Compensatory actions for automated farming machine failure

A system, comprising:

• a computer processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer program instructions executable by the computer processor to perform steps of managing operation of a farming machine to autonomously accomplish treating individual plants as it moves through a field, the steps comprising:
• performing, by the farming machine, a plurality of farming operations in a field, the plurality of farming operations selected for treating individual plants in the field, the plurality of farming operations comprising interactions with the field or plants in the field;
• determining, using one or more sensors of the farming machine, operational metrics representative of a performance of the plurality of farming operations by the farming machine selected for treating individual plants in the field;
• evaluating, by the farming machine, a current operational status of one or more components used for treating individual plants in the field;
• in response to determining that one or more additional farming operations of the plurality of farming operations are needed for treating individual plants in the field:
• determining, by the farming machine and based on the current operational status of one or more components used for treating individual plants in the field, a probability that performing the one or more additional farming operations causes the farming machine to enter a failure operational state while treating individual plants in the field, in which the farming machine is unable to treat individual plants in the field;
• and
• responsive to the determined probability exceeding a threshold probability, traveling, by the farming machine, to a designated location.