John Deere’s current precision spraying option, See and Spray Select, is able to spot spray weeds in a fallow field.
For model year 2026, that feature gets some expanded capabilities. It can now also be used for more precise application of variable rates in late-season fungicide, desiccant and pre-harvest passes.
Growers will be able to see the percentage of biomass each camera detects throughout the field. Each camera rates the amount of green biomass detected and varies the volume of product applied by percentage. An operator can then adjust how much product they want to apply on an individual nozzle level basis.
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Variable rate capabilities will require a G5 or G5 Plus CommandCenter display.
“See and Spray Select has primarily been used for fallow applications for green weeds against brown or black soils,” says Josh Ladd, Deere’s go-to-market manager for application products.
“New for this year, however, we introduced variable rate for later season fungicide, desiccation, PGR type products, where the operator can set the band of application and the target application rate. Using the cameras and processors, the machine will automatically adjust the rate of application to ensure we’re putting the right amount of product down across every acre of every field.
“With later season passes with a lot of the Canadian producers we’ve spoken with, the general sentiment has been we’re going to spray at our target rate, but we know for certain some acres may need more or less. For a while, there’s never really been an option, unless they’re running off a prescription map. Now with See and Spray Select, we’re able to do that in real time.”
The company also announced it will expand its turn automation feature to sprayers.
Auto Trac Turn Automation will be available for 2026 sprayers in both the John Deere and Hagie brands. It helps ensure consistent and accurate turns at the end of each pass, taking some of the pressure off operators and allowing them to focus on watching boom positions and obstacles. It also reduces crop trampling.
“A lot of our customers have likely experienced this capability on some of our other Deere products,” says Ladd.
“We also introduced Auto Trac Vision 2.0. It’s a new system for model year ’26 John Deere sprayers. It uses a stereo and mono camera in combination to keep the sprayer pin point precise on the row up to 22 m.p.h. to limit crop damage.”
Also new for 2026 is Auto Trac Vision 2.0, which helps keep the sprayer wheels where they’re supposed to be. It can detect crop heights as short as four inches and late season canopy coverage up to 90 per cent, allowing it to function accurately and follow in between crop rows throughout the growing season.
“A lot of those features will come standard on model year ’26 sprayers from the factory,” says Ladd.
A new precision upgrade kit for See and Spray Select is available for Deere sprayers going back to the 2018 model year.
