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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2015
Agco Corporation, Hesston, KS (US);
Jeffrey Sullivan Roberts, Hudson, WI (US);
Ryan Paul Johnson, Hudson, WI (US);
Grant Lewis Good, Hesston, KS (US);
Nyle C. Wollenhaupt, Camdenton, MO (US);
L. Grant Macneill, Suwanee, GA (US);
AGCO Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
HARVEST TEC, Inc., Hudson, WI (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method implemented in an agricultural machine harvesting alfalfa plants, the method comprising: receiving, in real time, input corresponding to a plurality of sensed parameters corresponding to alfalfa plant height and cut alfalfa volume; associating the cut alfalfa volume to an alfalfa stem diameter; and automatically determining a feed quality value for the alfalfa plants based on the sensed alfalfa plant height and the alfalfa stem diameter.