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US 2013/0152534 A1Published application
Specific location dry yield measurement for forage
AssigneeAGCO Corporation
InventorStanley R. Clark
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Abstract
Dry yield for baled forage crop materials may be obtained for specific cut locations in the field by allocating the overall average baled dry yield for the entire field to the specific cut locations in accordance with the cut yield at such locations. Information obtained from a position sensor and one or more crop volume sensors on the windrower or mower is later combined with information obtained from a weight sensor on the baler to arrive at a specific location dry yield report for the baled product.
Claims16
A method of determining dry yield at specific locations in a forage crop field, said method comprising the steps of:
- cutting forage crop material from the ground while passing through the field;
- sensing the amount of forage crop material being cut from the ground while passing through the field;
- determining those specific locations in the field at which the amount of cut forage crop material is being sensed;
- returning the cut forage crop material to the ground;
- removing the cut forage crop material from the ground after the cut forage crop material has had an opportunity to dry and baling the dried forage crop material into bales;
- sensing the weight of the bales of dried forage crop material taken from the field;
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- calculating a dry forage crop material yield at those specific field locations at which the amount of cut crop forage material was sensed using information obtained from said amount sensing, location determining, and weight sensing steps.
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