Renewable raw materials require a holistic approach to their use and utilisation; in the best case, agricultural residues are used so that there is no competition in terms of land consumption for food production. Depending on their type and quality, these agricultural residues can be used for production processes with varying degrees of technical requirements. Changing cultivation and harvesting conditions as well as climatic extremes lead to increased fluctuations in quality, so that, similar to wood as an already established renewable raw material, classification models are being developed that enable efficient, quality-orientated and coordinated further processing.