System and method for generating tillage prescription maps using soil data

A system for generating tillage prescription maps, the system comprising:

• an agricultural harvester configured to travel across a field to perform an agricultural harvesting operation on the field;
• a sensor supported on the agricultural harvester, the sensor configured to capture data indicative of one or more subsurface soil layers present within the field across which the agricultural harvester is traveling;
• and
• a computing system communicatively coupled to the sensor, the computing system configured to:
• identify the one or more subsurface soil layers within the field based on the data captured by the sensor;
• and
• generate a tillage prescription map for use during a subsequent tillage operation based on the identified one or more subsurface soil layers, the tillage prescription map prescribing a penetration depth for a tillage tool at a plurality of locations within the field.

A method for generating tillage prescription maps using an agricultural harvester, the agricultural harvester including a frame and a sensor supported on the frame, the method comprising:

• controlling, with a computing system, an operation of the agricultural harvester such that the agricultural harvester travels across a field to perform a harvesting operation thereon;
• receiving, with the computing system, data from the sensor that is indicative of one or more subsurface soil layers present within the field as the agricultural harvester travels across the field;
• identifying, with the computing system, the one or more subsurface soil layers within the field based on the received data;
• and
• generating, with the computing system, a tillage prescription map for use during a subsequent tillage operation based on the identified one or more subsurface soil layers, the tillage prescription map prescribing a penetration depth for a tillage tool at a plurality of locations within the field.