A feeding assembly for an agricultural vehicle includes: a pickup including a pickup reel carrying a plurality of tines; a rotor including a plurality of rotor fins disposed rearwardly from the pickup; a windguard assembly including a pair of movable support arms and a windguard coupled to the support arms, the windguard including a tube and a plurality of windguard tines coupled to the tube, the windguard being movable from a first position to a second position that is elevated relative to the first position; and a windguard retainer configured to engage the windguard when the windguard is in the second position and retain the windguard in the second position.

A round includes a housing and a gate rotatably attached to the housing for rotation about a gate rotation axis, and a forming belt that defines a variable sized baling chamber. A take-up roller supports the forming belt. A first actuator is coupled to the take-up roller and is operable to automatically apply a first bias force to the take-up roller to urge the take-up roller into a slack take-up position to reduce slack in the forming belt as the gate moves relative to the housing. A second actuator is coupled to the take-up roller for applying a second bias force to the take-up roller, in opposition to the first bias force, to restrict movement of the take-up roller into the slack take-up position to introduce slack into the forming belt when the gate is opened to an intermediate position.

A baler includes a housing forming a baling chamber. The baling chamber has an inlet that defines an inlet width perpendicular to a central longitudinal axis of the baler. A pre-cutter is disposed forward of the inlet along the central longitudinal axis and includes a cutter width perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis. The cutter width is substantially less than the inlet width. A crop distributor is disposed between the pre-cutter and the inlet and conveys the crop material from the pre-cutter to the inlet. A pick-up head is disposed forward of the pre-cutter and lifts the crop material from the ground and conveys it to the pre-cutter.

An agricultural baler includes: a frame; a feeder system coupled with the frame and including: a floor; and a rotor and auger arrangement configured for moving between a first position and a second position, the rotor and auger arrangement being spaced farther apart from the floor in the second position relative to the first position.

A round includes a housing and a gate rotatably attached to the housing for rotation about a gate rotation axis, and a forming belt that defines a variable sized baling chamber. A take-up roller supports the forming belt. A first actuator is coupled to the take-up roller and is operable to automatically apply a first bias force to the take-up roller to urge the take-up roller into a slack take-up position to reduce slack in the forming belt as the gate moves relative to the housing. A second actuator is coupled to the take-up roller for applying a second bias force to the take-up roller, in opposition to the first bias force, to restrict movement of the take-up roller into the slack take-up position to introduce slack into the forming belt when the gate is opened to an intermediate position.

A method of controlling formation of a bale includes: forming a bale from crop material by rotating the bale in a bale chamber; receiving with a controller of a control system at least one operating condition value corresponding to at least one operating condition sensed by a sensor when the bale is forming; automatically determining with the controller a power take-off speed of a drive mechanism responsive to receiving the at least one received operating condition value; and applying with the control system the determined power take-off speed to the drive mechanism.

An agricultural machine includes: a machine frame; and a feeder system coupled with the machine frame and including a windguard assembly, the windguard assembly being configured for selectively occupying a first position and a second position, the first position being associated with a normal flow direction of a crop material relative to the feeder system, the second position being associated with a reversal of the normal flow direction of the crop material.

An accumulator contents detection system for a harvester includes an accumulator, a plurality of metering rollers, and at least one sensor. The accumulator accumulates crop material. The plurality of metering rollers receives crop material from the accumulator. The plurality of metering rollers includes a drive metering roller. The at least one sensor detects a load transmitted to the drive metering roller.

A round baler and a method for operating a round baler are disclosed. The round baler has a variable diameter and is bounded by an endlessly rotating pressing means. The pressing means is guided by a plurality of rollers, wherein a loop of the pressing means is guided by a first clamping arm mounted on the housing side and by a second clamping arm mounted on the housing side. The first and second clamping arms are adjusted by actuators so that at least one compaction pressure is generated with which the pressing means acts to form a round bale. A control unit automatically controls the actuators depending on a compaction power curve, accounting for operating parameters and/or environmental parameters of the round baler, thereby maintaining a substantially stable operating point during the shaping process, in which the required compaction power and the available drive power are substantially equal.

A round baler (1) that includes a feed channel (6) leading to a pressing chamber (55), a drivable transfer device (20) to convey harvested material through the feed channel (6) toward the pressing chamber (55) in a pressing mode, as well as a storage device (30) with a storage space (32). There is a means to continuously pick up harvested material, and a storage device (30) has a storage space wall (31) which outwardly delimits the storage space (32), in communication with the feed channel (6) by means of at least one storage space opening (33), as well as a drivable storage space conveyor (34) for the harvested material within the storage space (32), wherein, in storage mode, the storage device (30) intakes harvested material from the feed channel (6) and, in the pressing mode, discharges harvested material to the feed channel (6) both with a storage space opening(s) (33).