Patent ID: 9585303
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: A01B,A01C

Claim:
1. A method comprising: planting a first variety of seed in a first location of a field of land using a planting machine, the planting machine comprising a component, the component having a first setting configured to improve a first performance of the planting machine when planting the first variety of seed, wherein the first performance is gauged relative to the planting machine planting the first variety of seed using other settings of the component; sensing that the planting machine will reach or has reached a second location of the field, different than the first location, wherein a second variety of seed, different than the first variety of seed, is to be planted in the second location; responsive to sensing, automatically adjusting the component of the planting machine to a second setting, the second setting configured to improve a second performance of the planting machine while planting the second variety of seed, wherein the second performance is gauged relative to the planting machine planting the second variety of seed using other settings of the component; and planting the second variety of seed in the second location of the field using the component at the second setting.