An agricultural harvesting machine, comprising: a feeder housing; a cutting platform including a center platform section carried by said feeder housing, a first wing platform section extending laterally from one side of said center platform section, and a second wing platform section extending laterally from an other side of said center platform section; and a height control system including a lift cylinder coupled with said feeder housing, a first tilt cylinder coupled between said center platform section and said first wing platform section, and a second tilt cylinder coupled between said center platform section and said second wing platform section, wherein said lift cylinder, said first tilt cylinder and said second tilt cylinder are automatically adjusted independent from each other by a controller during harvesting operation of said cutting platform, wherein said height control system includes a first height sensor associated with said first wing platform section and providing a first output signal; a second height sensor associated with said second wing platform section and providing a second output signal; and a third height sensor associated with said center platform section and providing a third output signal, wherein said lift cylinder, said first tilt cylinder and said second tilt cylinder are operated independently from each other, dependent upon at least one of said first output signal, said second output signal and said third output signal, said height control system further including an electronic controller receiving said first output signal, said second output signal and said third output signal, and automatically controlling operation of said lift cylinder, said first tilt cylinder and said second tilt cylinder, characterized in that the controller is operable to actuate the lift cylinder to raise the cutting platform if it is determined using the first height sensor on the first wing platform section that the outboard end thereof needs to be raised, and concurrently it is determined that the first wing platform section is already tilted upward at a maximum tilt angle relative to the center platform section. a feeder housing; a cutting platform including a center platform section carried by said feeder housing, a first wing platform section extending laterally from one side of said center platform section, and a second wing platform section extending laterally from an other side of said center platform section; and a height control system including a lift cylinder coupled with said feeder housing, a first tilt cylinder coupled between said center platform section and said first wing platform section, and a second tilt cylinder coupled between said center platform section and said second wing platform section, wherein said lift cylinder, said first tilt cylinder and said second tilt cylinder are automatically adjusted independent from each other by a controller during harvesting operation of said cutting platform, wherein said height control system includes a first height sensor associated with said first wing platform section and providing a first output signal; a second height sensor associated with said second wing platform section and providing a second output signal; and a third height sensor associated with said center platform section and providing a third output signal, wherein said lift cylinder, said first tilt cylinder and said second tilt cylinder are operated independently from each other, dependent upon at least one of said first output signal, said second output signal and said third output signal, said height control system further including an electronic controller receiving said first output signal, said second output signal and said third output signal, and automatically controlling operation of said lift cylinder, said first tilt cylinder and said second tilt cylinder, characterized in that the controller is operable to actuate the lift cylinder to raise the cutting platform if it is determined using the first height sensor on the first wing platform section that the outboard end thereof needs to be raised, and concurrently it is determined that the first wing platform section is already tilted upward at a maximum tilt angle relative to the center platform section.