Patent ID: 9596803
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: A01B,A01C

Claim:
1. A method of delivering multiple types of seed onto an agricultural field with an agricultural implement, the agricultural implement including a row unit having a seed meter associated therewith for singulation and individual release of seeds onto the agricultural field, the method comprising: moving an implement along a travel path through multiple zones including at least a first zone and a second zone of an agricultural field, wherein each of the multiple zones corresponds to a characteristic of the agricultural field relating to at least one of soil type and management type; storing multiple types of seeds in a bulk storage system; selectively releasing seeds of the multiple types including at least a first type and a second type from the bulk storage system to the seed meter of the agricultural implement and from the seed meter onto the agricultural field at the first and second zones by switching from releasing seeds of the first type from the seed meter to releasing seeds of the second type from the seed meter at a boundary defined between the first and second zones; and coordinating the switching, from releasing seeds of the first type from the seed meter to releasing seeds of the second type from the seed meter through a controlled predicted exhaustion of seeds of the first type downstream of the bulk storage system storing the seeds of multiple types, the coordinating the switching including: wherein: the bulk storage system is connected to the seed meter by a flow path; and the seeds of the each of the multiple types travel along at least a portion of the flow path from the bulk storage system to the seed meter.