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

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8935986
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13458012

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Agricultural seed planting systems are provided. In some aspects, the system includes a processing unit, a frame, a furrow opener coupled to the frame for opening a furrow in soil, and a sensor in communication with the processing unit and adapted to sense a characteristic associated with seed planting. The sensor may generate a signal associated with the sensed characteristic and the processing unit may receive the signal. In some aspects, the sensed characteristic may be either a soil characteristic or a seed characteristic. Information associated with the sensed characteristic can be saved in memory for future use and to assist with more effective planting in the future.

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KINZE MANUFACTURING INC2172 M AVENUE WILLIAMSBURG IA 52361

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Achen, Courtney N Iowa City, US 25 532
Blomme, Laura B Williamsburg, US 6 103

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