indoor pollination, an indoor pollination system and a method for indoor pollination. The apparatus for indoor pollination includes a first ultraviolet (UV) light source configured to emit pollination enhancing light, an arthropod trap, and a second UV light source housed in the arthropod trap and configured to emit arthropod attracting light. A microprocessor is configured to switch on or off the first and second UV light sources depending on pollination requirements.

Abstract: A light source module includes at least one substrate, at least one main light source and at least one auxiliary light source. The at least one main light source and the at least one auxiliary light source are disposed on the at least one substrate. The main light source comprises a first main light emitter configured to emit a first main light having a first number of peak wavelengths and a second main light emitter configured to emit a second main light having a second number of peak wavelengths. In addition, the auxiliary light source is configured to emit a third auxiliary light having a third number of peak wavelengths. The first number of peak wavelengths can be different from the second number of peak wavelengths. A peak wavelength of the second main light can be longer than all of the peak wavelengths of the first main light.

Abstract: A method of increasing interspace among plant containers. The method comprises: providing a set of plant containers, the set comprising first and second plant containers; arranging the first plant containers in a first structured grid formation along a horizontal plane; and arranging the second plant containers in a second structured grid formation along said horizontal plane, whereby when viewed from above the first and second plant containers are alternatingly arranged in a joint structured grid formation in a first area. The method comprises, for increasing the interspace among the plant containers, mutually simultaneously moving the second plant containers in their second grid formation away from the first plant containers in a vertical direction and subsequently placing the second plant containers in a second area.

Abstract: An open-top gutter for cultivation of plants. In an example, the open-top gutter includes a space limited by two side walls and a bottom wall and divided into trough-like compartments by at least one dividing wall. The dividing wall includes at least one water space formed by a double wall, open at the bottom of the gutter.

Abstract: A precise light supplement device for kiwifruits is provided, relating to the field of kiwifruit planting. The device includes a support table and a light supplement lamp body. An angle adjusting mechanism is mounted on a top of the support table, and a top of the angle adjusting mechanism is connected to a bottom of the light supplement lamp body. A fixing frame is fixedly mounted on a top of the light supplement lamp body, a mounting plate is fixedly connected to one side of the fixing frame, and a movable mechanism is arranged at one side of the light supplement lamp body.

Abstract: The disclosure provides an additive for a mushroom culture medium, the additive being capable of reducing a weighing error and improving the uniform mixing property of an antacid in a culture medium. The additive for a mushroom culture medium of the present disclosure includes an extender and an antacid.

Abstract: An air-moving device having a first fan system and a second fan system that are configured relative to each other to create a flow of air. The air-moving device may be a leaf blower.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing consumer-ready vegetables, mushrooms or herbs, comprising the steps of culturing vegetables, mushrooms or herbs in a closed container under suitable growing conditions until maturity; and transferring the container with the mature vegetable, mushrooms or herb to a retail outlet. The culturing of the vegetables, mushrooms or herbs until maturity takes suitably place in or in the vicinity of the retail outlet. The invention further relates to a set for performing the method and to the container comprising the mature vegetables, mushrooms or herbs.

Abstract: A hydroponic substrate includes a three-dimensional self-supporting, vertically stable fibrous body having an inner portion including a first fiber density and an outer crust portion including densified fiber having a second fiber density, the second fiber density being different than the first fiber density, the inner portion and the outer crust portion forming horizontal and vertical liquid pathways structured to distribute liquid throughout the body.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods including at least one irrigation device configured to deliver water to below a ground surface at a selected depth, the irrigation device including: a first watering pipe configured to be inserted into the ground at the selected depth to deliver water; a probe including at least one sensor configured to be inserted into the ground, wherein the at least one sensor is configured to detect data of the ground and transmit the detected data to an electrical controller circuitry; and a control box configured to receive the detected data via the electrical controller circuitry and control an opening and closing of an inlet valve between the first watering pipe and a water main, based on the received data.

Abstract: An aeroponic crop growing system may include a plurality of vertical walls configured to grow plants extending through the walls. Drains may allow for drainage of excess water, with the drains providing the excess water to gutters. In some embodiments the gutters are positioned below a floor under the walls, with the floor including gaps for passage of the water from the drains of the walls to the gutters. In some embodiments the gaps in the floor, gutters, and walls may be repositionable. In some embodiments the floor may be of modular components, which may allow for drainage of excess liquid for a variety of different grow wall configurations.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for pollen prediction is provided. The present invention may include identifying, by a classification model, plant species within a plurality of locatable images taken at a plurality of locations; creating growth cycle prediction models for the plant species; modelling pollen count mappings for the plant species; predicting pollen yields at the locations for the plant species based on the growth cycle prediction models and the pollen count mappings; and calculating a pollen distribution at the locations based on the predicted pollen yields and aerodynamic models.