US 11,716,920 B2
Residue management based on topography by an agricultural tillage implement
Robert A. Zemenchik, Kenosha, WI (US)
Assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US)
Filed by CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US)
Filed on Sep. 18, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/574,451.
Application 16/574,451 is a division of application No. 15/240,732, filed on Aug. 18, 2016, granted, now 10,440,877.
Prior Publication US 2020/0008337 A1, Jan. 9, 2020
Int. Cl. A01B 63/00 (2006.01); A01B 63/28 (2006.01); A01B 49/02 (2006.01)
CPC A01B 63/008 (2013.01) [A01B 49/027 (2013.01); A01B 63/28 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An agricultural tillage system, comprising:
a carriage frame assembly;
a plurality of tillage elements coupled to the carriage frame assembly;
at least one actuator moveably coupled to the tillage elements, the actuator being directly in control of a soil contact depth of the tillage elements within a field; and
a residue reactive system in controlling communication with the at least one actuator, the residue reactive system configured to receive yield data associated with a previously harvested crop of the field and topology data associated with a topology of the field, the residue reactive system being further configured to adjust the soil contact depth of the tillage elements from a predetermined or set depth based at least in part on the yield data and the topology data, the yield data providing an indication of crop yield at a plurality of locations within the field and the topology data providing an indication of a ground slope at the plurality of locations within the field,
wherein the residue reactive system reduces the soil contact depth of the tillage elements from the predetermined or set depth based at least in part on reduced residue mass yield data and increased slope topology data.