Patent ID: 9603299
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: A01C

Claim:
1. A planter for planting multiple types of seed in a single planting pass during row-crop planting of an agricultural field, comprising: a frame supporting multiple row units; a bulk storage system for separately storing seeds of multiple types on the planter; an on-row storage system selectively receiving seed from the bulk storage system and separately storing the seeds of the multiple seed types at the row units; a flow path at least partially interconnecting the bulk storage system and the on-row storage system for selectively carrying a selective one of the multiple types of seeds from the bulk storage system toward the on-row storage system; a diverter in communication with the flow path for selectively diverting the selective one of the multiple types of seeds in the flow path to a corresponding one of multiple compartments at the row unit for storage; and a seed meter at each of the multiple row units selectively receiving the seeds of the multiple types from the on-row storage system and releasing the seeds for planting of an agricultural field.