Abstract: This invention relates to a mouldboard for a plough. The mouldboard in an orientation intended for use in a plough includes an active surface and a passive surface. The active surface is arranged opposite to the passive surface and has an extension in a vertical direction and an extension in a longitudinal direction. Active surface extends from an upper rim to a lower rim of the mouldboard, and, in a predetermined area, has a geometry configured so that there exists a number of cross-sections spaced along mouldboard's extension in longitudinal direction and intersecting upper rim of active surface and lower rim of active surface so that each cross-section on active surface in the predetermined area defines a cross-sectional curve. In respect of each cross-section and within the predetermined area of active surface, the cross-sectional curve includes an upper cross-sectional part and a lower cross-sectional part of the active surface.

Abstract: An agricultural trailed implement includes a chassis with tongue for hitching to a tractor. A housing is integrated into a loadbearing section of the tongue. A pump or generator is mounted inside the housing and is driven by a PTO shaft connected to an attached tractor. The pump housing may define a sump which provides a fluid reservoir to supply the pump in a hydraulic circuit.

Abstract: A hitch adaptor for an agricultural tractor that can be mounted to a tractor rear linkage, for subsequent connection to an implement for mounting to the tractor. The hitch adaptor has two frame elements which are vertically moveable relative to each other, so that a mounted implement can be vertically displaced without movement of the tractor rear linkage, and maintain the vertical alignment of the implement.

Abstract: A disk harrow having a carriage frame and diverging forward and rear secondary frames extending laterally with respect to a travel direction. Gangs of disk blades are connected to and supported by the secondary frames. A portion of the outermost portion of the forward secondary frame is articulated relative to the remainder of the frames and has a ground support wheel allowing its height to be independently controlled relative to the remainder of the secondary frames.

Abstract: An agricultural work machine configured to avoid anomalies is disclosed. Agricultural work machines may encounter anomalies, such as obstacles (e.g., tires) or irregularities in the crop (e.g., weeds), which can reduce the quality of the harvested crop. Manually steering the agricultural work machine requires the constant attention of the vehicle operator. Thus, the agricultural work machine is configured to include sensors to generate one or more images (such as images of various regions of the agricultural work machine), an image processing system to process the images and a control unit to avoid the anomalies (e.g., avoid the identified anomalies, to drive in tracks, and/or to stop the agricultural work machine).

Abstract: A method and system for determining an operating point of an agricultural vehicle is disclosed. The agricultural vehicle includes a ground engaging device for supporting the vehicle on the ground, a propulsion engine for driving the ground engaging device, sensors for generating sensor signals, and an evaluation unit. An input parameter is entered into the evaluation unit. The evaluation unit accesses a characteristic diagram for operating parameters of the agricultural vehicle (either by generating the characteristic diagram or accessing a previously stored characteristic diagram). The evaluation unit then determines the optimal operating point of the agricultural vehicle based on the characteristic diagram. The evaluation unit determines a current operating point based on acquired vehicle parameters, and compares the current operating point with the optimal operating point. Based on the comparison, the evaluation unit may determine the operating point of the agricultural vehicle.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a guided line acquisition system and method for generating a path of a vehicle from its current location to a final guidance line. This path is referred to hereinafter as an acquisition path. The generated acquisition path starts at the current vehicle position and ends co-linear to the final guidance path. The acquisition path is generated using one constraint and one objective parameter. More specifically, the acquisition path is constrained by the minimum turning radius of the vehicle and angle of approach criteria, (i.e., the maximum heading relative to the guidance line). It should be appreciated that while the guided line acquisition system attempts to find an acquisition path that meets the angle of approach criteria, the guidance acquisition system will allow this objective to be sacrificed when it is not possible due to the minimum turning radius of the vehicle.

Abstract: A method is proposed for calculation of optimized filling amounts for containers of a machine for application of agricultural material, in which a path plan is created and the constant or site-specific variable amount of material to be applied along the paths for each container provided in the path plan for the individual containers is added up for calculation and output of the amounts to be filled in each case. In addition, an optimized path plan can be calculated for the machine in terms of a balancing of the amounts of material to be removed from the individual containers.

Abstract: The transplanter is designed to harness power from a walk-behind tractor to help small farmers transplant (among other things) seedling vegetables. As a farmer guides the walk-behind tractor, a movable feeder tube assembly comprising a plurality of feeder tubes moves latterly back and forth. When a feeder tube aligns with a pivotable transfer tube, a seedling in the feeder tube is deposited in the transfer tube so that the seedling descends down the transfer tube into a furrow for planting. The transfer tube then pivots so that a kicker panel on the bottom of the transfer tube pushes the seedling rearwardly and thereby helps to enable the seedling to remain vertical.

Abstract: The transplant device is provided with; a first holding unit that holds a flat board-like culture medium in which a plurality of plants is planted in a row direction and column direction; a second holding unit that holds a flat board-like cultivation panel in which a plurality of holes for holding plants are arranged in the row direction and the column direction; a moving unit for moving the holding unit; a control unit that instructs the moving unit to move the holding unit; and a transplant unit that performs transplanting.

Abstract: A control system and method for adjusting a rotational speed of a header on an agricultural vehicle based on ground speed of the agricultural vehicle. The header may include a plurality of cutters rotatably actuated with a header actuator. The control system may have a processor that compares a ground speed of the agricultural vehicle with a threshold ground speed. If the ground speed of the agricultural vehicle is below the threshold ground speed, the processor may command the header actuator to rotate the cutters at a constant predetermined rotational speed. If the ground speed of the agricultural vehicle is above the threshold ground speed, the processor may command the header actuator to increase rotational speed of the cutters in proportion to the ground speed of the agricultural vehicle.

Abstract: A mower deck belt tensioning arm having a sheet metal body with an idler pulley rotatably mounted to a first end of the body. A spring is connected to a second end of the body biasing the idler pulley against a belt on a mower deck rotating a plurality of blade pulleys. An integrally formed in bushing is between the first end and the second end of the body, the bushing having a straight section length greater than the thickness of the sheet metal body and pivotably mounted around a spindle secured to the mower deck.

Abstract: A farm work machine (1) operable in a variety of work modes includes a communications unit (5) that reads farm work information for a selected target farm work sector from a database of a management center storing the farm work information for each farm work sector, a work mode setting unit (46) which sets work modes, a work mode comparison unit (53) that effects comparison between a set work mode set by the work mode setting unit and a registered work mode included in farm work information read from the database, and a display data generation unit (55) that generates display data in order to display, on a display, the read farm work information and a result of the comparison effected by the mode comparison unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mechanical weed seed management system and device for use on a harvester. The device comprises a plate for providing a barrier between straw and chaff waste after discharge from a harvester; a chute for catching, directing and depositing the straw waste to the ground; and a trough comprising a means for transporting material through its length, for catching, transporting and depositing the chaff waste on top of the straw waste on the ground, wherein the trough is of a depth greater than 150 mm. The system for the management of weeds in farmable land comprises the use of the device.

Abstract: A combine harvester which regulates spreading of crop flow on the ground, with the crop flow passing through a shredding and/or a spreading device in the rear region of the combine harvester, is disclosed. The combine harvester includes a driver assistance system, which includes a computing unit and a display unit. The computing unit processes information generated by the machine's internal sensor systems, external information and information storable in the computing unit. The driver assistance system stores selectable spreading strategies to regulate the spreading of the crop flow exiting the combine harvester and one or more of the partial strategies assigned to the respective spreading strategy. The driver assistance system uses the selectable spreading strategies and the partial strategies in order to regulate the crop flow spread on the ground.

Abstract: An agricultural work machine, such as a self-propelled harvester, is provided. The agricultural work machine includes a crop gathering machine which has a crop cutting device, a crop collecting device and/or a crop feeding device, and at least one crop conveyor, and comprising an image processing system, a data output unit, and at least one sensor system assigned to the crop gathering machine for recording a crop flow in the crop gathering machine. The sensor system is coupled to the image processing system for transferring images. The image processing system processes a selection of available images, such as by pre-processing the images to be transferred in a first step, in a further step determining an optical flow and corresponding vector fields from the pre-processed images, and in a subsequent step deriving and assessing speed trends of the crop flow from the corresponding vector fields.

Abstract: A measuring device is provided for measuring a mass flow composed of bulk material, in particular grain, in a continuous, circulating conveyor enclosed in part by a housing, having planar conveyor elements, which conveys the bulk material from a lower bulk material receiving area to a higher bulk material delivery area. A substantially circular movement course is imposed on the bulk material delivered by the respective conveyor element in a substantially radial direction of an inner surface of a cover section of the housing by a guide surface formed in the upper region of the conveyor. The bulk material is deflectable toward a sensor surface of the measuring device. At least the sensor surface of the measuring device is disposed in the upper region of the conveyor such that there is a tangential course in the transition from the guide surface to the sensor surface.

Abstract: A header for a combine harvester is provided. The header includes an auger for directing the movement of harvested grain toward a feederhouse of the combine harvester and an adjustable hood positioned above the auger and moveable between a lowered position, a raised position and an intermediate position between the lowered and raised positions. The adjustable hood includes a pivot mechanism and an actuator for moving the adjustable hood between the lowered, raised and intermediate positions.

Abstract: An agricultural work machine and a method for operating an agricultural work machine are disclosed. The agricultural work machine includes a driver assistance system, which comprises a memory for storing data, a computing device for processing the data stored in the memory, and a graphical interface. The computing device graphically displays an operating data field via the graphical interface, which represents a display range for a first operating parameter, and the current value for the first operating parameter in the operating data field. The computing device evaluates the first operating parameter over a portion of the display range according to an evaluation criterion that relates to a second operating parameter, evaluates the first operating parameter based on a relationship between the first operating parameter and the second operating parameter contained in a characteristic diagram system, and graphically displays the evaluation data determined in this manner in the operating data field.

Abstract: A drive system of a utility vehicle comprises a drive motor, a load drive train to drive a load, a propulsion drive train to driver propulsion means of the utility vehicle, and a control unit, which is connected to an actuator for setting the transmission ratio of the propulsion drive train, can be provided with a signal concerning the power consumption of the load, and generates the correction value sent to the actuator on the basis of the signal, so that the propulsion speed of the utility vehicle remains at least approximately constant even if there is a change of the power consumption of the load and/or a pitching motion of the utility vehicle caused by a change of the power consumption of the load is minimized.

Abstract: A cutting unit includes a center section arranged on a base frame and at least two side portions adjoining the center section, a knife bar extending basically over the entire width of the cutting unit, and at least one conveyor arranged behind the knife bar, which conveyor transports crops cut by the knife bar laterally in the direction of the center section, which has at least one conveying system conveying transverse to the transport direction of the conveyor, wherein the conveying system includes at least two rotating conveyor belts, which are arranged at an inclination at an angle (?) to the longitudinal axis (LA) of the center section.

Abstract: A doffer assembly for a cotton harvester having at least one drum and a spindle. The doffer assembly includes an outer housing and a plurality of doffers adapted to remove cotton from the spindle. The assembly further includes a drive unit coupled to the outer housing for rotatably driving the plurality of doffers independently of at least one drum and spindle. A drive shaft is rotatably driven by the drive unit, and an interface adapter is coupled between the drive shaft and the plurality of doffers. The drive unit may be an electric motor, hydraulic motor, a mechanical drive system, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: A header of an agricultural harvester or plant cutting machine is provided that includes a shaft sealing assembly for a center knife drive assembly having an output shaft, a cover, and a pressurized air source. The shaft sealing assembly is fastened to the cover, circumscribes the output shaft and conveys pressurized air for cleaning.

Abstract: A harvester grain unloading auger may have auger flights within an unloader housing, wherein a discharge speed adjustment mechanism is coupled to the unloader housing to receive grain from the grain unloading auger at a first speed. The discharge speed adjustment mechanism discharges the grain at a second speed greater than the first speed.

Abstract: A Threshing apparatus in a combine harvester with a main frame and a threshing rotor supported by the main frame. A concave frame supports one or more interchangeable arcuate concave grate segments in a grate reception zone. An adjustment mechanism provides adjustment of clearance between the concave grate segments and the rotor. A multi-position stop device is provided to determine the lower limit of a concave adjustment range. The position of the stop device is determined by a profile of an installed concave grate segment.

Abstract: In a continuous roll of wrapping material for crops such as cotton or hay, the individual wrapping segments are arranged so that a permanent adhesive is protected until the point when this adhesive is to be exposed for securing a wrapping segment to itself, encircling a subject bale located in and harvested from a field, wherein the contiguous wrapping segments separate from each other either at a point of weakness associated with perforations and the like, or as overlaid segments that slidably come apart.

Abstract: A device and method for tracking and marking bailed forage material is provided. Predetermined parameters are measured as the forage material enters the intake of a processing machine and prior to the forage material being transferred to a baling chamber of the machine. As the forage material passes through the machine, the locations of discrete portions or flakes of the forage material are linearly tracked so that each portion may receive pre-selected markings indicative of measured parameters of each portion. A plurality of sensor stations is incorporated within the machine to track the locations of the portions of material. After the forage material is baled, a marking station generates markings applied to each bale which corresponds to the measured parameters for the corresponding discrete portions. Observed parameters may include moisture content, volume, density, temperature, nutritional content, an amount and type of conditioning inoculant applied to each flake, among others.

Abstract: An outdoor handheld power tool formed as a split power tool is provided. The split power tool can be used in a chainsaw configuration or a polesaw configuration. The split power tool includes a handle end, a pole, and a tool end, wherein each of these components is releasably connectable to the others. The attachment assemblies of each of the components allows the cutting saw of the tool end to be aligned with the handle of the handle end when in the chainsaw configuration, yet the cutting saw of the tool end is oriented at an angle relative to the handle of the handle end when in a polesaw configuration with the pole extending between the handle end and the tool end.

Abstract: A combination power plant and intensified farm includes a power plant and an intensified farm. The power plant generates electricity and an exhaust stream. An exhaust cleanup facility captures CO2 from the exhaust stream. The intensified farm receives at least a portion of CO2 from the exhaust cleanup facility to assist in the raising of at least one crop. If necessary, the intensified farm receives at least a portion of electricity from the power plant. In another embodiment, the exhaust cleanup facility also provides H2O to the intensified farm. In another embodiment, a NOx to fertilizer conversion facility converts NOx from the exhaust cleanup facility to a fertilizer and provides the fertilizer to the intensified farm. In another embodiment, a gasifier or digester receives an inedible biomass from the intensified farm and converts the inedible biomass to a fuel, which is to the power plant.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for a horticultural light for use in a horticultural facility that projects a substantially uniform target illuminance onto a flat surface or that projects increasing target illuminance onto a flat surface that increases as the beam angle increases with respect to the optical axis. A lens array of the horticultural light mechanically maintains an optimal separation distance between each LED of the horticultural light and the corresponding lens of the lens array. Each lens of the lens array receives the raw light distribution from the LED and then distributes an optically varied distribution having a nominal centerbeam intensity with an increasing beam intensity as the beam width increases. As the distance to target increases, so does the intensity of the light distribution, which projects a substantially uniform target illuminance, or an increasing target illuminance with increasing angle of incidence, onto a flat surface.

Abstract: A self-supporting fabric container is provided. The container can be made of a fabric that has binder and base fibers. The container can be manufactured by forming a container shaped from a production fabric and heating the production fabric to a temperature between the melting points of the base and binder fibers. The product fabric is cooled thereafter to form a rigid, self-supporting fabric pot.

Abstract: A seeding device is provided. That seeding device includes a seeding paddle having a plurality of seed holders and a seed tray having a channel. The channel receives the seeding paddle so that seeds in the seed tray are easily directed into the plurality of seed holders. The paddle may then be removed from the seeding tray for planting seeds in a desired quantity at the desired spaced locations.

Abstract: The disclosure herein is directed to a plant cultivation assembly. The plant cultivation assembly provides support for the plants to allow for proper plant growth. Specifically, the plant cultivation assembly allows for vertical plant growth without the need to use stakes. In one embodiment, the plant cultivation assembly may be used for vertical farming.

Abstract: A height-adjustable plant support structure is a device used for providing structural support for a growing plant. The device includes a primary stabilizing tubular member and a plurality of primary extendable tubular members that is able to telescopically extend from and retract into the primary stabilizing tubular member. A plurality of accessory-mounting holes laterally traverses into the plurality of primary extendable tubular members and may accommodate hooks, ties, strings, and other accessories for supporting the growth of a plant. A flexible water-distribution conduit is positioned within the plurality of primary extendable tubular members, allowing water to be delivered directly to a plant's roots. The device height may be adjusted manually or automatically via a pneumatic telescopic cylinder. At least one flexible trellis member is utilized to support growing plants such as shrubs, grapevine, ivy, and climbing roses.

Abstract: A three-dimensional dynamic plant cultivating apparatus for plant cultivation mainly has an outer cover and a supporting member disposed in the outer cover and surrounded by a rail module. The rail module is further assembled with supporting plates for supporting a plant pot. Upon implementation of the invention, the rail module operates along a periphery of the supporting member, so that the plant pot can circulate upwards and downwards around the supporting member repeatedly and can be subjected to overall irradiation of a sun light source to contribute to growth of the planted material. Furthermore, a plant cultivating device, an illumination device and sensors are further connected together in the outer cover to form a timing-controlled and quantitative automatic cultivation environment advantageous to prompting of the growth of the planted material.

Abstract: An enclosing plant sheath for encircling and protecting a plant stem or vine, which may be joined with other similar sheaths, to create a beneficial microenvironment for developing plants.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a plant safety device preventing other plants and animals from encroaching into the space reserved for the plant to be protected and thereby helping the plant to grow well.

Abstract: A user terminal may be configured to communicate with a gateway. The gateway may be configured to communicate with sensor equipment including one or more sensors and watering equipment via a first network. The gateway may also be configured to communicate with the user terminal via a second network. The user terminal may include processing circuitry that is configured to provide a remote interface for communication with the sensor equipment and the watering equipment via the gateway.

Abstract: A system and method for providing optimal irrigation or watering, and more specifically providing a soil sensor grid placed in the ground of a landscaped property, in commercial, residential or even agricultural areas. The soil sensor grid can allow for optimal water usage in a specified irrigation area by providing real time data to an irrigation system and a user to optimize water usage. A soil sensor grid, or moisture sensor grid, may be installed on a property, buried in the ground, to provide current and real time feedback of the current moisture levels of the soil. The moisture data is uploaded to the cloud and provided to a user and the irrigation system allowing a user to automatically or manually manipulate the irrigation system to properly water or irrigate different portions of the property based on the data from the soil sensor grid.

Abstract: A pot flower which features a unique, internal catch-basin or reservoir designed to collect, store, and dispense upon demand water, minerals, and fertilizer which have been applied and have run through the potting soil.

Abstract: A modularly constructed column element is proposed for the vertical cultivation of plants which are nourished by wetting the roots with an aqueous nutrient solution, the individual parts of said column element being able to be stacked in a space-saving manner and transported, assembled, disassembled and cleaned very easily. The modular structure of the column element includes a lid part, a base part and at least one wall ring between the lid part and the base part. The wall ring is composed of a plurality of ring segments, in which the planting openings are formed, in which plants can be positioned such that their roots grow into the interior of the column element. The lid part is arranged on the end side on the uppermost wall ring and the base part is arranged on the end side on the lowermost wall ring. The structure of the column element is fixed and stabilized with the aid of tensioning elements which are tensioned on the outer side of the column element between the lid part and the base part.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying soybean plants that are tolerant, have improved tolerance or are susceptible to Charcoal Rot Drought Complex. The methods use molecular genetic markers to identify, select and/or construct tolerant plants or identify and counter-select susceptible plants. Soybean plants that display tolerance or improved tolerance to Charcoal Rot Drought Complex that are generated by the methods of the invention are also a feature of the invention. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.

Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of pepper hybrid SV0964PB and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SV0964PB and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another pepper plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.

Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of pepper hybrid SV6420PB and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SV6420PB and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another pepper plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel plants, in particular to pepper plants capable of producing fruits which can be kept a longer period of time on the plant as well as being stored after harvesting under refrigerated conditions without exhibiting excessive softening.

Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of the bean line designated SV9203GV. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of bean line SV9203GV, and to methods for producing a bean plant produced by crossing a plant of bean line SV9203GV with itself or with another bean plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of bean line SV9203GV, including the pods and gametes of such plants.

Abstract: Novel lettuce, such as lettuce designated PYTHON is disclosed. In some embodiments, the invention relates to the seeds of lettuce PYTHON, to the plants and plant parts of lettuce PYTHON, and to methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the lettuce PYTHON with itself or another lettuce plant. The invention further relates to methods for producing a lettuce 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 lettuce plants derived from the lettuce PYTHON.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 45-183 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 45-183 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 45-183 RZ.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a Latium saliva seed designated 81-04 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca saliva plant produced by growing the 81-04 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 81-04 RZ.

Abstract: A system for operating a robotic arm, comprises a controller and a robotic arm. The controller accesses an image of the rear of dairy livestock located in a stall of a rotary milking platform and, in conjunction with the stall of the rotary milking platform in which a dairy livestock is located moving into an area adjacent a robotic arm, determines whether a milking cluster is attached to the dairy livestock based at least in part upon the image. The robotic arm is communicatively coupled to the controller and extends between the legs of the dairy livestock if the controller determines that the milking cluster is not attached to the dairy livestock. The robotic arm does not extend between the legs of the dairy livestock if the controller determines that the milking cluster is attached to the dairy livestock.