Residue quality assessment and performance system for a harvester

A residue vision system comprising:

• a harvesting machine configured to traverse a field and harvest an agricultural material;
• a residue distribution system carried by the harvesting machine and configured to distribute a residue of the agricultural material onto a first harvested area of the field;
• at least one camera coupled to the harvesting machine and configured to acquire, during operation of the harvesting machine, an image of a second harvested area of the field, wherein the first harvested area is offset from the second harvested area, wherein the first harvested area is a current pass of the harvesting machine in the field, and wherein the second harvested area is a previous pass of the harvesting machine in the field;
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• an electronic control unit in communication with the at least one camera and the residue distribution system, the electronic control unit configured to analyze the image acquired by the at least one camera, and in response to the analysis adjust the residue distribution system to adjust distribution of the residue onto the first harvested area of the field.