Automated Yield Monitoring in Vegetable Crops (1996)

Report to the Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission

Timothy Righetti
OSU Department of Horticulture

Objectives:

1. Convert a working but still cumbersome prototype yield monitoring system on a bean harvester to a commercially viable unit.
2. Automate analysis procedures so trained interns can process raw data and produce maps in approximately two hours.
3. Implement a communication and analysis system where information can be transferred to and from OSU via modems on the Internet.
4. Develop a prototype yield monitoring system for a corn harvester.
5. Develop a prototype yield monitoring system that can be use on any harvesting system where harvested crops are placed on a trailer that moves through a field.