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.
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John Deere updates sprayer lineup
See and Spray Select upgrades and turn compensation available for model year 2026
Tips to help farmers keep their spray application on target
Sprayer technology is one of the most constantly evolving agricultural tools for growers in Saskatchewan. In a world of a numerous nozzles and chemicals, it’s easy to believe that the newer sprayer technology and crop science will be the most efficient and sustainable way to spray. However, that may not be the case. Maximizing spray […] Read more
Circular thinking, recirculating booms
Tom Wolf, NozzleGuy, says recirculating booms remove many of the cost, time and contamination problems associated with conventional plumbed sections.
Biobeds help put leftovers to rest
A biobed is intended to serve as a standard target depot for chemical rinsate. It’s a safe and acceptable place to dump diluted pesticide waste.
‘Prime the boom while you’re driving to the field’
In recirculating booms, product is returned to the spray tank when not being applied. Priming too pushes the product back into tank rather than onto the ground, with no hidden pockets of water or chemical at boom ends and the like.
Sprayers shed weight, get selective
BOONE, Iowa — Big and light — that’s the idea behind carbon fibre sprayer booms. John Deere began offering its version this year, starting with the Latin American market. That makes sense from a historical point of view. King Agro is one of the world’s only manufacturers of carbon fibre sprayer booms, and its 23-year […] Read more
Air-assist systems reduce spray drift
WOODSTOCK, Ont. — A lot is asked of farm sprayers and nozzles. Big, air-filled droplet packages are required that will resist drift under windy and thermal inversion conditions and are able to keep even the most aggressive herbicides from going off target. However, fine particles are also needed and must be applied like paint to […] Read more
Make your spray droplets glow in the dark
Farmers who like the way a disco strobe does that freeze-frame trick on their dance partner will love the way it stops action on their spray pattern. Moving those strobe lights from the disco to the spray boom might give them an entirely new perspective on what they’re doing in the field at night. Many […] Read more
Brush your cares away, go spray
A Wisconsin inventor hopes farmers will be interested in spending $4,000 to equip their spray booms with a new device he says can increase target coverage by 92 percent. Kurt Kamin has merged his experience as a sprayer operator with his pilot experience to develop a brush that hangs in front of each nozzle to […] Read more
Stop boom bouncing, banging and breaking
BRANDON — Sophisticated sonar boom height controls are great with a uniform top crop surface. However, an undulating surface will have those booms bouncing, banging and even breaking. The problem is that these systems take a sonar reading from a high spot in the crop, then a low spot, then a high spot again, followed […] Read more
