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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2023
Agco Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
James Kraus, Hesston, KS (US);
Kevin J. Hamilton, Newton, KS (US);
Patrick Kendrick, Hesston, KS (US);
Abstract
A method of collecting nutrient information of plant material as a mower moves over a field. The mower has a swathboard positionable to shape a rearwardly-directed stream of cut plant material into windrows. A sensor is mounted on the swathboard to coincide with the location where the stream of cut plant material interacts with the swathboard. The sensor moves to a base position when the swathboard moves to a full down position such that the swathboard is maximizing contact of the swathboard with the crop material, where in the base position, a shoe plate on which the sensor is co-planer with the swathboard. The sensor moves to an extended position such that the shoe plate is pivoted relative the swathboard when the swathboard is positioned toward a full up position such that some of the crop stream is directed back to forming shields of the header assembly.
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