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To support the reduction in herbicide application, the targeted spraying proof of concept will focus on real-time sensing technology to make crop protection decisions.
With its latest design of the 2430C nutrient applicator John Deere reduced the transport height of 25-row (62.5’ working width) 2430C model by 2.5’---now at 14’.
“We definitely want to pull the best thing from the previous generation of Rogators. And this gives a full line of equipment for the Fendt brand globally,” says AGCO’s David Fickel.
In 2020 field trials, the Greeneye Technology Selective Spraying System reduced herbicide use by 78% on average, with some farmers seeing a reduction of 90% or greater.
Kolby Watson of Simplot Grower Solutions in St. Anthony, Idaho has been named the AGCO Operator of the Year. He annually applies over 30,000 acres, has his CCA certification, and serves as local fire fighter.
In social media posts, John Deere is giving a peek behind the curtain for what’s coming.
Yield monitors on combines. Module-building cotton pickers. Automatic row shut off on planters. Now for sprayers, will selective smart spraying systems be the next must-have productivity enablers?
As just one example, Anastasia a robotic setup from Sabanto Ag autonomously planted over 750 acres this spring across four states
As Mark Burns, Case IH application equipment marketing manager, explains the 50 Series was selected to unveil Case IH’s new look with an edgy and bold design—led by the aggressively styled hood.
David Webster said “Coming to the Salford team really aligns with my passion for commercial application and gives me the opportunity to provide leading solutions for commercial application businesses.
The FBN-assigned machine is in addition to the four of the systems (installed on four brands of sprayers) in operation in the U.S. Midwest.
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With a newly created role at Salford Group, David Webster joined the company after years at AGCO and will execute a strategic vision for continued growth in commercial application.
“Technology is here, and it’s never going to go away. It’ll only advance more,” says Matthew Boomsma, Agtegra.
GUSS is based in Kingsburg, California and has engineered a semi-autonomous orchard and vineyard sprayer.
Guardian Agriculture just partnered with Wilbur-Ellis to rollout what it calls the first fully autonomous crop protection aircraft system.
In mid-July, CNH Industrial announced its acquisition of Specialty Enterprises, the provider of Case IH’s aluminum spray booms since 2020.
The technology and machine marriage mean one or more driverless machines can operate in the field without an operator present in the cab.
Being certified by a state or local certification program is becoming crucial to practicing as a professional agronomist in the U.S.
Six members of the National Alliance of Independent Crop Consultants give a crop update from seven states
“I can see a day where we may be able to process the data on the fly, but for this season, you’ll find me out in the field looking at the crops from an ATV.”
In the field of agriculture, there is no greater opportunity for consultants, researchers, quality assurance, and industry professionals to “sharpen one another” than at the NAICC annual meeting in January.
During these uncertain times, NAICC maintains it purpose to educate and support our membership. The NAICC has developed forms for those who may encounter movement restrictions as they continue to service their clients.
These are the top regulatory actions affecting NAICC members.
Here’s how consultants can help grow the industry’s brain trust
The farmland market continues to be stable in Wisconsin.
Healthy demand for a thin farmland market props up values.
Cash rents in Iowa are down 1.4% to an average of $219 per acre for the 2019 crop year, according to an annual survey conducted by Iowa State University.
Farmers continue to face declining farm income in the Midwest and Mid-South regions, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Meanwhile, after holding steady farmland values have edged lower.