US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial America on Feb. 24 for "Agricultural system and method for monitoring plugging of ground-engaging tools of an agricultural implement" (Illinois, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,560, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"Agricultural system and method for monitoring plugging of ground-engaging tools of an agricultural implement" was invented by Brittany Schroeder (Bunker Hill, Ind.) and Joshua D. Knoblauch (Lowpoint, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural system for monitoring plugging of a ground-engaging tool of an agricultural implement includes a signal transmission device configured to transmit wireless signals and a target provided in operative association with the ground-engaging tool, with the target being configured to receive the wireless si...