Abstract: A method of operating a tillage implement includes performing a first calibration of the tillage implement based on a curated library, propelling the tillage implement through a field, capturing an image of the field with a camera carried by the tillage implement, comparing information from the captured image with the curated library, identifying residue based on the comparison of the information from the captured image with the curated library, modifying the curated library based on the captured image, and performing a second calibration of the tillage implement based on the modified library. The curated library includes a correlation of observed data with material properties of soil and/or residue, and may initially be based on information from other fields or prior times. The tillage implement has at least one ground-engaging tilling assembly, and propelling the tillage implement through the field causes the tilling assembly to work the soil.

Abstract: A method of working a field includes collecting data from a harvester correlated to a map of a field, generating an operating parameter map of an operating parameter of a tillage implement, and adjusting the operating parameter of the tillage implement as the tillage implement traverses the field based on the operating parameter map and a location of the tillage implement within the field. The operating parameter map is correlated to the map of the field and based at least in part on the data collected by the harvester. Methods of operating a tillage implement include selecting a variation of an operating parameter of a tillage implement with respect to a position within a field based on information collected by a harvester, propelling the tillage implement through the field, and adjusting the operating parameter of the tillage implement based on the selected variation. Related non-transitory computer-readable storage media are disclosed.

Abstract: A method of operating a tillage implement includes performing a first calibration of the tillage implement based on a curated library, propelling the tillage implement through a field, capturing an image of the field with a camera carried by the tillage implement, comparing information from the captured image with the curated library, identifying residue based on the comparison of the information from the captured image with the curated library, modifying the curated library based on the captured image, and performing a second calibration of the tillage implement based on the modified library. The curated library includes a correlation of observed data with material properties of soil and/or residue, and may initially be based on information from other fields or prior times. The tillage implement has at least one ground-engaging tilling assembly, and propelling the tillage implement through the field causes the tilling assembly to work the soil.

Abstract: A method of operating a tillage implement includes providing a map of a field, defining a plurality of boundaries in the map, propelling the tillage implement through the field, and adjusting at least one operating parameter of the tillage implement when the tillage implement crosses a boundary of the plurality. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may include instructions that when executed by a computer, cause the computer to propel a tillage implement through a field and adjust at least one operating parameter of the tillage implement when the tillage implement crosses a boundary defined in a map.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring a soil condition includes a frame coupled to a tow hitch and an instrumented shank engaged with the frame. The instrumented shank carries a plurality of sensors arranged such that each sensor is oriented to detect a soil property at a different depth than an adjacent sensor. A method of measuring a soil condition includes dragging an instrumented shank through soil. The instrumented shank carries a plurality of sensors. The method also includes detecting a soil property at a plurality of depths in the soil with the plurality of sensors.

Abstract: A tillage implement includes a frame, a first sensor coupled to the frame and configured to measure an orientation of the frame, a shank engaged with the frame and carrying a tilling tool, and a second sensor coupled to the shank or the tilling tool and configured to measure an orientation of the tilling tool. A system for working a field includes a tillage implement and a tractor drawing the tillage implement. The tractor may include a computer configured to receive information from the first sensor and the second sensor and control an operating parameter of the tillage implement. Related methods and computer-readable media are also disclosed.