Applicators
From boom priming and a nozzle control system to multiple camera functions, the six new sprayer products will be further field-tested this year.
GUSS is based in Kingsburg, California and has engineered a semi-autonomous orchard and vineyard sprayer.
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.
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BASF and Bosch are developing new technology for weed management. Their system photographs weeds, signals nozzles to spray and records the data in milliseconds. Farmers then get a map printout for easy reference.
“The more tech we can develop to allow farmers to get productivity out of their land without having to spend so much money on fertilizer and inputs, the better off everybody is,” says John Deere’s Julian Sanchez.
The technology and machine marriage mean one or more driverless machines can operate in the field without an operator present in the cab.
In mid-July, CNH Industrial announced its acquisition of Specialty Enterprises, the provider of Case IH’s aluminum spray booms since 2020.
Guardian Agriculture just partnered with Wilbur-Ellis to rollout what it calls the first fully autonomous crop protection aircraft system.
Reducing herbicide usage by 97% in pre-emergence and 88% in post-emergence spraying, Greeneye Technology might be the ‘next-big-thing’ in sprayer technology.
Designed to be compact, lightweight and agile, the Apache AS360 sprayer is the lightest sprayer from Equipment Technologies—weighing 16,900 lb.
Case IH is expanding its line of fertilizer applicators with the Nutri-Placer 940 High-Speed Low Disturbance (HSLD) row unit.
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