Abstract: A vehicle to discharge root crop to define a root crop heap, includes a drive device to drive the vehicle, a crop bunker to contain the crop to be discharged, a discharge device to discharge the root crop from the crop bunker. The vehicle further includes a control device to control the discharge device to create the root crop heap with defined heap parameters, where the heap parameters include one or more of: a defined heap location, a defined heap width, and a defined heap orientation, and the heap is the root crop heap on a ground of a field.

Abstract: A harvesting device includes a support defining an uprooting position of the harvesting device, and an uprooting section comprising at least two uprooting units, each uprooting unit having at least one uprooting element, each uprooting unit being adapted to uproot root crop. At least one of the uprooting units is mobile with respect to the support between an active position and an inactive position, the active position being a position in which the uprooting unit is able to uproot beet crop in a field having a field surface when the harvesting device is in the uprooting position, the inactive position being a position in which the uprooting unit is unable to uproot beet crop in the field when the harvesting device is in the uprooting position.

Abstract: This determining apparatus (62) for determining a datum during the harvesting of fruit (4), for example, sugar beets, comprises a fruit flow apparatus (50) for the treatment of a flow (52) of harvested fruit, a sensor device (64) for detecting a raw datum of the flow, a determining device (66) connected to the sensor device for determining a datum of the flow based on the raw datum. The datum is a quality datum or a yield datum of the flow. The determining apparatus is designed to output a signal, which corresponds to the quality datum or the yield datum. The quality datum or the yield datum reflects an item of information about a net yield of the harvested fruit.

Abstract: This root crop harvesting machine (2) is adapted to harvest root crop (4), in particular beet crop, the root crop harvesting machine comprising an uprooting device (14) adapted to uproot the root crop. The root crop harvesting machine comprises an applicator (40) device adapted to apply an agent (52) to the root crop.

Abstract: This vehicle for discharging crop (2) to form a crop heap (30) comprises a drive device (48) adapted to drive the vehicle, a crop bunker (60) adapted to contain the crop to be discharged and a discharge device (62) adapted to discharge the crop from the crop bunker. The vehicle comprises a control device (80) adapted to control the discharge device so as to create a crop heap with defined heap parameters, the heap parameters including one or more of: a defined heap location, a defined heap width and a defined heap orientation. Application to beet crop harvesting machines.

Abstract: Machine for harvesting roots planted in the ground and aligned in rows, comprising a unit (36) for horizontally cutting the head of the roots, said unit having a means for automatically adjusting the level of its cutting blade depending on the level of this head, and being followed by a harvesting unit (48) that hollows out the earth beneath the roots at a relative height beneath the cutting level, characterized in that it has a means for detecting the height of the top of the root e, and a means for adjusting the relative height of the harvesting unit (48) with respect to the cutting level, depending on this height.

Abstract: A harvesting device includes a support defining an uprooting position of the harvesting device, and an uprooting section comprising at least two uprooting units, each uprooting unit having at least one uprooting element, each uprooting unit being adapted to uproot root crop. At least one of the uprooting units is mobile with respect to the support between an active position and an inactive position, the active position being a position in which the uprooting unit is able to uproot beet crop in a field having a field surface when the harvesting device is in the uprooting position, the inactive position being a position in which the uprooting unit is unable to uproot beet crop in the field when the harvesting device is in the uprooting position.

Abstract: This control device is for a vehicle adapted for treating a field along a predetermined swath path, the swath path comprising a first and a second lane, the second lane comprising a lane beginning defining a beginning pose of the vehicle. The beginning pose of the vehicle is the pose of the vehicle for ideally treating the second lane from the lane beginning. The control device is adapted to gather information about the first lane during treatment of the first lane by the vehicle; and the control device comprises a target path generator device adapted for generating a target path for steering the vehicle to the beginning pose based on information about the first lane.

Abstract: This root crop harvesting machine (2) is adapted to harvest root crop (4), in particular beet crop, the root crop harvesting machine comprising an uprooting device (14) adapted to uproot the root crop. The root crop harvesting machine comprises an applicator (40) device adapted to apply an agent (52) to the root crop.

Abstract: Machine for harvesting roots planted in the ground and aligned in rows, comprising a unit (36) for horizontally cutting the head of the roots, said unit having a means for automatically adjusting the level of its cutting blade depending on the level of this head, and being followed by a harvesting unit (48) that hollows out the earth beneath the roots at a relative height beneath the cutting level, characterized in that it has a means for detecting the height of the top of the root e, and a means for adjusting the relative height of the harvesting unit (48) with respect to the cutting level, depending on this height.