Baling machine including a pre-baling chamber rotative packer/stuffer

A baling machine comprising:

• a pre-baling chamber;
• at least one retractable and extendable tine including at least one stuffer tine supported on at least a first support and configured for sequentially penetrating, moving in, and retracting from the pre-baling chamber in accordance with a stuffing locus;
• at least one stuffer activator configured for causing the at least one stuffer tine in sequence to extend into, move in, and retract from the pre-baling chamber;
• at least one extendable and retractable packer tine that is reciprocably supported relative to the first support such that the at least one packer tine is configured for sequentially penetrating, moving in, and retracting from the pre-baling chamber;
• at least one vector or pseudovector quantity sensor configured for sensing a vector quantity or a pseudovector quantity, respectively, acting on the at least one packer tine, and wherein the vector quantity or pseudovector quantity that is sensed by the at least one vector or pseudovector quantity sensor is sensed when either the at least one packer tine subsists inside the pre-baling chamber or the at least one stuffer tine extends into the pre-baling chamber;
• and
• at least one processor configured for:
• estimating, from the sensed vector quantity or pseudovector quantity, an amount of plant matter in the pre-baling chamber or a variable related thereto;
• and
• when the estimated amount of the plant matter or the related variable attains or exceeds a threshold corresponding to desired filling of the pre-baling chamber, causing (i) the at least one packer tine to retract from the pre-baling chamber, and (ii) the at least one stuffer activator to effect extension of the at least one stuffer tine into the pre-baling chamber.