ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,339, issued on May 12, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.) and CNH Industrial Canada Ltd. (Saskatoon, Canada).

"Agricultural systems and methods for monitoring field conditions" was invented by David Long (Washington, Ill.) and James W. Henry (Saskatoon, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for monitoring field conditions includes a sensor arm pivotably coupled proximate its first end to an agricultural implement and proximate its second end to a sensor configured to generate data indicative of a field condition. Moreover, the system includes an actuator configured to actuate the sensor arm relative...