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New Agrible Pocket Spray Smart App
Agrible has a new iOS app to help farmers decide when to spray their fields. Pocket Spray Smart is a free app that works with Agrible’s Morning Farm Report software that helps plan applications, when to get equipment into the fields, and what to expect for yields. Agrible’s Spray Smart technology in Morning Farm Report shows a farmer what the conditions look … Read More
Apache 1000 Sprayers Earn EquipmentWatch Award
The Apache 1000 Sprayer series has earned the 2017 EquipmentWatch Highest Retained Value Award for retaining the highest percentage of original value after five years. Analysts considered 12,536 models for the evaluation and then narrowed it down to 156 series from 36 brands. Residual values of the finalists were calculated by leveraging a database covering more than $412 billion in … Read More
.@JohnDeere Designs for Comfort and Efficiency
Attendees of the National Farm Machinery Show got the first view of John Deere‘s new CommandView III cab on their 4-Series Sprayers and the 4600 CommandCenter that comes with it. Customers are always looking for ways to be more efficient– to spend less time setting up and more time spraying, says Jason Beuligmann, which is why John Deere has made … Read More
BASF Expands On Target Application Academy
Good stewardship is a cornerstone of the agriculture community; that’s why BASF is offering a new online training module to help growers and applicators learn all they need to know to concerning new herbicide technologies. Classes are available at home or in the field, and on any device, with topics covering drift mitigation, nozzle selection and proper calibation. Applicators can … Read More
Case IH Celebrates 25 Years of Patriot Sprayers
October 21st marked the 25th year of producing Case IH Patriot sprayers at the Benson, Minnesota manufacturing faculty. Honored guests, executives and employees marked the day with a special ceremony. “Twenty-five years ago, growers and professional applicators were introduced to Patriot sprayers and shown a better way to optimize their time and accuracy in any conditions,” said Jason Hausauer, Benson … Read More
AutoTrac™ Vision in Sight for 2017
New John Deere AutoTrac™ products available for 2017 provide a new line of vision when making postemergence sprayer applications. AutoTrac Vision uses a front-mounted camera to see early-season corn, soybeans and cotton at least 4 to 6 inches high. An industry exclusive from John Deere.. “The camera actually sees the row and steers the sprayer down the row in early … Read More
Experiments Show Spray Drift Damages Grapes
The Weed Technology journal recently published results showing that herbicide spray drift from 2,4-D and dicamba can severely damage wine grapes near agronomic crops. With the increased use of these products on glyphosate-resistant broadleaf weeds like Palmar amaranth and horseweed, grape growers are becoming more and more concerned about crop loss from drift. Researchers from Ohio State University ran test … Read More
John Deere Hagie Joint Venture Progressing Well
It was just over five months ago that John Deere announced a joint venture with Hagie Manufacturing. Since then Hagie sprayers are now selling via John Deere dealers. Kevin Marshall gave ag media a look at the Hagie DTS Sprayer which is a dual tank machine. The DTS has most of the same features of their STS Sprayers but is … Read More
John Deere Shows off Carbon Boom on Sprayer
Last week’s John Deere Reveal event offered Chuck Zimmerman the chance to see the new carbon fiber boom. Announced last year, this boom is part of a collaboration with King Agro, a maker of carbon fiber products in Central and South America. The new booms promise John Deere’s customers more productivity while maintaing the reliability and durability the company is … Read More