Deere & Company

Sameer Subhash Upasani

Daniel Eric Derscheid

Gerald W Shook

Kyle R Teach

Jason C Eubanks

Sampada Arun Ponkshe

Eric E Steinhart

Kedarnath Shivsharan Rugge

Kedarnath Rugge

A method of mapping a moisture level of a cut crop in a field includes identifying a cut time at which the cut crop was cut in the field. Elevation data, soil data, and weather data of the field are retrieved. A soil moisture map is then created to define a respective soil moisture level of the soil for each of a plurality of elevation zones in the field. The soil moisture map is based on a cut time, the elevation data, the soil data, and the weather data. A crop moisture map is then created to define a crop moisture level of the cut crop in each of the plurality of elevation zones in the field. The crop moisture map is based on the soil moisture map. By using the soil moisture map, the crop moisture map correlates the elevation data to the moisture levels of the cut crop.

Method and system for mapping cut crop moisture in a field

A baler system is operable to determine an initial quantity of a preservative stored in a tank and define an application rate of the preservative to be applied per bale during a harvest operation. A number of bales to be formed during the harvest operation may be estimated, and a determination made on whether or not the initial quantity of the preservative at the defined application rate is sufficient to treat the estimated number of bales to be formed during the harvest operation. When a controller determines that the initial quantity of the preservative is not sufficient to treat the estimated number of bales to be formed during the harvest operation, the controller may send a notification to a system manager requesting additional preservative be delivered to the baler implement. The status of the preservative may be continuously monitored and updated throughout the harvest operation.

Baler system with preservative monitoring

A path planning system includes a path planning algorithm operable to receive a desired harvest width for each pass of a harvester implement, and a boundary of a harvest area to be harvested. The path planning algorithm determine a surface elevation of the harvest area within the boundary, which includes at least one elevation contour establishing a line of constant elevation. The path planning algorithm then defines a harvest path for the harvester implement to follow while harvesting the crop material. The harvest path is defined to substantially parallel the at least one elevation contour, and is incremented in elevation in a parallel manner based on the desired harvest width.

Path planning system and method for defining a harvest path for harvesting a crop material from a field

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