Bale moisture measurement

A baler implement comprising:

• a main frame extending along a central longitudinal axis between a forward end and a rearward end relative to a direction of travel;
• a baling chamber carried by the main frame and configured for forming a bale therein;
• a compressing member configured to compress the bale within the baling chamber;
• a first input assembly configured to sense data related to variable dimension of the bale and transmit a signal indicative of the variable dimension;
• a second input assembly configured to sense data correlated to a dry matter density of the bale and transmit a signal indicative of the dry matter density of the bale;
• a weight sensor configured to sense data related to a total weight of the bale in the baling chamber and to transmit a signal indicative of the total weight of the bale;
• a baler controller having a processor and a memory having a geometric dimension, a bale volume calculation algorithm, a dry bale weight calculation algorithm, and a bale moisture calculation algorithm stored thereon;
• wherein the processor is configured to execute the bale volume calculation algorithm to:
• receive the signal from the first input assembly;
• and
• calculate a volume of the bale based on the signal from the first input assembly and a geometric dimension of the baling chamber from the memory;
• wherein the processor is configured to execute the dry bale weight calculation algorithm to:
• receive the signal from the second input assembly;
• calculate a dry matter density of the bale based on the signal from the second input assembly;
• and
• multiply the volume of the bale by the dry matter density of the bale to obtain a dry matter weight of the bale;
• wherein the processor is configured to execute bale moisture calculation algorithm to:
• receive the signal indicative of the total weight of the bale from the weight sensor;
• calculate a moisture weight of the bale based on a numerical difference between the total weight of the bale and the dry matter weight of the bale;
• and
• communicate the moisture weight of the bale to a communicator.