A residue spreader control system (500) for an agricultural combine (100) is provided that includes an operator input device (510) for entering a residue spreader setting, a satellite navigation receiver (512) for providing signals indicating the bearing of the agricultural combine (100), a residue spreader (130) including crop residue deflectors (132) at the rear of the combine (100) that are movable by an actuator (134) to steer the crop residue to the left or the right of the rear of the combine (100), and an ECU (501) connected to all of these devices, wherein the ECU (501) is configured to store the bearing of the agricultural combine (100) in association with the residue spreader setting.
