Method and agricultural utility machine for spreading crop

1. A method for distributing delivered crop during a spreading operation, comprising:

providing an agricultural utility machine and a spreading tool movably mounted thereto;

automatically controlling a motion of the spreading tool;

spreading crop by the spreading tool;

providing a defined coordinate system;

determining a position or an orientation of the spreading tool in the defined coordinate system; and

determining the position or orientation of the spreading tool relative to a silo.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the spreading step comprises spreading the crop in a silo.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising controlling the motion of the spreading tool so that a defined working height of the spreading tool is set relative to a reference surface.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising packing the spread crop during a packing operation.

5. A method for distributing delivered crop during a spreading operation, comprising:

providing an agricultural utility machine and a spreading tool movably mounted thereto;

automatically controlling a motion of the spreading tool;

spreading crop by the spreading tool;

controlling the motion of the spreading tool so that a defined working height of the spreading tool is set relative to a reference surface; and

defining the working height such that the crop is completely spread by the spreading tool during a single traverse of a spreading path.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

providing a defined coordinate system; and

determining a position or an orientation of the spreading tool in the defined coordinate system.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising determining the position or orientation of the spreading tool relative to a silo.

8. The method of claim 5 , further comprising determining the reference surface as a surface contour along a spreading path for the spreading of the crop.

9. The method of claim 5 , further comprising changing the working height during the spreading operation.

10. The method of claim 5 , further comprising defining the working height during the spreading operation in dependence on at least one of a remaining crop still to be spread during a spreading operation and a remaining path along a spreading path for the spreading of the crop.

11. A method for distributing delivered crop during a spreading operation, comprising:

providing an agricultural utility machine and a spreading tool movably mounted thereto;

automatically controlling a motion of the spreading tool;

spreading crop by the spreading tool;

packing the spread crop during a packing operation; and

determining a packing density of the packed crop based on at least one of at least one parameter of a utility machine used for packing, at least one parameter of the crop, and a number of packing cycles already carried out during the packing operation.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising executing at least one more packing cycle during the packing operation based on the determined packing density.

13. An agricultural utility machine, comprising:

a chassis of the machine;

a spreading tool movably mounted to the chassis for spreading crop during a spreading operation;

an arrangement including at least a control device, the control device configured to automatically control a movement of the spreading tool during the spreading operation; and

a defined coordinate system, wherein the control device is configured to determine a position or an orientation of the spreading tool in the defined coordinate system;

wherein the control device is configured to determine the position or orientation of the spreading tool relative to a silo.

14. The machine of claim 13 , wherein the arrangement comprises a hydraulic hitch coupled to the chassis, the hitch being movably mounted to the spreading tool.

15. The machine of claim 14 , wherein the hitch comprises a three point hitch.

16. The machine of claim 13 , further comprising a plurality of lights individually controllable for activation and deactivation based on at least one of an orientation of the spreading tool and a forward or reverse travel of the utility machine.

17. The machine of claim 13 , wherein the spreading tool comprises a working height, the control device controlling the movement of the spreading tool so that the working height of the spreading tool is set relative to a reference surface.

18. An agricultural utility machine, comprising:

a chassis of the machine;

a spreading tool movably mounted to the chassis for spreading crop during a spreading operation; and

an arrangement including at least a control device, the control device configured to automatically control a movement of the spreading tool during the spreading operation;

wherein the spreading tool comprises a working height, the control device controlling the movement of the spreading tool so that the working height of the spreading tool is set relative to a reference surface; and

wherein the working height is defined such that the crop is completely spread by the spreading tool during a single traverse of a spreading path.

19. The machine of claim 18 , further comprising a defined coordinate system, wherein the control device is configured to determine a position or an orientation of the spreading tool in the defined coordinate system.

20. The machine of claim 19 , wherein the control device is configured to determine the position or orientation of the spreading tool relative to a silo.