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Agricultural system for field preparation

  • US 10,721,855 B2
  • Filed: 01/02/2018
  • Issued: 07/28/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An agricultural system comprising:

  • a frame configured for attachment to a leading tow bar of a towing vehicle;

    at least one furrow opener disk attached to the frame for forming a furrow into a field;

    a stationary deflector attached to the tow bar via a rigid frame and configured to clear residual plant matter away from a centerline of the rigid frame;

    at least one roller device attached to the frame and extending between two adjacent parallel strip positions, the roller device being configured to crush standing residual plant matter in the field, the at least one roller device being overlapped in part, near the rigid frame, by the stationary deflector such that the at least one roller device receives cleared residual plant matter by the stationary deflector;

    a fertilizer opener disk attached to the frame in a trailing position relative to the stationary deflector and configured to prepare, at least in part, the furrow for receiving a fertilizer, the fertilizer opener disk being in a trailing position relative to the at least one furrow opener disk; and

    a fertilizer injector attached to the frame and being configured to deposit the fertilizer into the furrow in a trailing position relative to the fertilizer opener disk.

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