Method for measuring crop humidity in a harvester

摘要

The present invention relates to methods for assessing the humidity or moisture content of crop in an agricultural harvester (1) during harvesting operations. The method involves harvesting a field using a harvesting machine (1) equipped with a moisture sensor (120) for monitoring the moisture content of the harvested crop and a mass flow rate sensor (70) for monitoring the mass flow rate of crop material in said harvesting machine (1). The raw moisture data derived from the signal of the moisture sensor (120) are combined with the mass flow rate data for establishing the actual moisture content of the crop material. These moisture data can be used to establish a moisture content map for the field and for identifying field spots with weed infection. <IMAGE>