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Methods and systems for seed planting management and control

John M Svoboda (Inventor), JRichard Hess (Inventor), Reed L Hoskinson (Inventor), David J Harker (Inventor)

Research output: Patent

Abstract

A seed planting system providing optimal seed spacing in an agricultural field. The seed planting system includes a mobile seed planter having one or more planting shoes, or members being adapted for towing by a farm vehicle or being self-propelled. Sensors, disposed proximate to respective planting shoes, detect seed planting events and send corresponding signals to a computer. Contemporaneously, a geospatial locator acquires, and transmits to the computer, the geospatial location of each planted seed. The computer correlates the geospatial location data with the seed deposition data and generates a seed distribution profile indicating the location of each seed planted in a zone of interest to enable the control of speed spacing.
Original languageAmerican English
Patent number6386128
StatePublished - May 14 2002

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