Patent ID: 8942894
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: A01C,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A prescription for operating a seeding machine, the seeding machine including a seed meter having a housing adapted to hold a pool of seed to be singulated and delivered sequentially, a seed delivery system to provide at least two different varieties of seed to the meter, the seed delivery system having a switching mechanism to change from a first variety of seed to a second variety of seed being delivered to the meter housing, and a controller adapted to operate the switching mechanism to control which seed variety of the first and second seed varieties is delivered to the meter based on the location of the machine in a field, the controller being programmed to operate the switching mechanism based on a stored programmed quantity of seed value representing the quantity of seed in the meter housing, the prescription comprising: a predetermined assignment of where each variety of seed is to be planted within a given area of land; and a programmed quantity of seed value for each variety of seed to be used by the controller to determine when to stop the supply of seed to the meter when making a switch in varieties, the programmed quantity of seed value being tailored to the specific seeding machine and seed variety.