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A computer-implemented method for managing crop harvesting activities is implemented by a harvest advisor computing device in communication with a memory. The method includes receiving an initial date of a crop within a field, receiving an initial moisture value associated with the crop and the initial date, and receiving a target harvest moisture value associated with the crop. The method also includes receiving field condition data associated with the field. The method further includes computing, by the harvest advisor, a target harvest date for the crop based at least in part on the initial date, the initial moisture value, the field condition data, and the target harvest moisture value, and displaying the target harvest date for the crop to the grower for harvest planning. The target harvest date indicates a date at which the crop will have a present moisture value approximately equal to the target harvest moisture value.

In a method and a device for driving a crop conveying unit composed substantially of at least one pan with at least one sieve the pen and receive are hung in an oscillation-facilitating manner in a machine housing, at least one oscillation-reducing drive unit is provided, drive unit is formed by a linearly-oscillation unit, and the drive unit is controlled via a change in a parameter selected from the group consisting of frequency, stroke, and both.

This row unit utilizes an improved multi-zone, multi-functional stalk roll, which contains a novel revolving entry window to improve entry and increase engagement of the fluted portion of the stalk roll flutes with the corn stalk. The stalk rolls described are multi-sectional and contain multi-length variable flutes. The number of flutes described for each zone may vary as well as whether the flutes are meshing or non-meshing and angled or non-angled. The stalk rolls described allow a constant speed drive shaft to create lower and/or higher effective circumferential contact speeds within each zone of the stalk roll. The invention provides that the rotating transport vanes located on the helical nose cone at the entry area to the stalk roll flutes lock the corn stalk into a revolving entry window. This novel row unit contains a multi-zone, multi-functional stripper plate that ensures minimal ear wedging and maximum discharge of material other than ears. This row unit utilizes a novel gathering/conveying chain(s), which reduces the number of and increases the angle and size of the paddles. This row unit design optimizes operation between the components imparting force to the corn plant and ears. The invention has a smooth uninterrupted improved flow of corn stalk material through the ear separation chamber and is the first row unit designed to be environmentally friendly by ensuring that the majority of the corn plant remains connected to its original root system which prevents it from rapidly decomposing, blowing or washing away. The row unit cover is spatially designed for improved flow in down, damp and tough harvesting conditions.

A cutting platform for use with an agricultural harvesting machine includes a plurality of platform sections, with each platform section including a leading edge. At least one platform section includes a cutterbar assembly movable in a localized manner in upwards and downwards directions, an endless belt, and a plurality of belt guides positioned partially above the endless belt adjacent the leading edge. The belt guides are movable relative to each other.

The invention discloses a picking actuating mechanism used at the tail end of a pineapple picking mechanical arm, which includes a clamping mechanism for clamping a pineapple, a twisting and separating mechanism used for twisting and separating the pineapple, and a flange assemble used for fixedly connecting the clamping mechanism with the twisting and separating mechanism. The picking actuating mechanism overcomes the problems that in the prior art, the picking efficiency is low, the labor intensity is high, the pineapple picking and transporting loss is high, the integral weight is big and the consumption is high, and has the characteristics of simple and compact structure, capabilities of clamping and twisting and separating the pineapple, high picking efficiency, economy and durability.

A drive assembly driven by a drive unit locks one or several operating units (6) of an agricultural implement (1) or of a self-propelled implement. The operating unit (6) can be locked when switching off the drive unit or upon reaction of an overload coupling (4). The drive assembly (3) has an overload coupling (4) connected to the drive unit and driven by the drive unit in one driving direction of rotation. The overload coupling (4) is also connected to the operating unit (6). The drive assembly (3) further has a brake unit (5) connected to the overload coupling (4). The brake unit (5) is intended to be arranged in the driveline between the overload coupling (4) and the operating unit (6). Actuating mechanism (10) actuates the brake unit (5) when the operating unit is running so that the operating unit is braked and locked. Thereafter, the overload coupling is disconnected.

The invention relates to a planting method of Chinese trichosanthes, belonging to the technical field of plantation and comprising the steps of: variety breeding, seedling reproduction, transplanting, field management, disease and pest control, harvesting and processing, wherein the variety breeding step includes the sub-steps of the tests in different production places, amplification and verification tests, resistance test, field pest investigation and trichosanthes nematode control; the seedling reproduction step includes the sub-steps of seed reproduction and root reproduction; the transplanting step includes the sub-steps of land selection and preparation, ridging, reproduction and planting, planting method implementation and field management; the land selection and preparation step includes the sub-steps of detection on chemical characteristic of soil, basic fertilizer application and disinfection; the reproduction and planting step includes the sub-steps of seed bud selection, rood cutting and breeding, planting and shed putting up; the planting method implementation step includes the sub-steps of planning density control and staminiferous plant matching; the filed management step includes the sub-steps of intertillagement and weeding, top application, shed putting up, pruning and cold prevention, in particular to intertillagement and weeding, root airing, intercrop, earthing, vine supporting and racking, top application, pruning, flower and fruit protection, chemical control and foliage application; and the disease and pest control step includes the sub-steps of control of diseases and pest and control method implementation.

The chain-net type solid-liquid separating mechanical apparatus for cutting aquatic weed and cleaning river includes one aquatic weed cutting mechanism, one aquatic weed and waste fishing mechanism, one compressing and conveying mechanism, one flow forming mechanism, one anchor locating mechanism, one intercepting and driving mechanism and one control system. It is used to cut, collect, solid-liquid separate, pile, etc for maintaining clean river.

The invention discloses a method for tissue-culture breeding and wild-simulated cultivation of dendrobium candidum, which comprises: inoculating dendrobium candidum tender straw slices onto a culturemedium for culture under conditions of a temperature of 22 to 24 DEG C and an illuminance of 1,000 to 1,500 Lx to first induce the growth of calles to form protocorms and then promote the multiplicative growth of the protocorms into 5 to 8 centimeter strong seedlings; and moving the seedlings out of a culture room, hardening the seedlings at a normal temperature for 3 to 5 days and transplanting the seedlings into the ground in a green house. The plane basic layer of a cultivation check field in the green house are provided with spaced breather holes; the upper layer of the cultivation check field is a cultivation medium; the seedlings are planted at a row spacing of 12*8cm and a spacing in the row of 12*8cm; in the green house, the temperature is 0 to 28 DEG C, the humidity is 60 to 70 percent and the shade density is 70 to 80 percent; and disease and pest prevention and control are carried out periodically and the dendrobium candidum can be harvested in 3 to 4 years. The method improves the civil year breeding coefficient of the dendrobium candidum by about 10 times, provides enough seedlings for large-scale cultivation, solves the problem of wild-simulated cultivation and realizes scale cultivation.

A sieve assembly for separating grain from chaff inside of a combine. The sieve assembly comprises a plurality of longitudinal sieve planks that pivot on their longitudinal axis. A hanging weighted member combined with the sieve planks regulates the angle of the sieve planks relative to the combine. As the combine becomes laterally inclined on a hillside, the weighted member changes its angular position relative to the combine. In doing so, the weighted member causes the sieve planks to pivot on their longitudinal axis so that the sieve planks remain level relative to the horizon. Dividers extend between each sieve plank.

A cornhead row unit is provided including first and second longitudinally extending stripper plates mounted on a frame and having opposed stripping edges which define a gap between them. The frame further includes a resilient device arranged and disposed to adjustably transversely urge the first stripper plate on the frame toward the second stripper plate to vary the width of the gap. An adjusting arrangement connecting the frame and the second stripper plate selectably and transversely moves the second stripper plate with respect to the first stripper plate to vary the width of the gap.

A drive arrangement for the drive of an agricultural implement is provided that includes a drive engine that can be brought into a drive connection over a separable power take-off shaft clutch with a power take-off shaft output. A drive line of the operating implement is connected with the power take-off shaft output, with an overload clutch, and a control arrangement. The control arrangement is connected to a sensor arranged for the detection of the torque at the power take-off shaft output and, in normal operation, permits an actuator to disengage the power take-off shaft clutch as soon as the torque detected by the sensor reaches or exceeds a first threshold value, that corresponds to a torque that is smaller than the cut-off torque of the overload clutch. Immediately following, the control arrangement orders the actuator to engage the power take-off shaft clutch and when the power take-off shaft clutch is disengaged permits a torque at the power take-off shaft output that is greater than the cut-off torque of the overload clutch.

The invention provides a water plant reaping and harvesting ship which comprises a hull, a water plant cutting device, a water plant conveying device, a water plant collecting device, auxiliary collecting devices and a power device. The water plant conveying device is arranged on an installing frame of the bow in an inclined mode, the lowest end of the water plant conveying device is connected with the water plant cutting device, and the water plant collecting device is arranged at one side of the highest end. The water plant cutting device comprises a bevel gear drive mechanism, a slider-crank mechanism and a cutter reciprocating mechanism. The water plant conveying device comprises a chain plate, a chain wheel, a chain, and a water plant leakage preventing mechanism arranged on the chain plate. The water plant collecting device comprises a collecting hopper, a collecting box, a guide rail, and a collecting platform arranged on the stern. The auxiliary collecting devices are profiling variable wing eccentric collecting wheels or collecting plates arranged on the bow. The water plant reaping and harvesting ship integrates water plant cutting, conveying and collecting, all the devices are convenient to combine, and easy to disassemble, replace and maintain, connection in the whole harvesting process is close, the mechanical degree is high, and the reaping efficiency is far higher than that of manual salvage.

A system including a controlled agriculture environment containing one or more growing rooms, each containing one or more growing units is described. Each growing room is managed by an HVAC system under the control of an environmental control unit. Each growing room may have a specific temperature and humidity optimized for the type of plant or plants being room. The growing room may have a positive air pressure when compared to areas connected to it to ensure that no insects or contaminants can enter the growing room. The growing room may provide water feed, compressed air, CO₂, and electricity to each of the growing units. The growing units are also connected wirelessly to an environmental control unit.

A modeling framework for evaluating the impact of weather conditions on farming and harvest operations applies real-time, field-level weather data and forecasts of meteorological and climatological conditions together with user-provided and/or observed feedback of a present state of a harvest-related condition to agronomic models and to generate a plurality of harvest advisory outputs for precision agriculture. A harvest advisory model simulates and predicts the impacts of this weather information and user-provided and/or observed feedback in one or more physical, empirical, or artificial intelligence models of precision agriculture to analyze crops, plants, soils, and resulting agricultural commodities, and provides harvest advisory outputs to a diagnostic support tool for users to enhance farming and harvest decision-making, whether by providing pre-, post-, or in situ-harvest operations and crop analyzes.

A drive linkage is described for reciprocating a sieve that is suspended within a frame of a combine harvester for movement in mutually orthogonal directions. The drive linkage comprises a cranking mechanism for imparting a reciprocating motion to the sieve in the direction of travel of the harvester and a pivot arm pivotably connected at one end to one side of the sieve to cause the sieve to move in an arc centred on a pivot axis at the opposite end of the pivot arm as the sieve is reciprocated. In the invention, the pivot axis of the pivot arm is displaced relative to the frame in synchronism with the reciprocation of the sieve in such a manner as to cause the sieve to follow a substantially rectilinear path relative to the frame.

A tilt or acceleration sensing apparatus and method that allows a tilt or acceleration sensing device of a vehicle to determine: 1) a maximum fall angle of the vehicle, regardless of the orientation of the vehicle and the vehicle's tilt sensor(s) to the incline; or 2) the downward acceleration of the vehicle. In one embodiment, a method of determining a maximum fall angle of a vehicle includes sensing tilt angles of two sensing axes of the vehicle relative to a horizontal reference plane and calculating the maximum fall angle of the vehicle based on the tilt angles. The apparatus and method may also include comparing the maximum fall angle to predetermined values and generating output signals when the maximum fall angle exceeds the predetermined values. In another embodiment, a method of determining when a vehicle is sliding downhill includes sensing the accelerations of three sensing axes.

The present disclosure describes use of filamentous algae to form insulating construction materials which provide thermal and noise insulation. Algae from the order Zygnematales, the Cladophorales, or the Ulotrichales can be dried and formed for use as insulating material. Algae mass can be combined into several layers, using a binder to attach the layers to each other. A composite material of algae mass and an additive can be used and form the body of insulation panels having honeycomb-shaped chambers, which are sealed by a foil that is laminated onto the body.

Various plants for cultivating algae for use in construction material are disclosed. Plants utilizing gravity harvest comprise cultivation ponds located at a slope, wherein the ponds can be opened to allow algae and water to flow downhill through a collector grill. Plants utilizing net harvest, overflow harvest or rake harvest are described. Carbon dioxide injection concepts utilizing direct and indirect injection of carbon dioxide into algae cultivation ponds are disclosed. An algae harvesting machine is disclosed. Control concepts for controlling the growth of algae in an algae cultivation plant are described.