Multiple Seed-Type Planting System With On-Row Selective Delivery

摘要

A system for planting multiple types of seed and automatically switching between the varieties during planting in a single planting pass of a planting session of row-crop or other planting of an agricultural field. The system may include a bulk storage system, an on-row storage system, and a charging system that selectively delivers seeds of different varieties from the bulk storage system to the on-row storage system. The system may include a seed metering system that can be controlled at each of multiple row units to selectively plant different types or varieties of seed based on seed type or variety zones agricultural field, which may correspond to field characteristics defined in a seed variety prescription map.

主权项

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; 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.