Baler system with preservative monitoring

A baler system comprising:

• a baler implement including a baling chamber and a preservative system, wherein the baling chamber is operable to receive a crop material and form the crop material into a bale, and wherein the preservative system includes a tank operable to store a quantity of a preservative and an applicator operable to dispense the preservative onto the crop material;
• a controller including a processor and a memory having a preservative monitoring algorithm stored thereon, wherein the processor is operable to execute the preservative monitoring algorithm to:
• determine an initial quantity of the preservative stored in the tank;
• define an application rate of the preservative to be applied per bale during a harvest operation;
• estimate a value of a harvest characteristic during the harvest operation;
• determine if the initial quantity of the preservative stored in the tank is sufficient to satisfy the estimated value of the harvest characteristic during the harvest operation at the defined application rate, or if the initial quantity of the preservative stored in the tank is not sufficient to satisfy the estimated value of the harvest characteristic during the harvest operation at the defined application rate;
• and
• communicate a notification to a system manager requesting additional preservative when the controller determines that the initial quantity of the preservative stored in the tank is not sufficient to satisfy the estimated value of the harvest characteristic during the harvest operation at the defined application rate.