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Smart camera and sensor technology is rapidly gaining ground worldwide. The Dutch company Rometron has now equipped over 50 kilometers of spray booms with its Weed-IT sensors. The company, based in the Netherlands, is now 25 years old and employs 48 people. – Photos: Martin Smits

03-10 | Article

Smart Dutch sensor technology Rometron Weed-IT is gaining worldwide momentum

The yellow points mark the crop. – Photo: Garford

02-10 | News

Garford Farm Machinery launches new vision guidance system

In-row hoeing machines are mainly used in field-grown vegetables. Expanding their use to other crops is one of the ongoing developments Lauwen is working on with the E-Vario-Weeder. Some experience has already been gained in sugar beets.

01-10 | Article

E-Vario-Weeder hoeing machine ready for practical use

The Newman in-row cultivator uses cameras to recognize plants in the row and then cultivates around them. Other smart cultivators do this as well. However, this machine impresses with the level of AI-based plant recognition. – Photos: Sönke Schulz

28-08 | Article

Ullmann Newman precision cultivates in-row

The Photoheyler rotary hoe, equipped with four cameras, weeds within the row. Many machines can do this, but the rotating knives make this machine unique. - Photos: Michel Velderman

08-08 | Article

Camera directs knives of the Photoheyler rotary hoe with precision

The Herbimec hoeing cultivator is designed for shallow soil cultivation and preparing a false seedbed. The 6.2-meter version, as shown in the photo, costs €15,000, including support legs and lighting. – Photos: Michel Velderman

11-07 | News

Shallow soil cultivation with the affordable Herbimec hoeing cultivator

In 2024, the French machinery manufacturer Carré will release the Klinea hoe with electric angle and depth adjustment. The two Kipline cameras are available as optional features. - Photos: Carré

08-11-2023 | News

Carré Klinea hoe with electric angle and depth adjustment

Kuhn is entering the mechanical weed control market and will introduce the Rowliner hoeing machine and Tineliner harrow in 2024. It is not yet known whether the manufacturer will produce these machines in-house or outsource their production. - Photo: Farm Connection

06-11-2023 | News

Kuhn enters the field of mechanical weed control

The AgroIntelli Robotti 150D equipped with an advanced camera system for precise hoeing and plant counting during the demonstration at the Farm of the Future in Lelystad, Netherlands. - Photo's: Mark Pasveer

13-07-2023 | Article

AgroIntelli Robotti utilizes camera technology for crop monitoring