CLIMATE LLC

A connector is provided for use with a communication apparatus to facilitate communication of data, via the communication apparatus, between a vehicle or agricultural implement and a computing device. The connector includes a first portion first portion configured to couple the connector to the vehicle or agricultural implement, and a second portion configured to couple the connector to the communication apparatus. The second portion of the connector includes a substrate having at least one circuit trace defined along a surface of the substrate and configured to conductively transfer electronic signals between the connector and the communication apparatus.

Systems and methods are provided for defining field regions within agricultural fields. An example computer-implemented method includes identifying a field, retrieving data for the identified field, and displaying a graphical display including the identified field and at least some of the retrieved data. The method also includes receiving, via the graphical display, an input to create a field region within the identified field based on passes of an agricultural apparatus in the identified field and retrieving pass data for the passes of the agricultural apparatus in the field. The method further includes displaying, on the graphical display, the pass data, defining the field region based on the pass data, so that a boundary of the field region corresponds to a start point and an end point of each of the passes of the agricultural apparatus, and displaying, on the graphical display, field performance data constrained to the field region.

Systems and methods are provided for monitoring an agricultural implement. An example method includes, as an agricultural implement traverses a field, transmitting command signals to an implement actuator of the agricultural implement, whereby the implement actuator implements operating parameters associated with prescription data for the field. The method also includes receiving, at a monitor device, raw as-applied data from an implement sensor associated with the implement actuator, processing the raw as-applied data into processed as-applied data, and storing the processed as-applied data in a memory. The method further includes rendering a map representing the processed as-applied data, where the rendered map includes one or more application map images indicative of the processed as-applied data over an image of at least part of the field, and then displaying the rendered map.

Methods and systems provided for generating an irrigation map. In one computer-implemented method, a user is instructed, by a computing device, to draw an irrigation boundary in a map of an agricultural field. In response, the computing device receives a first input, from the user, at the map of the agricultural field displayed to the user, where the input includes a point of the irrigation boundary. A second input is solicited from the user and, in turn, the computing device receives the second input, which defines a dimension of the irrigation boundary. The computing device then appends a shape of the irrigation boundary to the map, based on the point and the dimension, wherein the irrigation boundary is positioned based on the point indicated by the user.

Systems and methods for determining a degree or rate of error for treatments at a field are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a system receives first data corresponding to a first agronomic treatment at a field and second data corresponding to a second agronomic treatment at the field. The system uses the first and second data to determine differences and overlaps between characteristics of the first and second data to quantify an error rate at individual subsets of the field. Based on the quantified error rate, a number of metrics and yield data may be interpreted differently or modified to fit the result of the quantified error rate. The system uses the quantified error rate to predict the effectiveness of treatments, modify the rate of experienced yields at a field, and recommend real-time and subsequent corrective actions to take at the field.

Techniques for providing improvements in agricultural science by optimizing irrigation treatment placements for testing are provided, including analyzing a plurality of digital images of a field to determine vegetation density changes in a sector of the field. The techniques proceed by comparing a distribution of pixel characteristics in the digital images for each field sector to determine sectors in which minimal differences are present. Instructions for irrigation placements and testing may then be displayed or modified based on the results of the sector determinations.

Systems and methods for determining a degree or rate of error for treatments at a field are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a system receives first data corresponding to a first agronomic treatment at a field and second data corresponding to a second agronomic treatment at the field. The system uses the first and second data to determine differences and overlaps between characteristics of the first and second data to quantify an error rate at individual subsets of the field. Based on the quantified error rate, a number of metrics and yield data may be interpreted differently or modified to fit the result of the quantified error rate. The system uses the quantified error rate to predict the effectiveness of treatments, modify the rate of experienced yields at a field, and recommend real-time and subsequent corrective actions to take at the field.

A connector is provided for use with a communication apparatus to facilitate communication of data, via the communication apparatus, between a vehicle or agricultural implement and a computing device. The connector includes a first portion first portion configured to couple the connector to the vehicle or agricultural implement, and a second portion configured to couple the connector to the communication apparatus. The second portion of the connector includes a substrate having at least one circuit trace defined along a surface of the substrate and configured to conductively transfer electronic signals between the connector and the communication apparatus.

An apparatus for communicating data between a vehicle or agricultural implement and a computing device includes a first housing, a second housing, and a connector sub-assembly. The second housing and the first housing define a first interior region, and the second housing and the connector sub-assembly define a second interior region. A first integrated circuit is disposed in the first interior region, and a second integrated circuit is disposed in the second interior region. A ground clip is coupled to the connector sub-assembly. The ground clip includes a first wall orthogonal to the first integrated circuit and a second wall coupled to an end portion of the first wall. The first wall includes a plurality of outwardly protruding resilient fingers configured to contact the second housing. A mating connector is coupled to the connector sub-assembly and configured to communicatively couple with a connector of the vehicle or agricultural implement.

Methods and systems provided for generating an irrigation map. In one computer-implemented method, a user is instructed, by a computing device, to draw an irrigation boundary in a map of an agricultural field. In response, the computing device receives a first input, from the user, at the map of the agricultural field displayed to the user, where the input includes a point of the irrigation boundary. A second input is solicited from the user and, in turn, the computing device receives the second input, which defines a dimension of the irrigation boundary. The computing device then appends a shape of the irrigation boundary to the map, based on the point and the dimension, wherein the irrigation boundary is positioned based on the point indicated by the user.