Weed/Pest control

Traditional scarecrow. - Photos: pixabay.com

12-04 | News

Laser scarecrows: A potential solution to protect crops

The success of the Ecorobotix ARA spot sprayer is remarkable. Rarely has a newcomer established itself so quickly with a new machine in the Dutch market. - Photos: Jan Willem Schouten

09-04 | Article

Market seems to embrace the Ecorobotix ARA-spotsprayer

A camera-guided hoe from Schmotzer. Correction based on a camera signal is done hydraulically with a linear side shift. Schmotzer also provides a control system based on sensors. This works well in relatively large and coarse crops such as corn or sunflowers. - Photo: Schmotzer

08-04 | Article

Camera-guided hoeing is here to stay

The researchers say that reducing the environmental footprint of agriculture while maintaining or improving yields is a major challenge of the coming decades. - Photo: Pixabay

04-04 | News

Organic agriculture can increase pesticide use on nearby fields

Carbon robotics which already has a presence in North America and Europe, is continuing to expand worldwide. - Photos: Maxence Guillaumot

04-04 | Article

Laser weeding arrives in Australia, how does it work?

According to Bayer, the new ‘greener’ herbicide can be applied using the same spraying techniques as existing herbicides like glyphosate. - Photo: Van Assendelft

29-03 | News

Bayer develops alternative to glyphosate herbicide

Winning bio-product start-ups need to offer something that provides a substantial leap forward in protection against pests, diseases or weeds, not just an incremental improvement over what’s already on the market. - Photo: Canva

28-03 | Article

Discover how start-ups revolutionize crop protection, offering greener solutions

US-based GreenLight BioScience has already achieved US commercial registration of Calantha for control of the Colorado potato beetle. - Photo: Hans Prinsen

14-03 | Article

Breakthroughs in biological crop protection: capitalizing on white-hot demand

Closed transfer systems (CTS) are designed to protect operators and the environment from contamination when filling sprayers with plant protection products. - Photos: Mick Roberts

11-03 | Article

Closed transfer closing in fast

The spot sprayer developed by the British companies Techneat Engineering and Tillet en Hague underwent extensive testing in the past year in the United Kingdom. The Weedwizard spot sprayer is now available there. - Photo: Techneat

05-03 | News

Two British companies have developed a spot sprayer

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29-12-2022 | News

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01-07-2021 | News

Spot spraying sugar beets with FarmDroid field robot

20-04-2021 | Article

Operators give thumbs up to closed system

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