As Case IH debuts its SenseApply variable rate and spot spray technology for Patriot 50 Series sprayers and Trident applicators, its blue sister brand New Holland is set to introduce a comparable system for its front-boom Guardian sprayers under the IntelliSense brand.
New Holland said in a news release that in 2024, Kansas State University and CNH partnered to conduct field trials evaluating the performance of IntelliSense sprayer automation’s nitrogen VRA (variable rate application) function in corn. The findings revealed an approximate 10 per cent savings in applied N compared to a constant broadcast rate.
It can “identify and automatically apply the most appropriate amount of nitrogen within the prescribed rate range according to the assessed plant biomass health,” the company said.
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CNH plans for “more than 15 new tractor launches, 10 combine launches, 19 crop production launches and over 30 precision technology releases between now and the end of 2027.”
IntelliSense also offers green-on-brown spot spray technology and can detect weeds smaller than two inches in height. It also offers a “base and boost” feature. When making a broadcast application, that setting can boost a localized spray where larger weeds are detected.
IntelliSense will be available as a factory-fit option on model year 2026 Guardian Series front boom sprayers, including the SP310F, SP370F and SP410F.
Another New Holland IntelliSense system, an automation option available for the company’s High-Density (HD) Big Baler, was announced in March as one of three winners of the Davidson Prize.
Those winners are picked from the entries put forward for the AE50, an annual roster of 50 deserving ag engineering products. The Davidson Prize winners are chosen by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) with the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM).
In that system, first announced in January last year, the IntelliSense system’s LiDAR sensor is mounted on the roof of a tractor and emits laser pulses at the upcoming swath, measuring its size, shape and density and adjusting the tractor’s forward speed and steering and the baler feed rate accordingly.
Those adjustments help prevent plugging, increase fuel efficiency and improve bales’ shape and consistent slice size.
