Agricultural machine section control

A mobile agricultural machine comprising:

• a field operation subsystem configured to perform an agricultural operation on a field during a pass of the mobile agricultural machine over the field, the field operation subsystem comprising a first section and a second section that is independently controllable relative to the first section;
• and
• a control system configured to:
• receive field data representing a prior agricultural operation performed on one or more areas of the field prior to the pass of the mobile agricultural machine;
• determine a location of the first section and the second section relative to the one or more areas of the field;
• and
• based on the location,
• control the first section to activate the agricultural operation during at least a portion of the pass;
• and
• control the second section to deactivate the agricultural operation during the portion of the pass.

A method performed by an agricultural system, the method comprising:

• controlling a field operation subsystem to perform an agricultural operation on a field during a machine pass over the field, the field operation subsystem comprising a first section and a second section that is independently controllable relative to the first section;
• receiving field data representing a prior agricultural operation performed on one or more areas of the field prior to the machine pass;
• determining a location of the first section and the second section relative to the one or more areas of the field;
• and
• based on the location, activating the agricultural operation in the first section during at least a portion of the machine pass and deactivating the agricultural operation during the portion of the machine pass.

A control system for a mobile agricultural machine, the control system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• memory storing instructions executable by the at least one processor, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the at least one processor to:
• receive current field data representing a current agricultural operation performed by the mobile agricultural machine on a field;
• receive prior field data representing a prior agricultural operation performed on one or more areas of the field prior to the current agricultural operation;
• generate a field metric based on the current field data and the prior field data;
• and
• generate a control output based on the field metric.