An agricultural distribution machine, with at least one frame, one storage hopper or a plurality of storage hoppers, and a distribution apparatus for spreading liquids and/or granular or granulated materials, wherein the distribution apparatus is arranged to be movable on the frame and is subdivided into a plurality of linkage segments, which are arranged to be pivotable relative to one another and/or relative to the frame about upright axles, wherein the distribution machine moreover comprises at least one carriage having at least two wheels and/or a towing device, wherein the wheels and/or the towing device are arranged to be pivotable or steerable relative to the frame about upright axles, wherein in each case at least one motorised actuator that is activable by an electronic adjustment device is provided for the pivoting or steering, wherein sensors for the detection and transmission of an actual value with respect to the alignment of the distribution apparatus and/or of the linkage segments and/or of the upright axles and/or of the carriage and/or of the towing device and/or of the actuators are assigned to the distribution apparatus and/or to the linkage segments and/or to the upright axles and/or to the carriage and/or to the towing device and/or to the actuators, wherein contour detection devices assigned for the detection and/or evaluation of a boundary structure of an area to be tilled and/or traversed by the agricultural distribution machine are assigned to the distribution machine and/or in communication with the adjustment device, wherein a laser scanner and/or a camera and/or a camera system and/or a radar sensor are used as a contour detection device, and/or wherein a boundary structure is calculated by a control program stored in the adjustment device on the basis of a detected curve radius, and wherein lane detection devices assigned for the detection and/or evaluation of a lane are assigned to the distribution machine and/or in communication with the adjustment device, characterised in that an activation of the motorised actuators is carried out based on a present boundary structure and on a present lane in such a manner that the linkage segments and/or the distribution apparatus have an at least largely parallel and/or perpendicular alignment to the boundary structure. wherein the distribution machine moreover comprises at least one carriage having at least two wheels and/or a towing device, wherein the wheels and/or the towing device are arranged to be pivotable or steerable relative to the frame about upright axles, wherein in each case at least one motorised actuator that is activable by an electronic adjustment device is provided for the pivoting or steering, wherein sensors for the detection and transmission of an actual value with respect to the alignment of the distribution apparatus and/or of the linkage segments and/or of the upright axles and/or of the carriage and/or of the towing device and/or of the actuators are assigned to the distribution apparatus and/or to the linkage segments and/or to the upright axles and/or to the carriage and/or to the towing device and/or to the actuators, wherein contour detection devices assigned for the detection and/or evaluation of a boundary structure of an area to be tilled and/or traversed by the agricultural distribution machine are assigned to the distribution machine and/or in communication with the adjustment device, wherein a laser scanner and/or a camera and/or a camera system and/or a radar sensor are used as a contour detection device, and/or wherein a boundary structure is calculated by a control program stored in the adjustment device on the basis of a detected curve radius, and wherein lane detection devices assigned for the detection and/or evaluation of a lane are assigned to the distribution machine and/or in communication with the adjustment device, characterised in that an activation of the motorised actuators is carried out based on a present boundary structure and on a present lane in such a manner that the linkage segments and/or the distribution apparatus have an at least largely parallel and/or perpendicular alignment to the boundary structure.