Crop sampling system
First Claim
1. An agricultural system for acquiring crop samples from a field, the system comprising:
- a harvester configured to traverse the field and to harvest a crop;
a crop sample acquiring apparatus supported by the harvester and configured to separate a sample from the harvested crop at each of a plurality of locations within the field;
a location signal generating circuit supported by the harvester and configured to generate location signals which are representative of the geographic position of the harvester; and
a control circuit supported by the harvester, in communication with the location signal generating circuit, and configured to receive the location within the field at which each sample is acquired, to generate a readable indicia including the location within the field at which each sample is acquired, wherein the readable indicia is physically associated with each acquired crop sample.
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Abstract
An agricultural system for acquiring grain samples from a field includes a combine, a grain sample acquiring apparatus for acquiring a grain sample at a plurality of locations within the field, a location signal generating circuit, and a data recorder which communicates with the location signal generating circuit and records the sample site locations. A method of determining and recording locational variations in characteristics of a crop being harvested includes (a) obtaining a sample of the crop at each of a plurality of locations within the field and uniquely identifying each sample; (b) obtaining a locational description of each sample site; (c) correlating the sample identifications and corresponding locational descriptions into first data pairs; (d) recording the first data pairs in a first data file; (e) analyzing the samples to generate location-specific crop data; (f) correlating the location-specific crop data and the corresponding locational descriptions into second data pairs; and (g) recording the second data pairs in a second data file.
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40 Claims
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1. An agricultural system for acquiring crop samples from a field, the system comprising:
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a harvester configured to traverse the field and to harvest a crop; a crop sample acquiring apparatus supported by the harvester and configured to separate a sample from the harvested crop at each of a plurality of locations within the field; a location signal generating circuit supported by the harvester and configured to generate location signals which are representative of the geographic position of the harvester; and a control circuit supported by the harvester, in communication with the location signal generating circuit, and configured to receive the location within the field at which each sample is acquired, to generate a readable indicia including the location within the field at which each sample is acquired, wherein the readable indicia is physically associated with each acquired crop sample. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An agricultural grain sampling system for use with a harvester, the harvester configured to traverse a field and to harvest a crop, the system comprising:
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means for acquiring samples of the harvested crop at each of a plurality of locations within the field; means for generating location signals which are representative of the geographic location of the harvester; and means for generating readable indicia including the location within the field at which each sample is acquired and for physically associating the readable indicia with each acquired crop sample. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method of acquiring crop samples of a crop being harvested from a field, comprising the steps of:
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(a) separating a sample from the crop being harvested as the crop is being harvested at each of a plurality of locations within the field; (b) obtaining a locational description representative of the location at which the sample is harvested; (c) generating a readable indicia including the locational description; and (d) physically associating the sample with the readable indicia. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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