How AI-Powered Spraying Is Winning Over U.S. Farmers and Applicators
With deep learning, targeted spraying, and upgrade kits, tools like See & Spray are transforming crop protection practices across the industry.
John Deere’s launch of See & Spray technology in 2021 was an innovative milestone in AI-powered technology that activates individual spray nozzles to target weeds that boom-mounted cameras can “see,” writes Editor Lara Sowinski at CropLife.
Since then, the company has continued to improve its technology. Meanwhile, performance upgrade kits (PUKs) that retrofit existing equipment help to support wider adoption, affordability, and accessibility of See & Spray.
The introduction of similar technologies by other OEMs are providing more options to the market while at the same time helping drive additional technology innovations.
Farmer, Applicator Feedback
RDO Equipment Co. reports that more farmers and applicators are adopting John Deere’s See & Spray to increase savings, reduce herbicide use, and achieve a quick ROI.
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Over the course of one year’s time, RDO saw an increase of seven customers trying See & Spray to about 60 doing See & Spray field trials the following season.
RDO’s Mark Schaffner, Regional Sales Manager based in South Dakota, says farmers experienced a 60% to 70% savings during field trials.
North Dakota grain farmer Jared Billadeau trialed See & Spray Ultimate, the factory installed system available for John Deere’s 410R, 412R, 612R and 616R sprayers.
See & Spray Ultimate detects weeds among corn, soybean, and cotton plants. It features cameras, processors, a carbon-fiber truss-structure boom, and a dual product tank. It can also be used for traditional broadcast application, as well as targeted and traditional spray combined.
Billadeau tested the sprayer to its highest level of sensitivity.
Read more at CropLife.
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