Deere + Company

Andrew Wesley Keenan

Nathan R Vandike

Bhanu Kiran Reddy Palla

Federico Pardina-Malbran

Kendall Lee Giesmann

David John Rix

Steven A Duppong

Gary S Keys, Ii

Nathan Greuel

Eric M Forbes

Nicholas Taylor

Razvan Platon

An agricultural harvesting system obtains a yield map that maps yield values to different geographic locations in a worksite and a speed map that maps agricultural harvester speed values to different geographic locations in the worksite. The agricultural harvesting system identifies a geographic location in the worksite at which the agricultural harvester will be full, at least to a threshold level, based on the yield map; identifies a geographic location in the worksite at which a material transfer operation is to start based on the geographic location at which the agricultural harvester will be full, at least to the threshold level; and identifies a time at which the agricultural harvester will arrive at the material transfer location, based on the speed map. The agricultural harvesting system can control one or more of the agricultural harvester and a receiving machine.

Systems and methods for predictive harvesting logistics

A ballast assembly for a work vehicle. The ballast assembly includes a frame, a ballast weight, and a lift. The frame is included in an underside of the work vehicle. The ballast weight has a first portion and a second portion. The lift has an upper end pivotally coupled to the frame and a lower end releasably coupled to the ballast weight. The first and second portions are configured to engage with a ground surface and the frame, respectively, when the ballast weight is loaded onto the work vehicle. The first and second portions are configured to engage with the frame when the ballast weight is loaded onto the work vehicle.

Ballast assembly for a work vehicle

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Bettendorf, IA, United States of America

Andrew Wesley Keenan