Patent ID: 9730379
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: A01C,H05K

Claim:
1. A seed meter for planting multiple types of seed in a single planting pass during row-crop planting of an agricultural field, the seed meter comprising: a housing supported relative to a row unit of a planter and including a first seed chamber, a second seed chamber and a separator wall separating the first and second seed chambers from each other; a first seed disk rotatable within the housing and having a first side communicating with the first seed chamber, the first seed disk conveying seeds of a first type through the housing and out of the seed meter; a second seed disk rotatable within the housing and having a first side communicating with the second seed chamber, the second seed disk conveying seeds of a second type through the housing and out of the seed meter; and a seed disk drive system activating and deactivating the first and second seed disks for selectively delivering a corresponding one of the first and second seed types out of the housing for planting of an agricultural field.