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Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 02, 2023
Applicant:

Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);

Inventor:

Nathan R. Vandike, Geneseo, IL (US);

Assignee:

Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 41/127 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 41/1271 (2013.01);
Abstract

An agricultural machine includes a cutting head configured to harvest crop, a threshing assembly and a crop debris routing assembly configured to process the harvested crop, and a controller. The threshing assembly includes a thresher basket, guide vanes, and a threshing rotor, and the crop debris routing assembly includes opposing knives and a chopper rotor. The controller is configured to receive one or more machine parameters and one or more performance parameters and determine at least one of a moisture level of the harvested crop and a toughness level of the harvested crop based on the received one or more machine parameters and one or more performance parameters. The machine parameters are adjustable inputs to the agricultural machine and the performance parameters are sensed outputs of the agricultural machine.


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Vandike, Nathan. (2026). Crop condition categorization system and method (U.S. Patent No. 12787929). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12787929

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