A harvester has a main frame defining a front and a rear, and an inlet for receiving first portions of a crop. The inlet is disposed proximate the front of the main frame. The harvester also includes a separator for processing the first portions, at least one outlet downstream of the separator for ejecting the processed first portions, a boom extending proximate the front of the main frame for reaching un-processed crop, and a topper coupled to the boom for cutting second portions of the crop. The topper includes a cutter for cutting the second portions, a conveyor for receiving the second portions from the cutter, and an outlet disposed proximate the conveyor. The conveyor is configured to transport the second portions towards the outlet for ejecting the second portions towards the field.

A harvester has a main frame defining a front and a rear, and an inlet for receiving first portions of a crop. The inlet is disposed proximate the front of the main frame. The harvester also includes a separator for processing the first portions, at least one outlet downstream of the separator for ejecting the processed first portions, a boom extending proximate the front of the main frame for reaching un-processed crop, and a topper coupled to the boom for cutting second portions of the crop. The topper includes a cutter for cutting the second portions, a conveyor for receiving the second portions from the cutter, and an outlet disposed proximate the conveyor. The conveyor is configured to transport the second portions towards the outlet for ejecting the second portions towards the field.

Sugarcane harvesting machine has an inclined conveyor which conveys sugarcane sections from the harvesting machine into a collection car and has at least two traction mechanisms which extend parallel to one another and have continuous carriers, and which circulate over upper drive wheels, and lower deflection wheels carried along and situated in the feed area of the sugarcane sections. Thus, inclined conveyor has a long, low maintenance service life and sugarcane harvesting machine operates quietly and energy-efficiently with a high cleaning effect. The continuous traction mechanisms are belts of fabric layer-reinforced crosslinked polymer, and cams situated at a distance from one another are situated on bottom side of the belts for forcible drive by the drive wheels. Belts are connected by transverse rods which as a whole form a screening floor and support floor, and deflection wheels which are carried along are configured as single wheels.

Sugarcane harvesting machine has an inclined conveyor which conveys sugarcane sections from the harvesting machine into a collection car and has at least two traction mechanisms which extend parallel to one another and have continuous carriers, and which circulate over upper drive wheels, and lower deflection wheels carried along and situated in the feed area of the sugarcane sections. Thus, inclined conveyor has a long, low maintenance service life and sugarcane harvesting machine operates quietly and energy-efficiently with a high cleaning effect. The continuous traction mechanisms are belts of fabric layer-reinforced crosslinked polymer, and cams situated at a distance from one another are situated on bottom side of the belts for forcible drive by the drive wheels. Belts are connected by transverse rods which as a whole form a screening floor and support floor, and deflection wheels which are carried along are configured as single wheels.

A multiple row sugar cane harvester having automatic and independent control of multiple base cutters utilized to severe sugar cane stalks in adjacent rows. Position sensors sense the height of the base cutters relative to the chassis of the sugar cane harvester and feed the signals to a controller for adjusting the height to a preselected level. The base cutters are individually driven by hydraulic motors through individual hydraulic circuits and the operating pressure is sensed and fed to the controller for determining whether a choke condition exists. A load sensor is incorporated between the linkage and the sugar cane harvester chassis for determining whether the base cutters have ground contact to elevate the base cutters.

A multiple row sugar cane harvester having automatic and independent control of multiple base cutters utilized to severe sugar cane stalks in adjacent rows. Position sensors sense the height of the base cutters relative to the chassis of the sugar cane harvester and feed the signals to a controller for adjusting the height to a preselected level. The base cutters are individually driven by hydraulic motors through individual hydraulic circuits and the operating pressure is sensed and fed to the controller for determining whether a choke condition exists. A load sensor is incorporated between the linkage and the sugar cane harvester chassis for determining whether the base cutters have ground contact to elevate the base cutters.

A farm field management apparatus: in generation of each task plan candidate, selects at least one task that includes harvest task, selects, a resource that is used to carry out each selected task, determines a task time within a predetermined period in which each selected task is carried out, includes the selected task, the selected resource, and the determined task time in each task plan candidate; obtains; information about a harvest impeding factor that is predicted for a harvest time of each task plan candidate; calculate an income from a harvest of each task plan candidate, based on a relevant piece of the harvest impeding factor information, and on the quantity and unit price of each crop; and calculates task cost of each task plan candidate based on a resource utilization period of the resource included in each task plan candidate, and on the utilization cost.

An agricultural harvesting machine for harvesting sugar cane, with means for working coupled to a tractor or any self-propelling machine, by using mechanic power (TDP) converted into hydraulic power (pump) to activate different devices of a set, so that it may form a wire cutting front for lanes of plants which are cut and thrown behind over the soil and organized in rows for later collecting and processing.

An agricultural harvesting machine for harvesting sugar cane, with means for working coupled to a tractor or any self-propelling machine, by using mechanic power (TDP) converted into hydraulic power (pump) to activate different devices of a set, so that it may form a wire cutting front for lanes of plants which are cut and thrown behind over the soil and organized in rows for later collecting and processing.

Systems and methods for geospatial yield mapping by managing and modeling a system-based delay between crop location and crop sensing. The system stores a plurality of yield rate values indicative of crop yield detected by a sensor and a plurality of geospatial location values as time sequence data sets. The system then maps a yield rate value to a geospatial location value by determining an offset indicative of a total delay time from when the crop is cut from the field to when the crop is detected by the yield sensor. In some implementations, the delay value is determined as an integer multiple of a defined sampling frequency and is determined as a sum of a plurality of delay component values each indicative of a portion of the total delay time associated with a different one of a plurality of component systems of the crop harvester.