A combine harvester that works in a farm field in cooperation with a combine harvester is a work vehicle capable of automatically traveling based on a travel path created in the farm field, and includes a portable terminal that functions as a work allocator that divides a work area of the farm field into a plurality of work blocks based on the combine harvesters and, and allocates any of the combine harvesters and, and a controller that functions as a self-driving controller that performs a work of the work blocks' work block allocated to combine harvester.

Implementations set forth herein relate to using fiducial markings on one or more localized portions of an agricultural apparatus in order to generate local and regional data that can be correlated for planning and executing agricultural maintenance. An array of fiducial markings can be disposed onto plastic mulch that surrounds individual crops, in order that each fiducial marking of the array can operate as a signature for each individual crop. Crop data, such as health and yield, corresponding to a particular crop can then be stored in association with a corresponding fiducial marking, thereby allowing the certain data for the particular crop to be tracked and analyzed. Furthermore, autonomous agricultural devices can rely on the crop data, over other sources of data, such as GPS satellites, thereby allowing the autonomous agricultural devices to be more reliable.

Method and apparatus for presenting information associated with a multi-segment header of an agricultural harvester. The operational states of the segments are monitored and used to present information. Examples of presented information include graphics depicting which segments are operational and which segments are non-operational, crop coverage maps, and crop yield maps.

A crop residue monitoring system may include a harvester, a camera to capture an image of crop residue generated by the harvester, an analytical unit to derive a value for a crop residue parameter of the crop residue based upon an optical analysis of the image and a control unit to adjust a subsequent field operation based upon the value of the crop residue parameter.

A plurality of different controllers on an agricultural machine are time synchronized. A positioning system detects a geographic location and a timestamp, which is indicative of a time when the geographic location was sensed, is applied to the geographic location. A first controller, that identifies an action to be taken based upon a location of the agricultural machine and a speed of the agricultural machine, and also based on a geographic location of where the action is to be taken, generates a future timestamp indicating a future time at which the action is to be taken. An action identifier (that identifies the action) and the future timestamp is sent to an actuator controller that controls an actuator to take the action. The actuator controller identifies an actuator delay corresponding to the actuator and controls the actuator to take the action at a time identified in the future timestamp based upon the future timestamp, a current time, and the actuator delay.

A computer-implemented method for generating an application map for treating a field with an agricultural equipment comprising the following steps: a) providing a land cover map relating to a field to be treated; b) receiving master data selected from the group consisting of: regulatory data, machine data, field data, elevation data, c) optionally initiating the determination of, and/or determining preliminary buffer zones as a further layer to the land cover map based on the master data, d) optionally receiving validation information selected from the group consisting of: (i) validation information relating to the field to be treated or relating to the land cover map, (ii) validation information relating to master data selected from the group consisting of regulatory data, machine data, field data, elevation data, and (iii) validation information relating to preliminary buffer zones, e) initiating the determination of, and/or determining buffer zones as a further layer to the land cover map based on the master data and—optionally—based on the validation information; and f) initiating the generation of, and/or generating an application map specifying areas for treating the field with an agricultural equipment, wherein the application map is based on the buffer zones.

Systems and methods for monitoring the distribution of residue material from a spreader tool of an agricultural machine including a sensor, preferably a LIDAR or other scanning transceiver-type sensor mounted or otherwise coupled to the machine and orientated with a sensing region pointing rearwards of the agricultural machine, where operational data indicative of an operational parameter of the spreader tool is obtained and used to control operation of the sensor.

Methods and apparatus to identify headlands are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus to identify a headland of a field includes an image analyzer to generate an image from data corresponding to path information of at least one field operation performed on the field, a mask generator to generate a mask of the image based on the image, and a headland identifier to identify the headland in the field based on the mask.

Disclosed herein is an apparatus for facilitating managing cultivation of crops based on monitoring the crops. Further, the apparatus comprises an apparatus body, cameras, light sensors, a processing unit, and a communication interface. Further, the cameras generate a measurement of a crop and a field portion. Further, the light sensors generate an environment measurement of an environment of the apparatus. Further, the processing unit analyzes the environment measurement, determines a factor affecting the measurement, and generates a calibrating factor for the cameras. Further, the calibrating factor facilitates compensating the affecting of the factor in the measurement. Further, the cameras calibrate a camera parameter of the cameras based on the calibrating factor to generate the measurement. Further, the processing unit analyzes the measurement and generates a status of the crop. Further, the communication interface transmits the status to a device.

Described herein are implements and applicators for placement of fluid applications with respect to agricultural plants of agricultural fields. In one embodiment, a fluid applicator for applying fluid to plants in rows in a field includes a frame, at least one applicator arm disposed in a rhizosphere of plants during fluid flow through the applicator, and a fluid conduit connected to the frame and disposed in the row between plants to deliver fluid to the row between plants.