Specialty Enterprises’ AG TRK430 132-foot Millennium spray boom in operation. (Specialtyllc.net)

CNH buys spray boom manufacturing capacity

Specialty Enterprises has supplied Case IH with booms

A Wisconsin company that has supplied aluminum spray booms for Case IH sprayer product lines has been brought in-house. CNH Industrial, owner of the Case IH and New Holland brands, announced May 23 it has bought Specialty Enterprises, which is billed as North America’s biggest maker of aluminum spray booms for farm applications as well […] Read more

This self-propelled sprayer from Trimble and Horsch is slated to be released in Canada later this year.

Trimble, Horsch to launch self-propelled sprayer

Various configurations and boom widths will be available

Trimble, a precision ag technology provider, is teaming up with ag equipment manufacturer Horsch to introduce a new, self-propelled crop protection sprayer. The sprayer relies on sensor data and GNSS (global navigation satellite system) to navigate around fields. While it does require an operator to be on board, the vehicle has automated steering and speed […] Read more


Will Greeneye Technology’s precision spray system soon become an option on Fendt Rogator sprayers? AGCO announced last December it has become an investor in Greeneye.

AGCO invests in Greeneye Technology

In mid-December last year, AGCO announced it had made an equity investment in Israel-based Greeneye Technology, acquiring 2.9 per cent of the young startup firm that has begun offering retrofit precision-spraying technology. The Greeneye system is based on artificial intelligence and deep machine learning, which enables intelligent, real-time decisions in the field that can significantly […] Read more

Weeds can be detected and sprayed in a growing crop with this green-on-green technology.

Retrofit spot-spraying system hits the market

Greeneye Technology’s system turns existing sprayers into smart machines

What if it was possible to retrofit an existing sprayer with a system that reduces the amount of herbicide needed to spray a crop by about 78 per cent, and it still achieved the same level of weed management as a broadcast application? And what if it was possible to see a payback on the […] Read more


Case IH 40 series Patriot sprayers will give way to the new 50 series, which are available for delivery in the fall of 2022.

Case IH revamps Patriot sprayer line

Updated sprayer models for 2022

Case IH has revamped its entire self-propelled Patriot sprayer line. The previous 40 series will give way to the new 50 series, which will be available for the fall of 2022. What’s new and different about the 50 series? “The short answer to what’s new is pretty much everything,” says Mark Burns, marketing manager for […] Read more

Record-keeping can play an important role in keeping track of crop protection products you’ve applied.

‘Take time to account for time’ and other spraying advice

Tom Wolf and Ian Epp offer tips for in-crop spray applications in canola

February may seem early to think about a spraying strategy for the coming growing season but doing so now may pay off later in weed kill and crop yield. This is the take-home message from a 2021 Manitoba Canola Growers webinar on in-crop spraying, hosted by Jay Whetter of the Canola Council of Canada (CCC) […] Read more


Agrifac sprayers will be available with Exxact Robotics’ 3S green-on-green spot-spray technology for the 2022 model year.

Agrifac to offer green-on-green technology in 2022

Exxact Robotics’ 3S system will debut on Agrifac sprayers

Advanced spot-spraying technology has become the hottest topic in application equipment recently, with numerous announcements from brands offering green-on-brown systems or talking about future green-on-green capability. Green-on-green refers to the ability of a sophisticated artificial intelligence-based software system to identify unwanted weeds in green, growing crops and spot spray them. Green-on-brown identifies weeds in fallow […] Read more

Amazone UX 7801 and UX 8601 pull-type sprayers are available with tank capacities of 8,000 and 9,000 litres and boom widths of up to 138 feet.

Two new PT sprayers from Amazone

New UX series models offer 8,000- and 9,000-litre tank capacities

Although pull-type sprayers have largely fallen out of favour in the North American market in recent decades, they remain popular in Europe. Germany-based Amazone is one of several manufacturers that produce a full line of pull-type and self-propelled models. The brand currently offers PT sprayers here in Canada. Last August, Amazone announced the addition of […] Read more


In 2015, Amazone had developed technology capable of identifying weeds in fallow fields and selectively spraying them. Now the company is field testing a sprayer that can identify weeds in a growing crop.

Green-on-green spray technology on the horizon

Amazone field tests sprayer with in-crop selective spraying capabilities

In 2021, both John Deere and AGCO announced they were developing selective spraying technologies. Deere introduced its See and Spray Select as an option on model year 2022 400 and 600 series sprayers. That system is capable of identifying weeds in fallow fields and selectively spraying them. It’s what the industry now calls “green-on-brown” technology […] Read more

The new Fendt 900 series sprayers will have the ability to change from standard to high-clearance boom heights with the push of a button.

AGCO introduces an all-new Rogator

New adjustable-clearance sprayers join the Fendt brand

During a live-streamed press conference last year from Fendt headquarters in Marktoberdorf, Germany, AGCO announced one more addition to its ever-expanding Fendt line of equipment — the Rogator 900 series sprayers. No longer wearing Rogator’s traditional yellow livery, the new models slip into Fendt green paint and become part of that brand’s portfolio. The company […] Read more