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.
“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.
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.
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.
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?
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 arrival of a precision, pellet-slinging, automated rover may provide almond growers with a cutting-edge NOW control weapon. Welcome to the age of robotic mummy removal.
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.
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.
With versatility to be outfitted with an air boom, dry spinner-spreader and liquid systems, John Deere introduces the 800R Floater for model year 2022, which replaces the previous F4365 high-capacity nutrient applicator
“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.
The new Fendt Rogator 900 Series applicator is the first of its kind, adjusting between standard and high clearance with the push of a button to deliver season-long crop care versatility.
Beginning in 2022, all Prowlers will be equipped with a Dana HVT R2 transmission with electronic control, bringing improved fuel efficiency, controllability, and reliable performance to the T-Series Prowler platform.
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.
Heartland AG Systems’ territory now stretches from Michigan to the Pacific Northwest and from North Dakota to Missouri and features row, cereal and specialty crops.
The new, direct connection offers AGCO customers with active AGCO Connect subscriptions the option to subscribe to the Solinftec offering without purchasing and installing additional telemetry hardware.
For model year 2022, John Deere is introducing new 400 series, 600 series and Hagie STS sprayers. “We have a complete offering for all sprayer customers,” Joel Basinger says.
Research done by Solinftec showed that U.S. ag retailers’ machines were idle 30% of the time and traveling 35% of the time. That left only 35% of the time for the machine to be operating—and generating revenue.
For the program’s 15th year, AGCO, its dealers, and retailers of past Operator of the Year winners transformed the award to benefit local nonprofit organizations.
FAST Global Solutions, Inc. announces the divestiture of the Fast Ag Solutions product lines and associated facilities in Windom, MN and Gilman, IL to the existing management team led by Cody Fast.
The HS1100 has a 1,120 gal. tank capacity and is powered by a 300 hp Cummins Tier 4 Final engine. Boom options include Pommier 100’, 120’ or 132’ aluminum.
Aiming to offer the broadest offering of application equipment on the market, John Deere introduces the LS475—a liquid system option for the F4365 high-capacity nutrient applicator, which was introduced in 2016.
Demand has grown with applicators wanting to apply nitrogen with the same pass as a fungicide or insecticide and now John Deere is offering the Hagie Dual Product System (DPS) as a factory option.
AGCO’s Challenger brand has introduced four new machines in the TerraGator C Series—three three-wheeled models (TG7300C , TG8300C and TG9300C) and one four-wheeled model (TG8400C).