Two new planting technologies from John Deere aim to give farmers more precision in the furrow and better control over input costs.
One of the latest innovations from John Deere is called FurrowVision.
According to Kyle Barry with John Deere, “What that technology does is it uses the three cameras of furrow Vision that are mounted on the planner, and it helps gather insights and change downforce settings on the fly. So traditionally, customers either set their settings, at the field level when they first pull into the field, or maybe they’re checking throughout the field. We’re going to automate that process. So we’re either going to do a better job than what they were doing if they weren’t checking it very often, or we’re going to save them time by keeping them in the seat, making them more productive.”
Deere is also expanding its ExactShot technology, designed to dramatically reduce starter fertilizer use during planting.
Barry continues, “So instead of continuously, or putting a continuous stream of fertilizer, in furrow, we’re actually going to dose the fertilizer right on the seed where, where it needs to go. And so that’s going to save the customer’s product, but it’s also going to save them time because they’re going to use 66% less starter fertilizer than what they were previously using. Which means they’re going to be spending less time filling those fertilizer tanks in the field, helping them get more done.”
Together, the technologies are part of Deere’s broader push toward precision agriculture, using cameras, sensors, and automation to help farmers apply inputs only where and when they’re needed.
“We’re excited about the enhancements that are coming for model year 27,” Barry added.
With tighter margins and increasing focus on efficiency, tools like FurrowVision and ExactShot could help farmers make every seed, and every dollar, count this planting season.
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