A crop baling implement includes a frame and a baling chamber attached to the frame. The baling chamber is configured to form crop material into a bale extending along a central longitudinal axis of the bale. An orbital support is attached to the frame rearward of the baling chamber. The orbital support is rotatable about a wrap axis and defines an open central region. The orbital support is positioned to receive the bale from the baling chamber and pass the bale through the open central region of the orbital support. A wrap roller is attached to and moveable with the orbital support. A drive is coupled to the orbital support and operable to rotate the orbital support and the wrap roller about the wrap axis to unroll wrap material around the bale as the bale moves through the open central region of the orbital support.

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.

Systems and methods for controlling a configuration of a bale chute of a baler and, particularly, a square baler are disclosed. In some implementations, the baler includes a linkage and an actuator that is operable to move the bale chute between an extended position and a retracted position and to lock the bale chute in the retracted position. For example, the bale chute may be retracted into a retracted position when the baler is determined not to be producing bales, when a bale is not protruding from the baler, and when the baler is being transported.

A bale wrap mechanism for use with a roll of wrap material, the bale wrap mechanism including a frame including a wrap chute formed from one or more perimeter walls, where the wrap chute defines a wrap axis extending longitudinally therethrough, and where the one or more perimeter walls at least partially define a passage therebetween. The bale wrap mechanism also includes a wrap arm coupled to the frame, the wrap arm having a mounting point movable with respect to the frame, and a shaft coupled to the mounting point and configured to support the roll of wrap material thereon, where the shaft is configured to travel along a wrap path during a wrapping process, where the wrap path surrounds the passageway, and where the wrap path is substantially rectangular in shape.

An inline bale wrapping including a bale loading support structure, a bale wrapping mechanism, a bale unloading support structure, a displacement assembly and a displacement assistance system. The bale loading support structure has a bale pushing mechanism driving unwrapped bales in a bale displacement direction, towards a wrapping section having a wrapping mechanism dispensing wrapping film around the multiple bales driven therethrough. The bale unloading support receives and support wrapped bales travelling towards an adjacent ground surface. The displacement assembly is operative to move the inline bale wrapping apparatus in an apparatus displacement direction opposite to the bale displacement direction. The displacement assistance system is operatively connected to the displacement assembly and is activatable to assist the operation of the displacement assembly to minimize a driving force required to move the inline bale wrapping apparatus in the apparatus displacement direction, while the bales are laid on the ground.

A system (26, 48) includes a mobile baling mechanism (18, 20) for creating a bale (10, 12, 62, 88) of agricultural product and placing the bale (10, 12, 62, 88) on a ground surface, and one or more computing devices (28, 54) for automatically determining a location and an orientation of the bale (10, 12, 62, 88) on the ground surface. The orientation of the bale (10, 12, 62, 88) may include a position of a horizontal axis of the bale (10, 12, 62, 88) about a vertical axis of the bale (10, 12, 62, 88), a pitch of the bale (10, 12, 62, 88), a roll of the bale (10, 12, 62, 88), or a combination thereof.

A bale wrap mechanism including a frame including a wrap chute formed from one or more perimeter walls, where the wrap chute includes a wrap axis extending longitudinally therethrough, and where the one or more perimeter walls at least partially define a passageway, a first rail fixedly coupled to the frame, a first shuttle movable along the length of the first rail, where the first shuttle includes a second rail that is transverse to the first rail, a second shuttle movable along the length of the second rail, wherein the second shuttle includes a mounting point, and a shaft coupled to the mounting point, where the shaft is configured to rotatably support the roll of wrap material thereon, and where the shaft is configured to travel along a wrap path during a wrapping process, where the wrap path surrounds the passageway, and where the wrap path is non-circular in shape.

A bale identification assembly for use with an agricultural baler having a first supply roll mounted on the baler providing a binding material used by the knotter system to bind the formed bale, wherein the binding material on the first supply roll is free of identification tags. The bale identification assembly includes a second supply roll mounted on the baler providing an identifying filament. The knotter system joins the identifying filament from the second supply roll with the binding material from the first supply roll while tying a knot to bind the formed bale.

Baling apparatus and method including a baling chamber having one or more splitting knives for dividing crop material picked up from a field to discharge divided bales simultaneously from the baling chamber to be received by an ejection chute structure which ejects the divided bales in spaced relation to each other as the baling apparatus is moved along the field. The spaced relation can be longitudinal by ejecting the divided bales at staggered time and/or can be laterally spaced by turning the bales in the ejection chute structure.

Baling apparatus and method including a baling chamber having one or more splitting knives for dividing crop material picked up from a field to discharge divided bales simultaneously from the baling chamber to be received by an ejection chute structure which ejects the divided bales in spaced relation to each other as the baling apparatus is moved along the field. The spaced relation can be longitudinal by ejecting the divided bales at staggered times and/or can be laterally spaced by turning the bales in the ejection chute structure.