Systems and methods for hay and forage workflow mapping

1. A system for hay and forage workflow mapping, the system comprising:

an agricultural vehicle;

a sensor array communicatively coupled to the agricultural vehicle, the sensor array including one or more sensors configured to collect cutting data corresponding to a crop cutting operation of a crop, raking data corresponding to a crop raking operation of the crop, and gathering data corresponding to a crop gathering operation of the crop; and

a control system communicatively coupled to the agricultural vehicle, the control system comprising processing circuitry configured to:

receive the cutting data;

generate a cutting map from the cutting data;

generate, based at least in part on the cutting map, a proposed raking path for the crop raking operation;

autonomously operate the agricultural vehicle along the proposed raking path;

receive the raking data;

generate, based at least in part on the raking data, a raking map;

determine, based at least in part on the raking data, an average stem direction of the crop;

generate, based at least in part on the raking map and the average stem direction of the crop, a proposed gathering path for the crop gathering operation such that a direction of travel of the proposed gathering path provides a stem-first gathering of the crop;

receive the gathering data; and

generate a gathering map from the gathering data.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein:

the agricultural vehicle includes an operator interface; and

at least one of the cutting map, raking map, or gathering map includes GPS directional data configured to be displayed on the operator interface.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein:

the cutting data includes at least one of a field boundary, a swath position, a swath size, a swath cutting direction, an indication of an agricultural vehicle power, an indication of an agricultural vehicle speed, topographical data, or a time marker;

the raking data includes a raking direction or a stem direction; and

the gathering data includes a plurality of actual bale locations corresponding to a baling operation or a plurality of actual forage wagon exchange points corresponding to a foraging operation.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein:

the agricultural vehicle includes an operator interface; and

the proposed raking path includes GPS directional data indicating a shortest travel path configured to be displayed on the operator interface, the shortest travel path based on a cutting direction.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein:

the agricultural vehicle includes an operator interface; and

the proposed gathering path includes GPS directional data, configured to be displayed on the operator interface, indicating a proposed bale location for a loading operation.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein:

the agricultural vehicle includes an operator interface; and

the proposed gathering path includes GPS directional data, configured to be displayed on the operator interface, indicating a proposed forage wagon exchange point for a foraging operation.

7. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a database communicatively coupled to the control system; and

wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

store the cutting data, cutting map, proposed raking path, raking data, raking map, proposed gathering path, gathering data, and gathering map in the database, and

using the cutting data, cutting map, proposed raking path, raking data, raking map, proposed gathering path, gathering data, and gathering map, generate a proposed path for at least one of a successive cutting operation, a successive raking operation, a successive gathering operation, a successive loading operation, or a successive foraging operation.

8. A control system for hay and forage workflow mapping for a vehicle, the control system comprising processing circuitry configured to:

receive cutting data corresponding to a crop cutting operation of a crop;

generate a cutting map from the cutting data;

generate, based at least in part on the cutting map, a proposed raking path for a crop raking operation;

autonomously operate the vehicle along the proposed raking path;

receive raking data corresponding to the crop raking operation;

generate, based at least in part on the raking data, a raking map from;

determine, based at least in part on the raking data, an average stem direction of the crop;

generate, based at least in part on the raking map and the average stem direction of the crop, a proposed gathering path for a crop gathering operation such that a direction of travel of the proposed gathering path provides a stem-first gathering of the crop;

receive gathering data corresponding to the crop gathering operation; and

generate a gathering map from the gathering data.

9. The control system of claim 8 , wherein at least one of the cutting map, raking map, or gathering map includes GPS directional data.

10. The control system of claim 8 , wherein:

the cutting data includes at least one of a field boundary, a swath position, a swath size, a swath cutting direction, an indication of an agricultural vehicle power, an indication of an agricultural vehicle speed, topographical data, or a time marker;

the raking data includes a raking direction or a stem direction; and

the gathering data includes a plurality of actual bale locations corresponding to a baling operation or a plurality of actual forage wagon exchange points corresponding to a foraging operation.

11. The control system of claim 8 , wherein the proposed raking path includes GPS directional data indicating a shortest travel path based on a cutting direction.

12. The control system of claim 8 , wherein the proposed gathering path includes GPS directional data indicating a proposed bale location for a loading operation.

13. The control system of claim 8 , wherein the proposed gathering path includes GPS directional data indicating a proposed forage wagon exchange point for a foraging operation.

14. The control system of claim 8 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

store the cutting data, cutting map, proposed raking path, raking data, raking map, proposed gathering path, gathering data, and gathering map in a database; and

using the cutting data, cutting map, proposed raking path, raking data, raking map, proposed gathering path, gathering data, and gathering map, generate a proposed path for at least one of a successive cutting operation, a successive raking operation, a successive gathering operation, a successive loading operation, or a successive foraging operation.

15. A method for hay and forage workflow mapping for a vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving, by one or more processors, cutting data corresponding to a crop cutting operation;

generating, by the one or more processors, a cutting map from the cutting data;

generating, by the one or more processors, a proposed raking path for a crop raking operation based at least in part on the cutting map;

autonomously operating, by the one or more processors, the vehicle along proposed raking path;

receiving, by the one or more processors, raking data corresponding to the crop raking operation;

generating, by the one or more processors, a raking map based at least in part on the raking data;

determining, by the one or more processors, an average stem direction of a crop based at least in part on the raking data;

generating, by the one or more processors, a proposed gathering path for a crop gathering operation based at least in part on the raking map and the average stem direction of the crop such that a direction of travel of the proposed gathering path provides a stem-first gathering of the crop;

receiving, by the one or more processors, gathering data corresponding to the crop gathering operation; and

generating, by the one or more processors, a gathering map from the gathering data.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein:

the cutting data includes at least one of a field boundary, a swath position, a swath size, a swath cutting direction, an indication of an agricultural vehicle power, an indication of an agricultural vehicle speed, topographical data, or a time marker;

the raking data includes a raking direction or a stem direction; and

the gathering data includes a plurality of actual bale locations corresponding to a baling operation or a plurality of actual forage wagon exchange points corresponding to a foraging operation.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the proposed raking path includes GPS directional data indicating a shortest travel path based on a cutting direction.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the proposed gathering path includes GPS directional data indicating a proposed bale location for a loading operation.

19. The method of claim 15 , wherein the proposed gathering path includes GPS directional data indicating a proposed forage wagon exchange point for a foraging operation.

20. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

storing, by the one or more processors, the cutting data, cutting map, proposed raking path, raking data, raking map, proposed gathering path, gathering data, and gathering map in a database; and

using, by the one or more processors, at least one of the cutting data, cutting map, proposed raking path, raking data, raking map, proposed gathering path, gathering data, or gathering map to generate a proposed path for at least one of a successive cutting operation, a successive raking operation, a successive gathering operation, a successive loading operation, or a successive foraging operation.