SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR DISPENSING MULTIPLE AND LOW RATE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

摘要

A system for dispensing agricultural products includes: a master controller, sets of agricultural product containers, meter devices, and secondary controllers. The meter devices are operatively connected to the product containers and configured to dispense products from the containers to rows in a field wherein each of the sets of containers is associated with a respective row in the field. The secondary controllers actuate the meter devices. Each secondary controller receives command data from the master controller and controls the meter devices for dispensing in response to the command data. Agricultural product from each product container is dispensed in accordance with operator defined instructions to the master controller. The instructions are capable of being provided to the master controller during the planting allowing the dispensing of individual containers to be controlled. In one embodiment the invention is a process for dispensing agricultural products at low application rates utilizing precision placement equipment.

主权项

1. A system for dispensing agricultural products, comprising:
a) a master controller; b) a plurality of sets of agricultural product containers; c) a plurality of meter devices operatively connected to agricultural product containers of said plurality of sets of agricultural product containers and configured to dispense agricultural products at metered rates from said agricultural product containers to rows in a field wherein each set of said plurality of sets of agricultural product containers is associated with a respective row in the field; and, d) a plurality of secondary controllers for actuating the plurality of meter devices, said plurality of secondary controllers for receiving command data from the master controller and controlling the plurality of meter devices for dispensing in response to said command data; wherein agricultural product from each agricultural product container is dispensed in accordance with operator defined instructions to the master controller, said operator defined instructions capable of being provided to the master controller during the planting allowing a dispensing of individual agricultural product containers to be controlled.