A method for autonomously performing an agricultural operation includes automatically moving a vehicle having at least one agricultural operation device to a starting location for the agricultural operation. An indicator for the starting location is optically identified. A position of the vehicle to a selected distance from the indicator is automatically adjusted. The agricultural operation device is automatically operated. The vehicle is automatically moved along a selected trajectory and the automatically operating the at least one agricultural operation device is repeated until a predetermined number of automatic operations of the agricultural operation device have been performed.
