A self-propelled forage harvester is disclosed. The forage harvester includes a feed device, a chopping device comprising a cutterhead equipped with cutting blades and a shear bar for comminuting harvested material, a drive, and a driver assistance system for controlling at least the chopping device. The driver assistance system includes a memory for saving data and a computing device for processing the data saved in the memory, wherein the chopping device and the driver assistance system in combination form an automatic chopping system in that the computing device continuously determines a compaction of the comminuted harvested material using harvested material parameters during a harvesting process in order to autonomously ascertain and specify a cutting length to be adapted for maintaining nearly constant compactability.

A vehicle control system for an agricultural vehicle, including a processing circuit including a processor and memory, the memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processing circuit to receive a location of a first vehicle, update a coverage map based on the location of the first vehicle, wherein the coverage map represents a region of operation for the agricultural vehicle and the first vehicle, designate one or more areas of the coverage map as repulsion areas based on the location of the first vehicle, and generate a path from the agricultural vehicle to the first vehicle based on the one or more repulsion areas.

A vehicle control system for an agricultural vehicle, including a processing circuit including a processor and memory, the memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processing circuit to receive a location of a first vehicle, update a coverage map based on the location of the first vehicle, wherein the coverage map represents a region of operation for the agricultural vehicle and the first vehicle, designate one or more areas of the coverage map as repulsion areas based on the location of the first vehicle, and generate a path from the agricultural vehicle to the first vehicle based on the one or more repulsion areas.

A vehicle transmission may include a differential comprising a carrier and at least one torque receiver fixed to the carrier, a first torque input having a first torque transmitter directly connected to with the at least one torque receiver of the carrier, and a second torque input having a second torque transmitter directly connected to the at least one torque receiver of the carrier.

A vehicle transmission may include a differential comprising a carrier and at least one torque receiver fixed to the carrier, a first torque input having a first torque transmitter directly connected to with the at least one torque receiver of the carrier, and a second torque input having a second torque transmitter directly connected to the at least one torque receiver of the carrier.

An information map is obtained by an agricultural system. The information map maps values of a characteristic to different geographic locations in a field. An in-situ sensor detects machine setting values as a mobile machine moves through the field. A predictive map generator generates a predictive map that predicts the machine setting at different locations in the field based on a relationship between the values of the characteristic and the machine setting values detected by the in-situ sensor. The predictive map can be output and used in automated machine control.

An information map is obtained by an agricultural system. The information map maps values of a characteristic to different geographic locations in a field. An in-situ sensor detects machine setting values as a mobile machine moves through the field. A predictive map generator generates a predictive map that predicts the machine setting at different locations in the field based on a relationship between the values of the characteristic and the machine setting values detected by the in-situ sensor. The predictive map can be output and used in automated machine control.

A control portion includes a vehicle-position acquiring portion, a field-contour setting portion, a region setting portion, and a display processing portion. The vehicle-position acquiring portion acquires position information indicating a position of the combine harvester traveling on a field. The field-contour setting portion sets a contour of a field on the basis of a plurality of pieces of the position information. The region setting portion sets a region not subject to a work indicating a region which is not a target for the work by the combine harvester inside the field or outside the field on the basis of the contour. The display processing portion causes a field image showing the field and an identification image for identifying the region not subject to the work, to be displayed on a display portion.

A method and device for harvesting grain crops is provided. A threshing method includes separating grain from harvested material, which is fed to a threshing phase after a gathering process taking place against a direction of working travel. During threshing, the harvested material is processed as the respective grain crops and admixtures in the form of straw and chaff such that essential, dischargeable admixtures are separated from the grain crops, and these, in the form of a mixture with chaff or similar fine particles, are fed as a grain/chaff stream to a final cleaning. The grains free of these residual admixtures are subsequently collected as grain crops. During at least one feed phase preceding the final cleaning, a transport movement is imparted to the at least one grain/chaff stream with the transport movement having a component in a vertical direction and a component in the direction of working travel.

A method and device for harvesting grain crops is provided. A threshing method includes separating grain from harvested material, which is fed to a threshing phase after a gathering process taking place against a direction of working travel. During threshing, the harvested material is processed as the respective grain crops and admixtures in the form of straw and chaff such that essential, dischargeable admixtures are separated from the grain crops, and these, in the form of a mixture with chaff or similar fine particles, are fed as a grain/chaff stream to a final cleaning. The grains free of these residual admixtures are subsequently collected as grain crops. During at least one feed phase preceding the final cleaning, a transport movement is imparted to the at least one grain/chaff stream with the transport movement having a component in a vertical direction and a component in the direction of working travel.