Abstract: A method, using an autonomous, unmanned device, a control device and a crop processor includes automatically harvesting a first amount of feed crop in a part of a crop field by means of the autonomous, unmanned device; automatically loading the first amount of harvested feed crop directly into a storage space provided on the autonomous, unmanned device; automatically transporting the first amount of harvested feed crop from the crop field to a crop processing location provided with the crop processor by means of the autonomous, unmanned device; automatically unloading the first amount of harvested feed crop from the storage space of the autonomous, unmanned device at the crop processing location; and processing the first amount of harvested feed crop at the crop processing location by means of the crop processor.

Abstract: A measuring system for automatically determining and/or monitoring the quality of a liquid or viscous foodstuff, including a housing with an interior space for a product container for the foodstuff, the product container has a product space for the foodstuff and a lid provided with a probe with a thermometer, a heating and cooling device for the interior space, a sensor device for determining a non-temperature quality-related parameter value of the foodstuff, and a control unit designed to control the measuring system, measure, store, process and/or export the measured parameter values, and to control the heating and/or the cooling system according to a desired time-temperature program. The cooling system includes a cold buffer, a cooler for the cold buffer, and a separate refrigerant circuit. The cold buffer includes a buffer holder with a phase-transition material, wherein the refrigerant circuit includes a cooling circuit with a pump.

Abstract: A measuring system automatically determines and/or monitors quality of a dairy product. The measuring system includes a housing for a container containing the dairy product, a viscosity measuring device, and a control unit. The viscosity measuring device includes a magnetic first body, an electromagnetic drive, and a detection system that detects displacement of the magnetic first body. The electromagnetic drive includes a plurality of individually controllable coils in a stack. The control unit is configured to individually energize the coils in a predetermined pattern in such a way that the magnetic first body is displaced. The magnetic first body is able to be readily pulled up, even in viscous liquids, but can also be pulled down in a controlled manner so that the viscosity can be measured more accurately.

Abstract: A measuring system for determining and/or monitoring the quality of a liquid or viscous foodstuff, including a housing with an interior space for a product container for the foodstuff, a heating and cooling device, and a control unit. The product container has a lid with a thermometer probe projecting into the product container, and a transparent wall. The housing has a light source, an optical sensor for registering light entering the product container via the foodstuff, and a measuring device for rheological properties of the foodstuff. The control unit is connected to the thermometer, the heating and cooling device, the light source, the optical sensor and the measuring device, and is designed to set a predetermined time-temperature program in the interior space, and to repeatedly perform measurements on the foodstuff to determine a measured value of said foodstuff, and for storing and/or exporting and/or processing the measured values.