Weed/Pest control

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

14-03-2024 | 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

11-03-2024 | 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

05-03-2024 | News

Two British companies have developed a spot sprayer

Cotton field Infested with Palmer amaranth. - Photos: WeedOUT

23-02-2024 | News

Start-up WeedOUT raises $ 8.1 million to fight weed resistance

Ecovelex™ has a clear repellent effect when used as maize seed treatment. - Photo: SAT Corteva

15-02-2024 | Article

A look at two new ‘green’ products to repel fungi and birds

Photo: Agrifac

06-02-2024 | Article

‘Costs precision spraying in soybean and maize crops 2.3 times lower than conventional’

Weeding between the rows is not a problem. Nowadays, weeding within the row is also improving, but it still remains a niche market. - Photos: Martin Smits

11-01-2024 | Article

In-row weeders increasingly handy, manual labor almost redundant

Bayer Crop Science presents its Spotsprayer MagicSprayer 6000 at Agritechnica 2023. The spotsprayer is similar in principle to the well-known EcoRobotix ARA. - Photos: Mark Pasveer.

28-12-2023 | News

VIDEO | Bayer is also working on a carried spot sprayer

John Deere says it is still working on the pricing of See & Spray Select. - Photos: René Koerhuis

21-12-2023 | Article

John Deere See & Spray weeds on fallow land and in crops

Spot spray technology is rapidly becoming indispensable on broadacre sprayers for farmers to deal with weeds. Some sprayer manufacturers such as Agrifac offer farmers a choice of systems. Its mother company Exel Industries even offers four, including their own 3S Spot Spray Sensor. - Photo: Agrifac

19-12-2023 | Article

Plant-specific spot spraying to become mainstream