Apparatus and method for improving the quality of grass and clover by tedding

摘要

The invention provides a tedding apparatus (100) for tedding cut agricultural biomass (2) lying in an agricultural field (4), said cut biomass comprises a crop of grass and clover originating from its growth site at a portion (6) of said agricultural field; wherein said apparatus comprises: -a frame (8); -one or more mechanical tedding devices (10) for providing mechanical tedding to said cut biomass (2); said one or more mechanical tedding devices is/are arranged on said frame (8); -a control unit (12) for controlling the operation of said one or more mechanical tedding devices (10) and/or for controlling the operation of said apparatus (100); -a data storage (14) for storing estimation information (16) relating to an estimated magnitude of a specific crop coverage being present in said portion (6) of said agricultural field (4); wherein said control unit (12) is configured to receive said estimation information (16) from said data storage (14); wherein in respect of one or more of said mechanical tedding devices(10), said mechanical tedding device comprises adjustment means (18) for adjusting the severity of the mechanical tedding subjected to said biomass (2) originating from said portion (6) of said agricultural field (4), in response to a severity adjustment signal (20) being provided thereto; wherein said control unit (12) is configured to provide said severity adjustment signal (20) to said mechanical tedding device (10) in response to said estimation information (16), thereby effecting an adjustment of the severity of the mechanical tedding being subjected to said biomass (2), depending on the magnitude of a specific crop coverage being present in said portion (6) of said agricultural field (4).