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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2023
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A windrower implement includes a merger attachment positioned rearward of an implement head. The merger attachment includes a conveyor positioned to receive discharged crop material from the implement head and convey the crop material to a laterally offset location. A crop sensor is operable to detect data related to a current characteristic of the cut crop material. A merger controller is operable to receive data from the crop sensor related to the current characteristic of the cut crop material, determine a desired windrow width based on the data from the crop sensor related to the current characteristic of the cut crop material, and then control a current speed of the conveyor based the desired windrow width.