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Custom planter and method of custom planting

A planter and controller technology, which is applied in planting methods, soil preparation methods, interval quantitative sowing machinery, etc., can solve the problems of increasing costs and wasting time, and achieve the effect of reducing field supervision

Active Publication Date: 2008-07-02
MONSANTO TECH LLC
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For widely distributed field trials, skilled personnel must be deployed widely, wasting valuable time and increasing costs

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[0033] Detailed description of the preferred embodiment

[0034] A preferred embodiment of a planter generally designated 20 constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention is schematically illustrated in FIG. 1 . Planter 20 may be towed, or it may be attached to a tractor so that it is self-propelled. Generally, planter 20 includes a frame 22 having two extendable arms 24 and 26 . A plurality (eight in FIG. 1 ) of individual planter units 28 are mounted on arms 24 and 26 . The planter 20 also includes a seed storage device 30 . The seed storage device 30 may be a 24-compartment rotary hopper, or some other device with sufficient capacity (both in number and quantity of seed types).

[0035] The seed delivery system 32 delivers seed from a selected one of the compartments of the seed storage device 30 . As shown in FIG. 1 , the seed delivery system 32 includes a plurality of tubes 34 extending between the storage device 30 and each individual planter...

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A method of planting test plots of different seeds in a field includes loading a multi-row planter with a first seed, and traversing the field and planting a test plot of the test plot of the first seed in a portion of the test field; automatically removing the first seed from the multi-row planter and loading a second seed into the multi-row planter, and traversing the field and planting a test plot of the test plot of the second seed in the field.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This application claims the benefit of US Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60 / 679,122, filed May 9, 2005, the entire specification of which is incorporated herein by reference. Background of the invention [0003] The present invention relates to planters and methods of planting, and in particular to planters and methods for planting custom plots with different types of seeds. [0004] Modern planters have evolved to the point where they can reliably plant twelve or more rows simultaneously as the planter traverses a field. With these planters, large numbers of fields can be quickly planted. However, it may be difficult to plant small plots, such as those during seed trials, with existing planters. When it is desired to plant small plots of different types of seeds, for example when planting test plots of different seed varieties, seeds of the first variety must be loaded into the hopper of a separate planter...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F19/00A01C7/18
CPCY10S111/923A01C7/081A01C7/088Y10S111/90A01B79/005
Inventor S·J·斯特林K·L·德佩尔曼
Owner MONSANTO TECH LLC
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