An agricultural implement system includes a down force cylinder configured to apply a downward force to a row unit, and a depth control cylinder configured to vary a penetration depth of a ground engaging tool of the row unit. The agricultural implement system also includes a valve assembly in fluid communication with the down force cylinder and the depth control cylinder. The valve assembly is configured to automatically adjust the downward force by varying fluid pressure within the down force cylinder based on fluid pressure within the depth control cylinder.

A tillage implement may include at least one electric motor coupled to a ground engaging tool, a power storage component configured to store power and to provide the power to the at least one electric motor, and a controller communicatively coupled to the at least one electric motor and the power storage component. The controller comprises a memory and a processor and the controller may provide instructions to the at least one electric motor to adjust a rotational speed of the ground engaging tool, an angle of the ground engaging tool relative to a soil surface, or both.

A tilling implement for use with a farm vehicle includes a frame, a tilling element attached to the frame, a bearing assembly configured to allow the tilling element to rotate relative to the frame. The bearing assembly can include a first race, a second race spaced apart from the first race to define a gap therebetween, a bearing rotatably disposed within the gap to allow relative movement between the first race and the second race, a seal including a flexible protrusion having a distal end that presses against the first race to seal off the gap, and a stop positioned adjacent to the flexible protrusion configured to prevent the distal end of the protrusion from bending towards the bearing.

A tillage implement includes a front gang and a rear gang. The front gang includes a first row of spoke wheels, each coupled to a front axle at an oblique angle. The rear gang includes a second row of spoke wheels, each coupled to a rear axle at the oblique angle. The tillage implement also includes a row of disc blades positioned behind the front gang and the rear gang with respect to a direction of travel of the tillage implement.

A system for a row unit of a planting implement includes a frame operably coupled with a toolbar. One or more ground-engaging tools can be operably coupled with the frame. A depth adjustment system includes one or more actuators and a sensor system configured to capture data indicative of a soil characteristic. A computing system is communicatively coupled to the one or more actuators and the sensor system. The computing system is configured to receive the data indicative of the soil characteristic, determine a probability of a penetration variation of the one or more ground-engaging tools relative to a respective depth range for each of the one or more ground-engaging tools, and perform a control action based at least in part on the probability deviating from a defined threshold.

A method of operating an implement carrying tillage elements in an agricultural field includes traversing the field with the implement while the tillage elements engage soil of the field, detecting a tillage event based on an operating parameter, recording a location of the tillage event with at least one computer, stopping the implement within the field in response to the tillage event, and generating a first representation of the tillage elements engaged with the soil. The first representation is generated with information from at least one sensor. The tillage elements are lifted to disengage the tillage elements from the soil, and a second representation of the tillage elements disengaged from the soil is generated. The implement is backed rearward through the field with the tillage elements disengaged from the soil, and a third representation of a portion of the soil worked by the tillage elements is generated.

In a tillage implement for being towed by an agricultural tractor across ground to be towed and having a main frame supporting a plurality of tillage units thereon in which each tillage unit includes a disc supporting arm mounted on the main frame, disc mounting assemblies support respective tillage discs on the disc supporting arms. Each assembly includes a mounting body forming a socket therein and a shaft partly received within the socket so as to support a tillage disc on a hub rotatable on a portion of the shaft protruding from the mounting body. The shaft includes a tapered shaft section received within a tapered socket section in the socket of the mounting body to securely and releasably mount the shaft relative to the mounting body.

A cap bracket and spacer for connecting a ground engaging tool to a mounting bar of a cultivator is provided. The cap bracket can include a first member having a first side and a second side, and a second member having a first side and a second side. The second member can be joined at the second side to the second side of the first member with a peak formed where the second side of the first member is joined at the second side of the second member and a first extended portion can be provided on a first end of the cap bracket at the peak. The spacer can include a first connection flange, a second connection flange, and a spacer member extending upwards from the first connection flange and the second connection flange to define a contact surface.