Patent ID: 6079340
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: A01B,A01C,A01M,Y02P,Y10S

Abstract:
Farming apparatus for customizing a rate at which various selected farming material is applied to an agricultural field, comprising:a vehicle movable at varying speeds over the field;an implement connected to said vehicle for concurrent movement across said field, said implement including applicators having farming material inlets and outlets for receiving and applying an amount of the selected farming material to the soil of said field at predetermined rates; an electronic control element on said vehicle including input apparatus for setting an application dosage of farming material at least for selected portions of said field, and a communications link between said electronic control element and at least one of said applicators for conveying information relating to the amount of farming material to be applied by said at least one of said applicators per unit area traveled of said implement across said field;conversion apparatus mounted on said implement and associated with said at least one applicator for converting the amount of farming material to be applied per unit area to the amount of farming material to be applied per unit of time to thereby permit adjustment of the amount of the selected farming material from said output of said applicator proportionally to the speed of said vehicle, and thus said implement, over said field.