Systems and methods for hay and forage workflow mapping

A control system for hay and forage workflow mapping for a vehicle, the control system comprising processing circuitry configured to:

• receive cutting data corresponding to a crop cutting operation of a crop;
• generate a cutting map from the cutting data;
• generate, based at least in part on the cutting map, a proposed raking path for a crop raking operation;
• autonomously operate the vehicle along the proposed raking path;
• receive raking data corresponding to the crop raking operation;
• generate, based at least in part on the raking data, a raking map from;
• determine, based at least in part on the raking data, an average stem direction of the crop;
• generate, based at least in part on the raking map and the average stem direction of the crop, a proposed gathering path for a crop gathering operation such that a direction of travel of the proposed gathering path provides a stem-first gathering of the crop;
• receive gathering data corresponding to the crop gathering operation;
• and
• generate a gathering map from the gathering data.

A method for hay and forage workflow mapping for a vehicle, the method comprising:

• receiving, by one or more processors, cutting data corresponding to a crop cutting operation;
• generating, by the one or more processors, a cutting map from the cutting data;
• generating, by the one or more processors, a proposed raking path for a crop raking operation based at least in part on the cutting map;
• autonomously operating, by the one or more processors, the vehicle along proposed raking path;
• receiving, by the one or more processors, raking data corresponding to the crop raking operation;
• generating, by the one or more processors, a raking map based at least in part on the raking data;
• determining, by the one or more processors, an average stem direction of a crop based at least in part on the raking data;
• generating, by the one or more processors, a proposed gathering path for a crop gathering operation based at least in part on the raking map and the average stem direction of the crop such that a direction of travel of the proposed gathering path provides a stem-first gathering of the crop;
• receiving, by the one or more processors, gathering data corresponding to the crop gathering operation;
• and
• generating, by the one or more processors, a gathering map from the gathering data.