An implement for moving plant material lying in a field including a frame, a plurality of rake wheels rotatably mounted on the frame, and a plurality of support wheels to support the frame in an elevated condition. The implement may have a plurality of configurations, and may include a merge configuration configured to merge windrows of plant material on the field surface by lateral displacement of the plant material on the field surface. The plurality of configurations may include a turn configuration configured to turn the plant material on the field surface with a degree of lateral movement of the plant material on the field surface. The plurality of configurations may include a fluff configuration configured to lift plant material off of the field surface without lateral displacement of the plant material on the field surface.

A swather includes a swath compression panel with a downwardly and rearwardly inclined undersurface for applying a downward compression force on the swath between the front and rear wheels. A mounting assembly includes an actuator operable in response to a speed and/or direction of travel of the tractor for raising the panel to a retracted position under the tractor. A bottom stop halts downward movement of the actuator before the panel engages the ground. The panel includes an upwardly and rearwardly inclined curved rear portion to smoothly release the compressed crop. The panel is mounted on the tractor frame at a position thereon rearward of a transverse beam connected to the front wheels so that the swath is released from the discharge opening of the header and can expand for discharge to the ground before the swath is engaged by the front end of the panel.

A swather includes a swath compression panel with a downwardly and rearwardly inclined undersurface for applying a downward compression force on the swath between the front and rear wheels. A mounting assembly includes an actuator operable in response to a speed and/or direction of travel of the tractor for raising the panel to a retracted position under the tractor. A bottom stop halts downward movement of the actuator before the panel engages the ground. The panel includes an upwardly and rearwardly inclined curved rear portion to smoothly release the compressed crop. The panel is mounted on the tractor frame at a position thereon rearward of a transverse beam connected to the front wheels so that the swath is released from the discharge opening of the header and can expand for discharge to the ground before the swath is engaged by the front end of the panel.

A device for carrying out agricultural processing is movable in a direction of travel over land. The device is provided with at least one elongate pick-up mechanism for picking up a product from the land, at least one conveyor belt which is positioned with respect to the elongate pick-up mechanism in such a way that the product picked up from the land by the elongate pick-up mechanism can be moved in the direction of the conveyor belt. The product can be conveyed by the conveyor belt in at least one transport direction extending lateral to the direction of travel and can be deposited on the land. An elongate rotor unit is arranged above the elongate pick-up mechanism.

A device for carrying out agricultural processing is movable in a direction of travel over land. The device is provided with at least one elongate pick-up mechanism for picking up a product from the land, at least one conveyor belt which is positioned with respect to the elongate pick-up mechanism in such a way that the product picked up from the land by the elongate pick-up mechanism can be moved in the direction of the conveyor belt. The product can be conveyed by the conveyor belt in at least one transport direction extending lateral to the direction of travel and can be deposited on the land. An elongate rotor unit is arranged above the elongate pick-up mechanism.

A haymaking machine includes a frame, a turning or raking rotor and a sensor arranged on the frame, and a control device. In a working position, the turning or raking rotor is drivable relative to the frame about an axis of rotation in a direction of rotation. The turning or raking rotor has tine arms which have tines. The tine arms are aligned at least temporarily to face the ground. The tine arms are arranged uniformly distributed in a circumferential direction around the axis of rotation and are aligned in an approximately radial direction with respect to the axis of rotation. The sensor continuously detects a passing of the tine arms during an operation of the turning or raking rotor and transmits a measurement signal thereof. The control device receives the measurement signal and infers an operating state of the at least one turning or raking rotor based thereon.

A haymaking machine includes a frame, a turning or raking rotor and a sensor arranged on the frame, and a control device. In a working position, the turning or raking rotor is drivable relative to the frame about an axis of rotation in a direction of rotation. The turning or raking rotor has tine arms which have tines. The tine arms are aligned at least temporarily to face the ground. The tine arms are arranged uniformly distributed in a circumferential direction around the axis of rotation and are aligned in an approximately radial direction with respect to the axis of rotation. The sensor continuously detects a passing of the tine arms during an operation of the turning or raking rotor and transmits a measurement signal thereof. The control device receives the measurement signal and infers an operating state of the at least one turning or raking rotor based thereon.

An agricultural machine including at least one working tool which can be driven by a drive mechanism which can have a variable drive speed, at least one movable shield which can be moved at least between operational and non-operational positions, and a device for moving the at least one shield, including at least one adjusting actuator and a device for locking the shield. The movement device includes a circuit for controlling the actuator which includes the locking device, which circuit automatically converts a variable input quantity into a control quantity which can adopt a first control value used to prevent the adjusting actuator from being moved out of a first configuration, the input quantity being a value which is a function of or dependent on the drive speed of the drive mechanism or on the working speed of the at least one tool.

An agricultural machine including at least one working tool which can be driven by a drive mechanism which can have a variable drive speed, at least one movable shield which can be moved at least between operational and non-operational positions, and a device for moving the at least one shield, including at least one adjusting actuator and a device for locking the shield. The movement device includes a circuit for controlling the actuator which includes the locking device, which circuit automatically converts a variable input quantity into a control quantity which can adopt a first control value used to prevent the adjusting actuator from being moved out of a first configuration, the input quantity being a value which is a function of or dependent on the drive speed of the drive mechanism or on the working speed of the at least one tool.

A device for harvesting long agricultural products, such as grass, straw, pulses, biomass products and the like, includes a frame having a main axis of extension, a plurality of agricultural product harvesting elements, each in turn equipped with at least one long harvesting prong, a movement system for moving each of the harvesting elements along a closed trajectory surrounding the main axis of extension, and a plurality of bands fixed to the frame, positioned one after another and spaced out along the main axis of extension. The device also includes a conveyor unit including an elongate body extending along its own axis of rotation and provided with at least one peripheral step forming an agricultural product feed shoulder extending, along an axis which is substantially radial relative to said axis of rotation, between an edge proximal to the axis of rotation and an edge distal from the axis of rotation.