Another one of the world’s largest agricultural equipment manufacturers says it’s halting some shipments due to the uncertainty stemming from the Trump administration’s tariffs. AGCO says finished equipment built for the U.S. market at production facilities outside the U.S. will be temporarily held outside the country, in an April 8 statement. The company says the… Read More
Category: Sprayers
Sprayer updates from John Deere will help farmers save input costs, reduce crop damage and help the bottom line, the company says. At Commodity Classic in Denver, Colorado, Deere rolled out a series of updates for its sprayer lineup, including new See & Spray Select variable rate technology and AutoTrac automation and ExactApply improvements. In… Read More
Variable rate strategies can make a big difference when it comes to optimizing inputs and maximizing yield potential, but any VR strategy needs good data to draw from. To know how much of a difference a variable rate strategy is making requires counting plant stands and comparing those to pre-set targets, says Derek Rude, vice-president… Read More
New Holland is billing its new sprayer automation offering as the most versatile and productive ‘sense and act’ technology on the market. Both New Holland and Case IH unveiled their versions of the live variable rate and selective spray application technology at the Commodity Classic in Denver, Colorado. In this report, New Holland director of… Read More
With a single cab-mounted camera, Case IH SenseApply offers adjust-on-the-fly variable rate application of herbicide, fungicide, and fertilizer. In this interview from Commodity Classic 2025 with Case IH crop application marketing manager Alex Caldwell, RealAgriculture’s Bern Tobin gets the low-down on how SenseApply handles green-on-brown spot spraying, VR fungicide, VR nitrogen, the burnd0wn pass and… Read More
Farmers need to rethink how they apply crop protection products and there’s plenty of novel weed control technology to address cost, labour and environmental stewardship challenges, says Cornell AgriTech weed scientist Dr. Lynn Sosnoskie. At the Ontario Certified Crop Advisor annual meeting in January, Sosnoskie described a whirlwind of technology ranging from electrification and robot… Read More
While the initial launch of a new piece of equipment is always exciting, feedback from the farmers that use it in the field can help to make some pretty impressive improvements. In the case of Horsch’s Leeb VL sprayer this has meant a bigger tank, bigger booms, a bigger engine, easy to change fenders, changes… Read More
The old saying “it’s not how you start that’s important, but how you finish” applies to the story of the 2024 soybean crop on the Prairies and Northern Plains. Final yield numbers from crop insurance — usually the best overall estimate — are not yet public, but Statistics Canada says Manitoba farmers set a new… Read More
A pair of private member’s bills that are supposed to ensure farmers have more than one option for repairing their own equipment and to ensure that different brands of parts and machines can work together received their final approval in the Senate on Oct. 31. The only step left in the approval process for Bills… Read More
When fields are wet or the crop is too tall, applying a fungicide by airplane and even helicopter can be a solution. So why then aren’t farmers clear to spray by drone? It all comes down to Transport Canada rules on piloting and approved label uses by product. Currently, there’s only one herbicide with a… Read More