An agricultural operational system with an agricultural working machine, in particular a harvesting machine, for cultivating an agricultural area and with a drone for supporting the cultivation, wherein the drone has a rechargeable battery and wherein the agricultural working machine has a charging station for charging the battery, characterized in that the charging station has a laser emitter which can deliver energy into an operational zone via a laser beam, in that the drone has a laser receiver which is electrically coupled to the battery and which can receive energy from the laser beam and store it in the battery, and in that in the operational zone, the drone can be supplied with energy in flight from the charging station via the laser beam in order to charge the battery, wherein the agricultural operational system has a control device, in that the control device has a drone control unit which is associated with the drone, and in that the control device has a working machine control unit which is associated with the agricultural working machine, wherein one of the control units (14a, 14b) is configured to monitor the state of charge of the battery, wherein in a case in which the drone is positioned outside the operational zone, the control device is configured to carry out a first charging sequence comprising the operating steps of: - positioning the drone in a charging zone situated in the operational zone relative to and at a distance from the agricultural working machine, or - positioning the drone in a charging zone relative to and at a distance from the agricultural working machine and aligning the operational zone on the charging zone and/or the drone, - holding the drone in the charging zone, - transferring energy from the laser emitter to the laser receiver by means of the laser beam, and - charging the battery, preferably in that the control unit (14a, 14b) monitoring the state of charge of the battery is configured to initiate the first charging sequence as soon as the state of charge reaches or falls below a first threshold. the charging station has a laser emitter which can deliver energy into an operational zone via a laser beam, in that the drone has a laser receiver which is electrically coupled to the battery and which can receive energy from the laser beam and store it in the battery, and in that in the operational zone, the drone can be supplied with energy in flight from the charging station via the laser beam in order to charge the battery, wherein the agricultural operational system has a control device, in that the control device has a drone control unit which is associated with the drone, and in that the control device has a working machine control unit which is associated with the agricultural working machine, wherein one of the control units (14a, 14b) is configured to monitor the state of charge of the battery, wherein in a case in which the drone is positioned outside the operational zone, the control device is configured to carry out a first charging sequence comprising the operating steps of: - positioning the drone in a charging zone situated in the operational zone relative to and at a distance from the agricultural working machine, or - positioning the drone in a charging zone relative to and at a distance from the agricultural working machine and aligning the operational zone on the charging zone and/or the drone, - holding the drone in the charging zone, - transferring energy from the laser emitter to the laser receiver by means of the laser beam, and - charging the battery, - positioning the drone in a charging zone situated in the operational zone relative to and at a distance from the agricultural working machine, or - positioning the drone in a charging zone relative to and at a distance from the agricultural working machine and aligning the operational zone on the charging zone and/or the drone, - holding the drone in the charging zone, - transferring energy from the laser emitter to the laser receiver by means of the laser beam, and - charging the battery, preferably in that the control unit (14a, 14b) monitoring the state of charge of the battery is configured to initiate the first charging sequence as soon as the state of charge reaches or falls below a first threshold.