A soil measure, such as a soil cone index, and a vehicle index indicating the amount of force the vehicle exerts on the ground as it travels over the ground, are obtained and compared to identify a soil damage score. The soil damage score can be mapped over a field and an agricultural vehicle can be controlled based upon the soil damage score.

A soil measure, such as a soil cone index, and a vehicle index indicating the amount of force the vehicle exerts on the ground as it travels over the ground, are obtained and compared to identify a soil damage score. The soil damage score can be mapped over a field and an agricultural vehicle can be controlled based upon the soil damage score.

A method and system provide the ability to manage an orchard. Sensor data that represents a first state of the orchard is captured via one or more sensors. The sensor data is captured as the one or more sensors are traveling through the orchard. An almanac is maintained. The almanac provides a state library of sequential states of a representative orchard and a task library for one or more tasks to be performed to transition between the sequential states. A task manager queries the almanac to identify a first task of the one or more tasks and allocates the first task to one or more robots that perform the first task.

A method and system provide the ability to manage an orchard. Sensor data that represents a first state of the orchard is captured via one or more sensors. The sensor data is captured as the one or more sensors are traveling through the orchard. An almanac is maintained. The almanac provides a state library of sequential states of a representative orchard and a task library for one or more tasks to be performed to transition between the sequential states. A task manager queries the almanac to identify a first task of the one or more tasks and allocates the first task to one or more robots that perform the first task.

An agricultural harvesting machine includes crop processing functionality configured to engage crop in a field, perform a crop processing operation on the crop, and move the processed crop to a harvested crop repository, and a control system configured to identify a weed seed area indicating presence of weed seeds, and generate a control signal associated with a pre-emergence weed seed treatment operation based on the identified weed seed area.

Described herein are systems and methods for agricultural data analysis. In one embodiment, a computer system for monitoring field operations includes a database for storing agricultural data including yield and field data and at least one processing unit that is coupled to the database. The at least one processing unit is configured to execute instructions to monitor field operations, to store agricultural data, to automatically determine whether at least one correlation between different variables or parameters of the agricultural data exceeds a threshold, and to perform analysis of the agricultural data to identify a category of man-made issues or other issues that have potentially caused the correlation when at least one correlation occurs between different variables or parameters of the agricultural data.

Described herein are systems and methods for agricultural data analysis. In one embodiment, a computer system for monitoring field operations includes a database for storing agricultural data including yield and field data and at least one processing unit that is coupled to the database. The at least one processing unit is configured to execute instructions to monitor field operations, to store agricultural data, to automatically determine whether at least one correlation between different variables or parameters of the agricultural data exceeds a threshold, and to perform analysis of the agricultural data to identify a category of man-made issues or other issues that have potentially caused the correlation when at least one correlation occurs between different variables or parameters of the agricultural data.

System and methods to control resource distribution to fields are provided. A data processing system can identify a plurality of zones of the field, and can receive, from a client computing device, registration information of a node. The registration information can correlate the node with a zone of the field. The data processing system can obtain, via a gateway device and from the node, a first data file including field metric data and a second data file including third party data that pertains to the field. The data processing system can determine a resource distribution schedule based at least in part on data of the first data file and data of the second data file. The data processing system can receive, via the gateway device, a prompt from the node, and can provide an instruction to control a valve to regulate resource distribution to a portion of the field.

System and methods to control resource distribution to fields are provided. A data processing system can identify a plurality of zones of the field, and can receive, from a client computing device, registration information of a node. The registration information can correlate the node with a zone of the field. The data processing system can obtain, via a gateway device and from the node, a first data file including field metric data and a second data file including third party data that pertains to the field. The data processing system can determine a resource distribution schedule based at least in part on data of the first data file and data of the second data file. The data processing system can receive, via the gateway device, a prompt from the node, and can provide an instruction to control a valve to regulate resource distribution to a portion of the field.

A crop detection system and method of using the same includes a machine vision system mounted to a mobile vehicle. The machine vision system includes an information capturing device connected to a computer having a processor and memory. The memory includes stored crop and field information. Positioning members are mounted to an extend forward of the mobile structure. The information capturing device includes a camera, a sensor, a transceiver and/or a stereo sensor configuration and is positioned to sense the presence, size, location and orientation of characteristics of a crop.