Weed/Pest control

Cotton field Infested with Palmer amaranth. - Photos: WeedOUT

23-02 | 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 | Article

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

Photo: Agrifac

06-02 | 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 | 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

The European Union aims to halve the use and the risk of all pesticides by 2030. - Photo: Michel Velderman

19-12-2023 | News

‘Cut pesticide use, but how?’

'Dealers Wanted'. The Serbian machinery manufacturer Axonmash is one of many suppliers of hoeing tools. Like the rest, the manufacturer is keen to take advantage of the market for hoes and harrows, which is expected to grow significantly. - Photo: Martin Smits.

30-11-2023 | Article

Hoes and harrows at Agritechnica 2023

3D cameras on the Kubota tractor scan the crop, after which AI precision spraying technology examines the images and makes adjustments to the amount of crop protection products and foliar fertilizers. - Photo: Kubota.

30-11-2023 | News

Kubota’s AI precision spraying system wins bronze award at Sitevi

Spraying

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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