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Agricultural devices, systems, and methods for determining soil and seed characteristics and analyzing the same

  • US 9,743,578 B2
  • Filed: 12/11/2014
  • Issued: 08/29/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A control and monitoring system for an agricultural planting system comprising a plurality of row units each including a furrow opener, the control and monitoring system comprising:

  • a processing unit;

    a solid state sensor in communication with the processing unit and adapted to sense a characteristic associated with seed planting, wherein the solid state sensor generates a signal associated with the sensed characteristic and the processing unit receives the signal; and

    a memory associated with the processing unit, said memory storing a data pair comprising the sensed characteristic and a GPS position of the sensed characteristic, and wherein the data pair is used for analysis and later retrieval for planting;

    said signal being associated with planting a first seed and used to plant a subsequent seed;

    wherein said sensed characteristic comprises a soil characteristic.

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