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Deere buys stake in U.S. sprayer maker Hagie

CORRECTED, March 30, 2016 — Reuters — Deere and Co. said on Tuesday it has acquired a majority stake in Hagie Manufacturing, allowing the farm equipment manufacturer to take a greater position the high-clearance sprayer market. High-clearance sprayers, which allow farmers to spray fertilizers and pesticides in-crop later in the growing season, are “a new market for […] Read more

Setter Manufacturing of Russell, Manitoba, offers a line of sprayer systems designed to work on a typical UTV.

UTV sprayers for spot applications

With these small-scale systems, producers can target specific areas from a UTV

Today’s high-clearance farm sprayers come equipped with boom widths of 100 feet or more, which makes getting them into sharp corners or tight places pretty difficult. And with some precision ag data collection systems now able to pinpoint small problem weed areas in a field, spraying them with very wide booms may mean wasting product. […] Read more


Setter Manufacturing of Russell, Manitoba, offers a line of sprayer systems designed to work on a typical UTV.

PHOTOS: Small-scale sprayers offer targeted weed killing

Today’s high-clearance farm sprayers come equipped with boom widths of 100 feet or more, which makes getting them into sharp corners or tight places pretty difficult. And with some precision ag data collection systems now able to pinpoint small problem weed areas in a field, spraying them with very wide booms may mean wasting product. […] Read more