US Patent Issued to DEERE & Co. on March 31 for "Residue monitoring and residue-based control" (Iowa, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,580, issued on March 31, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Residue monitoring and residue-based control" was invented by Adam D. Sporrer (Huxley, Iowa), Ricky B. Theilen (Bettendorf, Iowa), Lucas B. Larsen (Ankeny, Iowa) and Kyle J. Trost (Frankfort, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural machine includes a set of ground engaging elements that perform a ground engaging operation. The agricultural machine includes a rearward sensor mounted to the agricultural machine to sense an area of ground behind the agricultural machine and generate a rearward sensor signal. The agricultural machine includes rearward ...