weed control

Weed seeds can multiply during harvest but a new solution using light technology destroys them going through the combine. – Photos: Chris McCullough

02-09 | Article

Retrofit kit for combine harvesters uses light treatment to eliminate weed seeds

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

Photo: Michel Velderman

27-08 | News

AI: new weapon in the battle against rampant weeds

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

Nilda Burgos, professor of weed physiology and molecular biology, is the principal investigator of study investigating microwaves as a non-chemical, broad-spectrum weed control. Photo: U of A System Division of Agriculture

01-08 | News

Arkansas team leverages microwaves to improve weed management

Since early June 2024, one of the four Odd.Bot weeding robots has been in operation on the We Grow Organic Farm in the Netherlands. – Photos: Koos Groenewold

01-08 | News

Odd.Bot weeding robot now ready for practical use

The key changes of the updated Ekobot WEAI weeding robot include a unique chassis and variable ground clearance. – Photo: René Koerhuis

26-07 | News

Ekobot weeding robot with variable ground clearance

On the occasion of the 500th Farmdroid, there is now the Limited Black Edition. – Photo: Farmdroid Denmark

25-07 | Article

Farmers with the Farmdroid FD20: learning by doing (2)

New appearance on the Dutch fields. The Farmdroid FD20 that independently seeds and then hoes. - Photos: Peter Roek

23-07 | Article

Farmdroid promising: users learn a lot (1)

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