Abstract: An agricultural implement including a frame, a plurality of ground engaging tools connected to the frame, a fertilizer device configured for applying at least one liquid fertilizer and including a plurality of fluid lines and a plurality of fertilizer applicator assemblies fluidly connected to the plurality of fluid lines. Each fertilizer applicator assembly includes an applicator connected to the frame and a valve fluidly connected to the applicator. The valve is configured for varying a rate of the at least one liquid fertilizer through the applicator. The agricultural implement also includes an electronic control unit operably connected to the valves of the plurality of fertilizer applicator assemblies and configured for automatically adjusting the valve of at least one fertilizer applicator assembly of the plurality of fertilizer applicator assemblies to vary the rate of the at least one liquid fertilizer, dependent upon a fertilizer requirement characteristic.

Abstract: An arm load control system for a work vehicle including a controller comprising a memory and a processor. The controller is configured to determine whether a lift arm is in a maximum load configuration based on a position of the lift arm relative to a chassis of the work vehicle and output a control signal to a propulsion assembly of the work vehicle indicative of instructions to adjust a tractive effort of the work vehicle based on whether the lift arm is in the maximum load configuration.

Abstract: A system for detecting bearing failures for tool assemblies of agricultural implements includes an implement frame and first and second tool assemblies supported relative to the implement frame, with each tool assembly including at least one ground-engaging tool. The system also includes first and second load sensors configured to generate data indicative of the applied loads through the first and second tool assemblies, respectively. Additionally, the system includes a computing system configured to: monitor the loads applied through the tool assemblies based on the data received from the first and second load sensors; and identify that one of the first tool assembly or the second tool assembly is experiencing a bearing failure condition based on an evaluation of the monitored loads applied through the first and second tool assemblies.

Abstract: An agricultural implement including a frame, at least one rake moveably coupled to the frame and including a plurality of tine arms, a plurality of tines connected to the plurality of tine arms, and a rotor drive configured for rotating the plurality of tine arms, and an adjustment system configured for adjusting a rake height of the at least one rake. The adjustment system includes at least one actuator, an electronic control unit operably connected to the at least one actuator, and at least one dust sensor supported by the frame and operably connected to the electronic control unit. The at least one dust sensor monitors a dust level and communicates dust level data to the electronic control unit which correspondingly adjusts the rake height based upon the dust level data.

Abstract: A method for controlling a pitch angle of blades of a cooling fan of associated with a radiator of an engine, the blades extending radially from a central hub, the fan having an axis. The method includes regulating a pitch angle of the blades from a first limit value for which a cooling flux of the cooling fan has a first value to a second limit value for which the cooling flux has a second value greater than the first value. The pitch angle is determined based on quantities measured in the engine. The method further includes steps of detecting an engine speed; calculating a first derivative of the engine speed to detect accelerations of the engine; comparing the calculated first derivative with a threshold value and if the calculated first derivative is greater than the threshold value, setting the pitch angle to the first minimum limit value.

Abstract: An agricultural harvester includes: a harvester frame; an agricultural header coupled with the harvester frame, the agricultural header including: a header frame; at least one row unit including a first stalk roll and a second stalk roll, the first stalk roll configured for rotating at a first angular velocity, the second stalk roll configured for rotating at a second angular velocity which is different from and variable relative to the first angular velocity.

Abstract: An agricultural harvester includes: a harvester frame; and an agricultural header coupled with the harvester frame, the agricultural header including: a header frame; an end row divider coupled with the header frame; an auger mounted to the end row divider and configured for moving a crop material rearwardly, the auger including a centerline; and an auger stripper coupled with the end row divider and configured for stripping the crop material from the auger, the auger stripper being angularly disposed relative to the centerline.

Abstract: A pickup assembly for an agricultural vehicle includes: a rotatable reel; a plurality of tine bars coupled to the reel such that rotation of the reel moves the tine bars through a movement path; at least one tine carried by each of the tine bars; and at least one tine support guide carried by at least one of the tine bars. The at least one tine support guide includes at least one slot that allows deflection of the deflectable section of a tine in a first direction and limits deflection of the deflectable section in a second direction that is opposite the first direction.

Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include a de-aeration tank for an engine system. The de-aeration tank including a single internal volume defined by walls, a diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) doser port configured to communicate coolant with a DEF doser module, and engine coolant ports configured to communicate coolant with an engine coolant system.

Abstract: An agricultural system comprising a plough. The plough comprising: a plough body; a stone-trip-mechanism that is configured to be tripped when the plough body encounters a stone or other obstruction; and a trip-sensor configured to provide trip-data in response to the stone-trip-mechanism being tripped. The agricultural system also includes a location-determining-system associated with the plough, wherein the location-determining-system is configured to provide location-data that is representative of a location of the plough; and a controller. The controller is configured to: receive the trip-data; and store location-data provided by the location-determining-system as a trip-location based on the trip-data, wherein the trip-location is a location of the plough at the time that the stone-trip-mechanism is tripped.

Abstract: A stuffer assembly includes a stuffer chute and a stuffer for transferring crop material from the stuffer chute into a baling chamber. The stuffer includes a tine bar having a plurality of tines. Each tine is slidably connected to the tine bar to be linearly movable with respect to the tine bar between an extended position and a retracted position parallel to a radial direction of the tine bar. A method accordingly includes retracting a tine from the extended position into the retracted position in case of an overload.

Abstract: A disc assembly for an agricultural implement includes a mounting assembly having a housing and a rotatable shaft configured to be disposed within the housing. The mounting assembly includes a first end cap non-movably coupled to the rotatable shaft, in which the first end cap is configured to engage a longitudinally inward surface of a first disc blade. The mounting assembly also includes a second end cap having a first engagement feature configured to selectively engage a second engagement feature of the rotatable shaft to non-movably couple the second end cap to the rotatable shaft. The second end cap is configured to engage a longitudinally inward surface of a second disc blade, and the second end cap is selectively removable from the rotatable shaft via disengagement of the first and second engagement features to facilitate engagement and disengagement of the rotatable shaft with the longitudinal passage of the housing.

Abstract: A system including a beamforming-sensor configured to acquire sensor-data representative of a swath in an agricultural field; and a controller configured to determine swath-property-data based on the sensor-data.

Abstract: In one aspect, a system for controlling the operation of a residue removal device of a seed-planting implement may include a residue removal device configured to remove residue from a path of the seed-planting implement. The system may also include a sensor configured to capture data indicative of a residue characteristic associated with a portion of the field within a detection zone positioned forward of the residue removal device relative to a direction of travel of the seed-planting implement. Furthermore, the system may include a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor. As such, the controller may be configured to monitor the residue characteristic associated with the portion of the field within the detection zone based on data received from the sensor. Additionally, the controller may be further configured to control the operation of the residue removal device based on the monitored residue characteristic.

Abstract: A method for controlling an operation of an agricultural vehicle comprising: receiving a geo-fencing plan for the agricultural vehicle, determining an allowed area for executing an agricultural action based on the geo-fencing plan, determining a current location of the agricultural vehicle, comparing the current location of the agricultural vehicle to one or more predetermined locations to determine whether the agricultural vehicle is in the allowed area for executing the agricultural action, and in response to determining that the agricultural vehicle is not in the allowed area, executing an action to prevent the agricultural vehicle from executing the agricultural action.

Abstract: A roof assembly for a work vehicle includes a grab rail and a grab rail support coupled to the grab rail. The grab rail support is configured to couple to a roof structure of the roof assembly, the grab rail support is configured to support the grab rail on the roof structure, the grab rail support has a hollow passage configured to facilitate passage of a wire, and the grab rail support has an inlet to the hollow passage configured to be positioned at an interior of the roof structure to enable the wire to extend from the interior of the roof structure into the hollow passage.

Abstract: Systems and apparatuses include a power shift transmission including a plurality of clutch valves, each clutch valve actuatable between an open position providing flow to a corresponding clutch pack and a closed position inhibiting flow to the corresponding clutch pack; and a hydraulic damping rail including a primary rail wall defining a primary rail volume, a rail inlet structured to provide communication of hydraulic fluid between a hydraulic pump and the primary rail volume, and a plurality of rail outlets, each rail outlet corresponding to one of the plurality of clutch valves and structured to provide communication between the primary rail volume and the corresponding one of the plurality of clutch valves.

Abstract: In one aspect, a system for controlling the operation of an agricultural implement may include a ground-engaging tool configured to engage soil within a field such that the tool creates a field material cloud aft of the tool as the implement is moved across the field. Furthermore, the system may include an imaging device configured to capture image data associated with the field material cloud created by the ground-engaging tool. Moreover, a controller of the disclosed system may be configured to identify a plurality of field material units within the field material cloud based on the image data captured by the imaging device. Additionally, the controller may be configured to determine a characteristic associated with the identified plurality of field material units.

Abstract: A vehicle control system for an agriculture vehicle. The vehicle control system includes a processing circuit including a processor and memory, the memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processing circuit to receive an engine speed of the agricultural vehicle, determine a difference between the engine speed and a desired engine speed, determine whether the difference is larger than an engine speed threshold, and control, responsive to the difference being larger than the engine speed threshold, the agricultural vehicle to shift to neutral.