A crop pick-up for an agricultural working implement includes a housing, having a pick-up device which is supported on the ground via at least one support wheel, and at least two horizontally spaced articulation levers which receive and support the pick-up device therebetween. The pick-up device is coupled to the articulation levers so as to be at least substantially vertically movable relative to the articulation levers.

A harvesting attachment comprises a rotor having tines for processing of cut crop and a support wheel to each side of the harvesting attachment for supporting the harvesting attachment. A height adjustment system comprises to each side of the harvesting attachment a height adjustment actuator, a sensor adapted to detect and generate signals representative of a separation between the rotor and a ground surface and an electronic control unit in communication with each sensor. The electronic control unit is adapted to receive signals from each sensor indicative of the separation between the rotor and the ground surface, to interpret the signals from the sensors indicative of the separation between the rotor and the ground surface in line with a height adjustment strategy and to generate signals to actuate each height adjustment actuator in line with the height adjustment strategy.

A combination of a towing vehicle and a baler, includes a drive train for driving the towing vehicle and a PTO unit. The combination includes a control unit connected to the PTO unit. The PTO unit is mechanically connected to the baler to drive a baling unit and a pick-up unit. The baling unit can be driven with a first energy value, and the pick-up unit can be driven with a second energy value. The control unit is configured to determine a total energy value from a energy consumption signal or a PTO consumption signal. The control unit is also configured to compare the total energy value with a baler consumption value and to set and/or adjust the PTO unit with a first actuating signal if the total energy value is different from the baler consumption value.

A combination includes a towing vehicle and a baler. The towing vehicle includes a drive train, and the baler includes a pick-up unit and a baling unit. The baling unit can be driven with a first energy value and the pick-up unit can be driven with a second energy value. A control unit is configured to receive or determine an energy consumption signal or a PTO consumption signal and to determine a total energy value with the energy consumption signal or the PTO consumption signal. The control unit is also configured to compare the total energy value with a baler consumption value and to set and/or adjust a driving signal for controlling a speed of the combination if the total energy value is different from the baler consumption value.

A pickup assembly (2) for an agricultural harvester (1) comprises a pickup assembly frame (200), a pickup unit (10) carried by the pickup assembly frame (200) and configured to pick up crop from a field, and a feeding auger (11), rotatably coupled to an auger arm (10). The pickup assembly (2) further comprises a feeding auger drive (300) for rotating the feeding auger (11). The feeding auger drive (300) comprises an auger pulley (302), mounted to the auger arm (110) and defining a rotational axis of the feeding auger (11), a drive pulley (306), connected to a drive shaft (308), and a drive belt (301), coupling the auger pulley (302) to the drive pulley (306).

An agricultural implement system includes an agricultural implement and a controller. The agricultural implement includes: a chassis, a rotatable power take off (PTO) shaft, a pickup, a movable windguard having a roller, a windguard displacement sensor, a roller speed sensor, a PTO shaft speed sensor, and a ground speed sensor. The controller is configured to: calculate a difference between the rotational speed of the roller and either the rotational speed of the PTO shaft or the ground speed of the agricultural implement; determine a plug condition exists when the displacement of the windguard exceeds a defined displacement and the calculated difference exceeds a predetermined threshold value; and output at least one plug condition mitigation signal to adjust at least one parameter of the agricultural implement system and mitigate the plug condition responsively to determining the plug condition exists.