Patent ID: 8626401
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: A01B,E02F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method and system of tillage and tillage management that includes the steps of establishing a plurality of soil profiles at pre-determined intervals in an array over an area of soil to be cultivated; combining the plurality of soil profiles for the area with positional information to thereby create a soil map database; using the soil map database to establish a treatment and cultivation regime, in the form of a soil amelioration plan, for the area based on the soil map database; and cultivating the ground in accordance with the soil amelioration plan; and recording the cultivation in the soil map database; a subsoil tool adapted for carrying out the method and system of tillage and tillage management, said subsoil tool being adapted for connection to a support vehicle, said subsoil tool having a shank, said shank having at an upper end thereof means for connection to the support vehicle and at a lower end thereof, the shank being connected to a ripper foot terminating in a ripper tooth.