Abstract: A deck plate control system for an agricultural harvester includes a controller having a memory and a processor. The controller is configured to identify termination of a row unit cleaning process. In addition, the controller is configured to control a deck plate actuator to transition a pair of deck plates of a row unit to an operational spacing in response to identifying termination of the row unit cleaning process.

Abstract: An agricultural harvester includes: a harvester frame; an agricultural header coupled with the harvester frame, the agricultural header including a plurality of deck plates; and a control system operatively coupled with the harvester frame and the agricultural header, the control system including: at least one sensor coupled with the agricultural header and configured for: detecting a crop material condition associated with a harvesting operation, the crop material condition being a crop material diameter; outputting a crop material condition signal corresponding to the crop material condition; a controller operatively coupled with the at least one sensor and configured for: receiving the crop material condition signal; determining an operative parameter of the plurality of deck plates based at least in part on the crop material condition signal and at least one offset condition signal.

Abstract: An agricultural system includes a header with multiple row units distributed across a width of the header. At least one row unit of the multiple row units includes a pair of stalk rollers configured to engage material other than grain (MOG) of a crop and to drive the MOG toward a field, a light emitter configured to emit light, and a light detector configured to detect the light and to generate a signal indicative of detection of the light at the light detector. The agricultural system also includes a control system configured to determine a level of the MOG between the light emitter and the light detector based on the signal.

Abstract: An agricultural harvester includes: a harvester frame; an agricultural header coupled with the harvester frame, the agricultural header including a plurality of deck plates; and a control system operatively coupled with the harvester frame and the agricultural header, the control system including: at least one sensor coupled with the agricultural header and configured for: detecting a crop material condition associated with a harvesting operation, the crop material condition being a crop material diameter; outputting a crop material condition signal corresponding to the crop material condition; a controller operatively coupled with the at least one sensor and configured for: receiving the crop material condition signal; determining an operative parameter of the plurality of deck plates based at least in part on the crop material condition signal and at least one offset condition signal.