Applicators
If it’s green, it goes. A new weed technology uses a combination of infrared, sensors and nozzles to detect plants and aim a blast of herbicide at a spot the size of a nickel. WEEDit is an automatic plant detection technology that allows chemical application solely to green matter, rather than spraying bare dirt, all while the sprayer rolls at 15 mph, light of day or dark of night.
Old man winter is moving into the country, bringing colder temperatures and snow with him and making farmers push harder than ever to finish up harvest operations and ready their equipment for storage. One more job to put on your already long to-do list is to winterize your sprayer. Being proactive now will help ensure you have a sprayer that’s in good working order next spring.
Old man winter is moving into the country, bringing colder temperatures and snow with him and making farmers push harder than ever to finish up harvest operations and ready their equipment for storage. One more job to put on your already long to-do list is to winterize your sprayer. Being proactive now will help ensure you have a sprayer that’s in good working order next spring. Here are some quick reminders to help you complete the job.
Kentucky farmer Aaron Reding will be the first to admit 2019 hasn’t been easy, but his ability to adapt to a recent diagnosis with technology, that’s allowing him to continue to farm.
New Holland Introduces Guardian SP310F and Miller Nitro 7310 Sprayer.
Don’t waste expensive chemicals. Learn how to select the right sprayer nozzle for drift control, coverage, and efficacy, plus tips for checking nozzle wear.
Effective communication between chemical applicator and farmer is a key element in helping prevent costly and dangerous misapplications.
A new wave of technology development is putting farmers in the driver’s seat. Examples include EarthSense, Rantizo, Rabbit Tractors, PumpTrakr, Zimmerman Manufacturing and GroGuru.
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.
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.
Used equipment values have continued to increase the first quarter of 2021. That’s true across nearly all equipment categories, including self-propelled sprayers.
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.
From boom priming and a nozzle control system to multiple camera functions, the six new sprayer products will be further field-tested this year.
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.
A high capacity and high output spreader with unmatched accuracy.
“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.
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.
WHAT IS OMNiPOWER™ PLATFORM? The OMNiPOWER™ platform is a mobile diesel-powered platform designed to handle a large variety of implements commonly used in agriculture, including the New Leader NL5000 G5 spreader.