DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SOIL CRITERIA MONITORING DURING SOIL CULTIVATION OPERATIONS AND CONTROL OF TILLAGE WORKING TOOLS

摘要

A tillage implement comprising a frame operably supporting tillage tools, and a soil monitoring system comprising instrumentation operably supported from the frame and disposed to detect soil criteria before, after, or before and after the soil is tilled by the tillage tools. The soil criteria detected is at least one of surface residue criteria, soil clod size criteria and soil shatter criteria.