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Kubota's KATR autonomous off-road machine is designed to be the foundation for a system that can carry out a range of farming (and other off-road) tasks.
Equipment, Machinery

Ag brands show more autonomy, EV innovation at CES

Kubota, John Deere unveil new concept and production models

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A decade or two ago no one likely would have imagined the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas would become the chosen venue for farm equipment brands to debut their machines. But in the last couple of years, major brands have started to use it to reveal their newest technologies. This year Kubota was back […] Read more
The Stratus AirSprayer in flight at the Spaceport America testing facility in New Mexico during the spring of 2024.
Crops, Features

Switching to glide

Precision AI’s new autonomous Stratus AirSprayer can carry bigger loads and fly longer than conventional ag drones

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For decades, farmers have used boom sprayers in their fields to protect crops from weeds, disease and insect pests. They’ve also relied on crop dusters, which first took flight 100 years or so ago. The advent of drone technology has ushered in a new age in aerial spraying. Today, the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) market […] Read more
A paraglider powers the Stratus AirSprayer. Photo: Supplied
Machinery, News

Paraglider powers a new kind of sprayer

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The Stratus AirSprayer is different than the quadcopters and fixed-wing UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) typically associated with ag drones. Essentially, it’s a powered paraglider — one that can carry heavier loads and stay aloft much longer than conventional drones.
A John Deere sprayer.
Equipment

Ride & Drives puts YOU in the driver’s seat

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Meet some of the biggest brands in agriculture in the Ride & Drives area at Ag in Motion and discover what it’s like to get in the cab and take equipment for a spin. Hop on, move some bales and dirt, and try before you buy with sprayers, tractors, skid steers and compact loaders.
Braden Madsen, left, with Greentech Enviro Solutions loads chemical into the 100 gallon tank on the UTV field sprayer built by Greentech general manager Jeremiah Kanderka. These compact sprayer units are ideal for applying chemicals to smaller fields and for range and pasture land use.
Cattleman’s Corner, Equipment, Machinery

Small sprayers great for range and pasture…

A more compact machine is an ideal fit for smaller fields

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When it comes to field-spraying projects, Jeremiah Kanderka has found that bigger isn’t necessarily better. The general manager for Alberta-based Greentech Environmental Solutions says that in the past year they have moved away from using high-clearance 120-foot wide TerraGator field sprayers to much more compact units. For the 2022 growing season they are providing weed […] Read more
Deere has introduced its first green-on-green sprayer system.
Equipment, Machinery

Deere launches See and Spray Ultimate

Green-on-green sprayer system now available for some crops

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In early 2021, John Deere introduced its See and Spray Select system on sprayers. It enabled sprayers to spot spray weeds in a fallow field, offering considerable savings on herbicide use. However, that kind of green-on-brown technology has limited use in no-till cropping systems. When the feature was launched, the brand made it clear there […] Read more
The Robocrop Spot Sprayer can distinguish clumps of weeds in a minimum target area of 40 millimetres.
Machinery

Emerging sprayer technologies

Drone and intelligent sprayers improve accuracy, efficiency and reduce costs

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Self-propelled (high clearance) sprayers with low-drift nozzles might be the norm on farms across North America but emerging technologies are expected to change how crop protection products are applied. “Our farms are growing, our use of crop protection agents is growing and we have a labour shortage,” says Tom Wolf, a sprayer expert and scientist […] Read more
Machinery

The Nozzle Guy’s top five spray nozzle picks

Tom Wolf’s go-to nozzles are low pressure and low drift

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Tom Wolf knows a lot about nozzles. Wolf, also known as The Nozzle Guy, is a sprayer expert and scientist at Saskatoon-based Agrimetrix Research and Training. His go-to nozzles are low pressure and low drift. “In the last 25 years since these kinds of nozzles appeared on the market, researchers have taken it upon themselves […] Read more
The Horsch Leeb SP 6300 self-propelled sprayer’s Boom Pro Plus controlling system allows five boom sections to move independently.
Machinery

Horsch rolls out self-propelled sprayer

Horsch’s Leeb SP 6300 brings some new features to the Prairie sprayer market

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The Horsch Leeb SP 6300 self-propelled sprayer is a whole different platform and concept than we’re used to seeing on the Prairies. “We went for the root issue of the problem and built a sprayer around that,” said Jeremy Hughes, product manager for Horsch. “The focus of this sprayer is to improve spray quality. What […] Read more
Case IH has now made AccuTurn, the guidance feature that controls headland turns, available in the Patriot sprayer line.
Machinery

Case IH puts AccuTurn on Patriot sprayers

Enhanced auto-guidance option now moves to its sprayer series

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This year Case IH made its Advanced Farming Systems (AFS) AccuTurn feature, an automated headland-turning technology, available on its Patriot Series sprayers. The software originated in Case IH’s autonomous concept vehicle program, which the brand showed off in a fully autonomous Magnum tractor a couple of years ago, and it has been available in tractors. Maximum turn […] Read more

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