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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2022
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Stephen R. Corban, Geneseo, IL (US);
Mario L Donini, Bettendorf, IA (US);
Kent S. Brown, Sherrard, IL (US);
Adam J. Donohoe, Bettendorf, IA (US);
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A control system of an agricultural machine for performing a harvest operation includes a controller having a memory unit and a processor. The control system also includes a fuel sensor, a grain loss sensor and at least one user control of a plurality of user controls disposed in communication with the controller. The memory unit includes a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the processor, causes the control system to receive a plurality of inputs via the controller including the rate of fuel from the fuel sensor, the amount of grain loss from the grain loss sensor, and one or more preset cost values from the at least one user control, process the plurality of inputs to determine a current cost of harvest value, and output a current cost of harvest value during the harvest operation.