System and process for dispensing multiple and low rate agricultural products
First Claim
1. A system for dispensing agricultural products at a low application rate, comprising:
- a) a plurality of agricultural product containers containing low application rate, dry, granular, crop enhancement agricultural products;
b) a plurality of low application rate meter devices operatively connected to said agricultural product containers configured to dispense the agricultural products from the plurality of agricultural product containers, said low application rate meter devices being mounted on planters, said low application rate being defined as a rate below 3 ounces per 1000 feet of row;
c) precision placement equipment including placement tube assemblies operatively connected to said plurality of low application rate meter devices to place the agricultural products in desired locations for efficient activity of the agricultural products, wherein each placement tube assembly is mounted between depth wheels of a depth control wheel assembly of the planters for placement of product in-furrow between the depth wheels; and
,wherein each of said placement tube assemblies includes an elongated placement tube arranged so that it descends from a portion of a frame behind the depth wheels to between the depth wheels.
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Abstract
A system for dispensing agricultural products includes: a master controller, sets of agricultural product containers, meter devices, and secondary controllers. The meter devices are operatively connected to the product containers and configured to dispense products from the containers to rows in a field wherein each of the sets of containers is associated with a respective row in the field. The secondary controllers actuate the meter devices. Each secondary controller receives command data from the master controller and controls the meter devices for dispensing in response to the command data. Agricultural product from each product container is dispensed in accordance with operator defined instructions to the master controller. The instructions are capable of being provided to the master controller during the planting allowing the dispensing of individual containers to be controlled. In one embodiment the invention is a process for dispensing agricultural products at low application rates utilizing precision placement equipment.
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1. A system for dispensing agricultural products at a low application rate, comprising:
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a) a plurality of agricultural product containers containing low application rate, dry, granular, crop enhancement agricultural products; b) a plurality of low application rate meter devices operatively connected to said agricultural product containers configured to dispense the agricultural products from the plurality of agricultural product containers, said low application rate meter devices being mounted on planters, said low application rate being defined as a rate below 3 ounces per 1000 feet of row; c) precision placement equipment including placement tube assemblies operatively connected to said plurality of low application rate meter devices to place the agricultural products in desired locations for efficient activity of the agricultural products, wherein each placement tube assembly is mounted between depth wheels of a depth control wheel assembly of the planters for placement of product in-furrow between the depth wheels; and
,wherein each of said placement tube assemblies includes an elongated placement tube arranged so that it descends from a portion of a frame behind the depth wheels to between the depth wheels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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