A system for dispensing multiple low rate agricultural products that includes a multiple low rate agricultural (MLRA) product application device configured to cooperate with a planting equipment monitor assembly positioned to sense a seed being discharged from high speed planting equipment. Each MLRA product application device comprises a common housing for a number of low rate agricultural product input assemblies.

A system to meter multiple agricultural products according to an independently prescribed rate for each in a variable-ratio blend of the agricultural products from a single opener in a plurality of such systems and openers across an applicator such as a drill. Bulk storage compartments associated with the applicator deliver multiple agricultural products to metering assemblies mounted in clusters or pods across the applicator. The agricultural products are fed from the metering assemblies, via a flow re-director, into a manifold, and then into a corresponding single opener having conduits to transport the agricultural product into the soil. Controllers independently regulate metering by the metering assemblies. The flow re-director and manifold provide blending of combinations of the agricultural products for each opener according to a field prescription.

A plant watering system includes an irrigation mat that can be placed around a plant on top of the soil. The irrigation mat includes a water reservoir that holds water, and a slow-pass water permeable membrane that releases the water in the water reservoir in a slow manner so the soil around the plant is watered at a controlled rate. The irrigation mat may optionally include a threaded port where a container of liquid fertilizer can be placed so the liquid fertilizer is mixed with the water in the reservoir, allowing easily fertilizing the plant as it is watered. The plant watering system may also optionally include a dryness sensor that provides an alert indicating the water reservoir in the irrigation mat needs to be refilled.

An autonomous vehicle platform and system for selectively performing an in-season management task in an agricultural field while self-navigating between rows of planted crops, the autonomous vehicle platform having a vehicle base with a width so dimensioned as to be insertable through the space between two rows of planted crops, the vehicle base having an in-season task management structure configured to perform various tasks, including selectively applying fertilizer, mapping growth zones and seeding cover crop within an agricultural field.

An agricultural implement with a folding tool bar arrangement for an improved, narrow frontal profile when in a transport configuration. The tool bar is folded in multi-planar manner to achieve frontal profiles that are substantially reduced relative to conventional folding tool bars. The reduced frontal profile enables operators to provide right-of-way to passing vehicles on standard roadways without need for encroaching the shoulder or ditch of the roadway.

Disclosed is an aperture assembly for use with a subsurface ejection vessel that includes an electromagnet, a first dynamic aperture (309C), a second dynamic aperture, a hollow shaft injection drill bit (1711), a third dynamic aperture (807C), collar perforations (607B), and closed window apertures (907A, 907B, and 907C). The electromagnet actuates a closing of the first dynamic aperture (309C). The electromagnet actuates an opening of the second dynamic aperture. The third dynamic aperture (807C) dynamically opens when triggered by a first pre-determined depth achievement counting by the encoder (1605B) of the lead screw (1713) or distance traveled by a platform (505A) triggered by the limit switch (1707) that are communicated to the AI robot (1407C), the computer (1411C), and the PLC (1405C). The third dynamic aperture (807C) dynamically opens when the camera lens (1503) has a second pre-determined depth penetration of the hollow shaft injection drill bit (1711) and that the limit switch (1707) information is communicated to the computer (1411C), or the PLC (1405C). The collar perforations (607B) enable pushing sub-surface constituents and soils away from either collar apertures, or collar windows. The closed window apertures (907A, 907B, and 907C) perform closure during descent to prevent soil penetration into the hollow shaft injection drill bit (1711). The closed window apertures (907C) during descent to prevent soil penetration into the hollow shaft injection drill bit (1711).

Disclosed is a device for dispensing a plurality of constituent materials by one or more of weight, volume, flow, time interval, and depths through one or more actuated dispenser openings connected to one or more of a plurality of chambers and a plurality of vessels. The device includes a gate (411B); an actuator a physical gate (405B); one or more load cells (605A, 605B. and 713); an artificial intelligence (AI) robot (807C); a lens (905); a computer (811C); a programmable logic controller (PLC) (805C); an encoder (1005B); a limit switch (1209B); and a sensor. The gate (411B), the actuator a physical gate (405B); and the load cell (713) enable a sequential dispensing of one or more constituents at targeted depths via the AI robot (807C), the lens (905), the computer (811C), the PLC (805C); the encoder (1005B), the limit switch (1209B), and/the sensor. The gate (411B), the actuator a physical gate (405B); and the load cell (713) are used to dispense by the load cell (605A) measuring the constituents by weight.

Seed sensors for determining seed placement in a furrow to then target at least one of fluid and solid application with respect to the seed are described herein. Plant sensors for determining location of plants within a field and then targeting at least one of fluid and solid application with respect to the plant are also described herein.

Seed sensors for determining seed placement in a furrow to then target at least one of fluid and solid application with respect to the seed are described herein. Plant sensors for determining location of plants within a field and then targeting at least one of fluid and solid application with respect to the plant are also described herein.

Seed sensors for determining seed placement in a furrow to then target at least one of fluid and solid application with respect to the seed are described herein. Plant sensors for determining location of plants within a field and then targeting at least one of fluid and solid application with respect to the plant are also described herein.