Abstract: Disclosed is an electromotive hoe, including: a working rod which has a predetermined length, and has a power source provided at one side thereof and a shaft protruding from the other side thereof so that a rotational force of the power source is transmitted; an upper cover which has a disc shape and has a first through hole formed in the central portion so that the shaft is inserted; a rotating plate which has a plate-like structure, and has a second through hole formed in the central portion so that the shaft is inserted, and is coupled to an end portion of the shaft by a fastening means to be in close contact with a lower surface of the upper cover; and a hoe blade formed to protrude vertically along the edge of the rotating plate.

Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a device comprising a handle, a pair of opposing hoe retainers, a first hoe, and a second hoe. The first hoe comprises a first hoe blade. The first hoe blade is releasably coupleable to a first hoe retainer of the pair of opposing hoe retainers. The second hoe comprises a second hoe blade. The second hoe blade is releasably coupleable to a second hoe retainer of the pair of opposing hoe retainers.

Abstract: Provided is a piercing tool which can be used by optionally replacing a distal end portion, which is to be first brought into abutment against an object to be pierced such as the ground, and can facilitate a replacement operation of the distal end portion. A piercing tool (1) includes: a distal end portion (2), which has a cylindrical shape, and is to be first brought into abutment against an object; and a main body portion (3), which has a cylindrical shape at at least a part of the main body portion (3), and has one end portion to which the distal end portion (2) is mounted, wherein the distal end portion (2) is removably mounted to the one end portion of the main body portion (3). The distal end portion (2) has an inner peripheral surface having a female thread formed at an end portion of the distal end portion (2) on a side to be mounted to the main body portion (3).

Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for application of a supplemental downward force to a ground working implement. A mechanical advantage from a lever arm can be utilized to apply supplemental downforce to a ground working implement. A biasing force can be applied to the lever arm by a spring assembly at various locations. Moving the spring assembly along the lever arm can vary the amount of downward force applied by the lever arm to ground working implement. In some implementations, moving the spring assembly to a different end of the lever arm applies an upward force to a coupled ground working implement.

Abstract: Described herein is a farm management system and related apparatus and operations including providing environmental monitoring and control systems, tracking seed sources, managing cultivation, growth, and harvest, improving enclosure operations, and managing system data. Example farm management systems may include a physical growing unit, a capacity control circuit structured to interpret a growing capacity description, and a growth support circuit structured to determine a planting instruction value in response to the growing capacity description. The physical growing unit may be responsive to the planting instruction value to initiate a growing support operation.

Abstract: A seed treater having upper and lower ends includes a mixing bowl. The mixing bowl includes a stator having an annular upper inner surface defining an upper portion of the open interior of the mixing bowl, and a rotor defining a lower portion of the open interior of the mixing bowl. An air duct is fluidly connected to the mixing bowl and is configured to be fluidly connected to an air mover. The air duct includes a duct outlet configured to direct forced air from the air mover into the upper portion of the open interior defined by the upper stator to direct the seeds flowing in the upper portion of the interior of the mixing bowl inward toward a generally vertical axis of the mixing bowl as the lower rotor rotates relative to the upper stator.

Abstract: A method for the control of pathogens and/or the prevention of diseases associated with the presence of said pathogens in and/or on seeds, said method comprising the steps of contacting the seeds with a sanitizing composition comprising at least one agriculturally acceptable sanitizing agent, water; and optionally at least one agriculturally acceptable alcohol; heating/drying the seeds at a temperature ?160° F. for a period of time that prevents the core of the seeds heated to reach 158° F.; and optionally a complementary drying of the seeds at a temperature <158° F.

Abstract: A plurality of different controllers on an agricultural machine are time synchronized. A positioning system detects a geographic location and a timestamp, which is indicative of a time when the geographic location was sensed, is applied to the geographic location. A first controller, that identifies an action to be taken based upon a location of the agricultural machine and a speed of the agricultural machine, and also based on a geographic location of where the action is to be taken, generates a future timestamp indicating a future time at which the action is to be taken. An action identifier (that identifies the action) and the future timestamp is sent to an actuator controller that controls an actuator to take the action. The actuator controller identifies an actuator delay corresponding to the actuator and controls the actuator to take the action at a time identified in the future timestamp based upon the future timestamp, a current time, and the actuator delay.

Abstract: Locations of seeds in a field can be identified using event-based processing or frequency-based processing. A material is applied to the field, based upon the seed locations.

Abstract: A device for leveling a surface; the device includes a shaft, a handle-means and a head-assembly. The shaft is selectively retractable, and the head-assembly is foldable to enable compact storage. The device is for personal use by a user in leveling a surface; for example, a sand bunker/sand trap on a golf course. In some versions, the device further includes an attachment-means for attaching the device to a bag.

Abstract: A method is provided for controlling the operation of a machine for harvesting root crop. At least one optical image-capturing unit captures at least one test image of harvested material comprising root crop which is moved along relative to a machine frame by means of at least one conveyor element. A conveying speed of the conveyor element is set on the basis of a test data set which is generated using the test image or formed by means of the latter. An evaluation device generates, on the basis of the test data set, a conveying speed signal, independent of a speed of the harvested material, for setting the conveying speed.

Abstract: A lifting device for lifting root crops is provided, comprising at least one lifting share mounting which supports at least one lifting share. The at least one lifting share includes a front pick-up region in a lifting direction and a rear ejection region in the lifting direction for the root crops. The lifting share mounting is coupled to a lifting device frame, and during operation is pulled thereby in the lifting direction. The lifting share mounting is movable relative to the lifting device frame and, viewed in the lifting direction, laterally from an initial position into an offset position. A guide arrangement is configured to guide the lifting share mounting such that with the movement of the lifting share mounting from the initial position into the offset position the pick-up region is laterally displaced further than the ejection region, as well as a harvesting machine, in particular for harvesting beets.

Abstract: In the case of a mounting device for mounting a support arm, which moves a lifting tool, on a harvesting machine, a cylindrical bushing is mounted on a machine part. The bushing is enclosed by a retaining element on which the end of the support arm opposite the lifting tool is fixed. The bushing has a through-hole that receives a machine part and has an axis of symmetry extending eccentrically relative to the axis of rotation of the cylindrical bushing.

Abstract: A method is provided for controlling the operation of a machine for harvesting root crop and/or for separating root crop from the rest of the harvested material comprising extraneous materials. At least one optical image-capturing unit captures at least one test image of at least one part of the harvested material which is moved along relative to a machine frame by means of at least one conveyor element. An evaluation device generates, on the basis of a test data set which is generated using the test image or formed thereby, a separating device setting signal for setting at least one operating parameter of a separating device of the machine.

Abstract: A control device for an autonomous lawn mower is described which receives input signals from a first and/or second hand control and determines a control signal for controlling the autonomous lawn mower. The hand controls may provide for intuitive control of the mower by a user. The control signals may be used to operate the autonomous lawn mower to perform a task such that, when later detached or otherwise decoupled, the autonomous lawn mower may perform the same or similar tasks substantially autonomously based on data (e.g., sensor signals, control signals, etc.), generated during manual operation. In some examples, the control signals may be determined to aid a user in maintaining a straight mow, proximity to a desired pattern for mowing, and/or be otherwise altered based on the presence of a user.

Abstract: A user defines a boundary of a mowed area on an image of the mowed area, on a mobile device. An optimization algorithm operates on the bounded mowing area to identify a beacon configuration that identifies a location for each of a plurality of different beacons to be placed about the mowing area. The user can then be guided to the different beacon locations, in order to place a beacon at each of the different beacon locations, using an augmented reality system that provides user assistance on a camera view of the user's mobile device.

Abstract: A spool and a trimmer head. The trimmer head includes a housing defining a cavity and rotatable about an axis. A spool is supported in the cavity and operable to support line to be dispensed. The spool is movable along the axis relative to the housing, and the spool and the housing define cooperating conical surfaces to center the spool during movement of the spool toward and in a position relative to the housing.

Abstract: Differential speed stalk rolls mountable to a row unit of a row crop head. A first stalk roll body has an outer peripheral speed less than the outer peripheral speed of a second stalk roll body in lateral spaced relation. The stalk roll bodies may have modular and interchangeable body segments of different configurations.

Abstract: A utility machine, such as an outdoor power equipment unit such as a lawn mower, includes a work unit performing work in addition to motive power for the utility machine and a trailer occupied by an operator in a standing position. The operator may seamlessly step onto the trailer to operate the machine in stand-on mode and step off the trailer to operate the machine in walk-behind mode. The trailer remains in the deployed condition in both stand-on mode and walk-behind mode.

Abstract: A controller for controlling a harvesting performance of an agricultural harvester. The controller receives automation settings, selected by an operator via a human-machine interface. The controller also receives data from on-board harvester sensors. The controller defines a target value for quality parameters based on the automation settings, and determines a current value of each of the quality parameters in dependence on the crop sensor data. The controller determines an actuator setting for actuators of the agricultural harvester when the current value of one or more of the plurality of quality parameters differs by greater than an acceptable amount from the associated target value. The actuator setting is determined in dependence on the automation settings and the target value. The controller controls the actuators to achieve the determined actuator setting.

Abstract: The stalk eliminator chops stalks, uproots stalks, and re-chops stalks. The apparatus includes a front stalk chopper on a rotating cylinder with angularly attached blades. A plow tool attaches to the apparatus and provides a subsoiler wing behind and under the front stalk chopper. A rear stalk chopper on a rotating cylinder with angularly attached blades follows the plow tool.

Abstract: An agricultural header connectable to an agricultural vehicle including a frame, at least one row unit connected to the frame and including at least one gathering chain, at least one crop dividing member connected to the frame, and a crop saving attachment supported by the at least one crop dividing member and being adjustable between a lowered position and a raised position. The crop saving attachment including a base member fixedly attached to the at least one crop dividing member, an upper member movably attached to the base member and configured for adjusting between the lowered and raised positions, and a pair of flaps supported by the base member and slideably associated with the upper member so that a resting position of the pair of flaps remains substantially unchanged as the upper member is adjusted.

Abstract: A pickup assembly for a baler includes crop strippers that loop around a reel, the crop strippers spaced such that spacing between adjacent strippers forms a slot that allows a tine to project outwardly from the reel. A pickup frame has upper and lower mounting stubs, wherein each of the upper mounting stubs has a notch located centrally in a forward end of the upper mounting stub. A rear end section of an upper leg of each stripper is engaged with a respective upper mounting stub and a rear end section of a lower leg is engaged with a respective lower mounting stub. A distal end of each upper leg has an outer plate separated from an inner plate so as to form a gap. The upper leg has an alignment tab such that when the leg is received on the stub, the tab engages with the notch in the stub. A gap-facing surface of one of the inner plate or the outer plate has a detent extending into the gap, and the upper mounting stub comprises a keyhole opening formed therein rearward of the notch.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pruning and sieving apparatus, which resolves time-consuming and laborious problems in the existing pruning method of flower plants. The pruning and sieving apparatus includes a hollow body, including two relatively disposed open axial ends; an interior pruning lining attached inside the hollow body, where the interior pruning lining includes a plurality of sidewall pruning holes arranged in a distributed manner; a sieving screen, where the sieving screen includes a plurality of sieving holes arranged in a distributed manner, and is disposed in the interior pruning lining to divide the internal space of the interior pruning lining into a pruning chamber and a collection chamber; and two end caps disposed on the two open axial ends.

Abstract: The present invention shows an apparatus for trimming plants, specifically assisting with the process of separating leaves and buds from the stem and branches of the plant. The apparatus is composed by an iris mechanism with blades that automatically close around a plant stem when the plant stem is inserted into the apparatus. In a further arrangement, the iris mechanism automatically opens once the plant stem has been processed.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a computer-executable method for assisting a user in plant care, including the following steps. A plant added by the user is received. A care task of the plant is determined at least according to a type of the plant, a planting location of the plant, and a current time. The user is prompted of the care task of the plant.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a temperature control system of a rice paddy methane flux collecting device, which comprises: a chamber body having a collecting space in which a certain number of rice grains are located; a chamber door configured to open and close an upper side of the collecting space; a collecting unit configured to collect a sample gas in the collecting space; a heating unit and a cooling unit configured to increase or decrease the temperature in the collecting space; a circulation unit for circulating the gas in the collecting space; a ventilation unit configured to ventilate the collecting space; an external temperature sensor and an internal temperature sensor for measuring external and internal temperatures of the collecting space; and a temperature controller configured to control the above units to maintain the temperature in the collecting space to be equal to the external temperature.

Abstract: An agricultural mulch film including two or more layers with different capacities of light absorption and being separable from each other, e.g. by degrading at different speeds and/or having different times of degradation.

Abstract: A plant cover apparatus includes a bag having an interior encompassed by a wall that extends from a top end of the bag and tapers inwardly to a bottom end of the bag. The bottom end includes a rim that laterally circumscribes a plant-receiving opening formed through the bag. The bag has a slot that extends vertically from the opening through the wall. The slot includes opposed margins having cooperatively interlocking parts that can temporarily be joined and separated to increase the size of the opening. The bag may be vertically suspended from a support member positioned next to the plant. An exterior perimeter of the bag may be rigid enough to help the bag maintain its shape when suspended.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are biodegradable pods containing materials to repair damaged turf (lawns, fields). Each pod is sized and configured to repair an area ranging in size from about 9 square inches to about 36 square inches (60 cm2 to 230 cm2). The pods contain granulated ingredients including fertilizer, grass seed, gypsum, humic acid and calcium, in a material that expands when moistened. The pods are covered with a water-disruptable covering such as a polyvinyl alcohol film or a biodegradable paper.

Abstract: A modular system includes a hub and a set of modules removably coupled to the hub. The modules are physically coupled to the frame relative to each other so that each module can operate with respect to a different row of a field. An individual module includes a sensor for capturing field measurement data of individual plants along a row as the modular system moves through the geographic region. An individual module further includes a treatment mechanism for applying a treatment to the individual plants of the row based on the field measurement data before the modular system passes by the individual plants. An individual module further includes a computing device that determines the treatment based on the field measurement data and communicates data to the hub. The hub is communicatively coupled to the modules, so that it may exchange data between the modules and with a remote computing system.

Abstract: A stump grinder has a grinding arm that durably mounts a rotatable grinding wheel by securing the drive shaft of a motor to the grinding wheel such that a pair of bearings within the motor support one side of the grinding wheel and by supporting the other side of the grinding wheel with a stub shaft received within a third bearing. The grinding arm is laterally offset on the frame of the stump grinder to have a swing angle that is not symmetrical relative to the width of the frame, but with the swing angle starting at one side of the frame and then traversing across substantially the entire width of the frame to improve the ability of the operator to see the grinding wheel. A single joystick is movable in orthogonal directions corresponding to desired up and down and side-to-side pivoting motions of the grinding arm. The joystick includes a depressible trigger for starting and stopping the operation of the grinding wheel.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for an improved driveline coupler having a reversible saddle thereon which allows it to be configured to work with different sizes and shapes of shafts. The reversible saddle is configured on one side to work with one size of driveline shaft and configured on the opposite side to work with a different size driveline shaft so that in the field, an operator can modify the driveline coupler from use with a first size of drive shaft to a second size of drive shaft easily and quickly by turning the saddle upside down.

Abstract: A controlled growth system is provided herein. The controlled growth system includes a controlled growth environment, a controller, a sensor, and a computing system. The controlled growth environment is configured to grow a biologic. The controller is in communication with the controlled growth environment. The controller is configured to manage process parameters of the controlled growth environment. The sensor is configured to monitor the biologic during a growth process. The computing system is in communication with the sensor and the controller. The computing system is programmed to perform operations for achieving a desired final quality metric for the biologic.

Abstract: A flexible plastic molded pod assembly, consisting of a pod collar and a locking pod ring is adapted to easily snap and lock in place against the edges of a circular hole cut through the wall surface of a Vertical Hydroponic System of either a flat or a cylindrical design. The pod assembly will shelter an organic plant matter from its seedling stage to its mature harvest form. The Pod Assembly is adapted to direct the flow of liquid Hydroponic Water with necessary nutrients to the plant in which it shelters. Included in the kit is a water flow diffuser adapted to distribute of Hydroponic water in all directions around the uppermost interior wall of a Vertical Hydroponic System thereby constantly supplying plant matter in each of the pod assemblies below with Hydroponic Water.

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

Abstract: A switch to haploid embryogenesis is controlled by the activity of histone deacetylases (HDACs). Blocking HDAC activity with HDAC inhibitors (HDACi), e.g., trichostatin A (TSA), in Brassica napus, B. rapa, Arabidopsis thaliana, and Capsicum annuum male gametophytes leads to a large increase in the proportion of cells that undergo embryogenic growth. In B. napus, treatment with one specific HDACi (SAHA) improves the conversion (i.e., germination) of these embryos into seedlings. Existing methods of culturing microspores of angiosperm plants following stress to produce haploid embryos, haploid plants, and double haploid plants can be improved by adding HDACi to the culture medium. Advantageously, species hitherto recalcitrant to haploid embryogenesis via microspore culture are rendered useful when using HDACi. Haploid and double haploid plants are of industrial application in the plant breeding programmes.

Abstract: Methods to grow cannabis plants within an interior of an enclosure are described, the method comprises condensing water vapor from the interior of the enclosure to produce a source of liquid water and supplying the liquid water to the cannabis plants. The source of liquid water may be supplied to a common reservoir and then transferred to the cannabis plants. The common reservoir includes fish, a microorganism, or treated water. Water drained from the cannabis plants may be recycled back to the common reservoir. The water may be filtered or oxygenated and mixed with a pH adjustment solution, a macro-nutrient, a micro-nutrient, a carbohydrate, an enzyme, or a vitamin. Solar panels may be used to provide electricity for electrically powered lights that illuminate the cannabis plants. The cannabis plants may be grown within a growing medium, harvested, trimmed, ground, heated, and made into multifunctional compositions or foodstuffs.

Abstract: A watermelon plant that produces fruit having (i) ultra-firm flesh and/or liquid-retaining flesh and (ii) soluble solids of at least about 6 brix. The invention further provides for unique watermelon plants with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype and their progeny. Such plants may comprise an introgressed QTL associated with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype. In certain aspects, compositions, including distinct polymorphic molecular markers, and methods for producing, breeding, identifying, selecting, and the like of plants or germplasm with an ultra-firm flesh phenotype are provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides Cucumis melo inbred line CHA-ZA15-0014AN. The present disclosure also provides methods to select, produce, and grow these plants, parts of such plants, and products made from those parts. The disclosure also includes progeny of the provided plants including hybrid and inbred lines.

Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 2851085 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of soybean 2851085, the plants of soybean 2851085, to plant parts of soybean 2851085, and methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean 2851085 with itself or with another soybean variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to soybean cultivars, breeding cultivars, plant parts, and cells derived from soybean 2851085, methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean 2851085, and the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing 2851085 with another soybean cultivar.

Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 3421683 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of soybean 3421683, the plants of soybean 3421683, to plant parts of soybean 3421683, and methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean 3421683 with itself or with another soybean variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to soybean cultivars, breeding cultivars, plant parts, and cells derived from soybean 3421683, methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean 3421683, and the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing 3421683 with another soybean cultivar.

Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 2851015 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of soybean 2851015, the plants of soybean 2851015, to plant parts of soybean 2851015, and methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean 2851015 with itself or with another soybean variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to soybean cultivars, breeding cultivars, plant parts, and cells derived from soybean 2851015, methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean 2851015, and the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing 2851015 with another soybean cultivar.

Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 2564372 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of soybean 2564372, the plants of soybean 2564372, to plant parts of soybean 2564372, and methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean 2564372 with itself or with another soybean variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to soybean cultivars, breeding cultivars, plant parts, and cells derived from soybean 2564372, methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean 2564372, and the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing 2564372 with another soybean cultivar.

Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 1967799 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of soybean 1967799, the plants of soybean 1967799, to plant parts of soybean 1967799, and methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean 1967799 with itself or with another soybean variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to soybean cultivars, breeding cultivars, plant parts, and cells derived from soybean 1967799, methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean 1967799, and the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing 1967799 with another soybean cultivar.

Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 2363350 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of soybean 2363350, the plants of soybean 2363350, to plant parts of soybean 2363350, and methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean 2363350 with itself or with another soybean variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to soybean cultivars, breeding cultivars, plant parts, and cells derived from soybean 2363350, methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean 2363350, and the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing 2363350 with another soybean cultivar.

Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 2641096 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of soybean 2641096, the plants of soybean 2641096, to plant parts of soybean 2641096, and methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean 2641096 with itself or with another soybean variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to soybean cultivars, breeding cultivars, plant parts, and cells derived from soybean 2641096, methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean 2641096, and the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing 2641096 with another soybean cultivar.

Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 2350186 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of soybean 2350186, the plants of soybean 2350186, to plant parts of soybean 2350186, and methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean 2350186 with itself or with another soybean variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to soybean cultivars, breeding cultivars, plant parts, and cells derived from soybean 2350186, methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean 2350186, and the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing 2350186 with another soybean cultivar.

Abstract: The milking apparatus includes a cluster (4) connected to a retraction line (10), and a cylinder (11) having a piston (13) being movable between first and second end positions. The piston acts on the retraction line to move the cluster to a retracted rest position when moved to the second end position, and to permit the cluster to be moved to an active milking position when the piston is in the first end position. A switch device (30) may alternate between a first state and a second state. The retraction line permits the switch device to change from the first state to the second state when a movement of the cluster from the retracted rest position is initiated. The switch device initiates in the second state supply of a pressurized medium to the cylinder to force the piston to the first end position.

Abstract: A countertop cooking appliance is an apparatus that is used to manufacture food, particularly cheeses, with controlled heating, mixing, drainage, and pressure cycles. The apparatus is also configured to accept various cooking patterns for different foods based on different recipes. A perforated drainer is used to hold ingredients for mixing, completed cheese curds, and the finalized cheese product. A processing receptacle is a container that holds the perforated drainer and temporarily stores whey and process byproducts. A byproduct receptacle is a storage unit for whey and other liquid byproducts produced in the cheese development process. A fluid pump applies pressure to fluids collected in the processing receptacle, transferring them to the byproduct receptacle. A linear actuator provides mechanical power to one of several detachable food-interacting heads, which consequently chops, mixes, or otherwise agitates the contents of the perforated container.