Tyler Troiola used John Deere See & Spray Premium for the first time. The retrofit kit uses 36 cameras and machine learning to selectively target spray weeds. Troiola used it on corn at 10 inches, 14 inches and 18 inches. When corn was 10 inches tall, he says See & Spray only sprayed about 18% of the field, which adds up to over 80% in herbicide savings. It went down to about 70% savings on 14-inch-tall corn, and 60% savings on 18-inch-tall corn.

There’s new smart spray technology from precision ag startup Sentera that could lower herbicide usage by up to 70%. It’s called Aerial WeedScout. It uses aerial imaging from a drone and artificial intelligence to detect weeds. Then it creates prescriptions within 24 hours that can be executed through any precision sprayer. Sentera CTO Eric Taipale explains what separates Aerial WeedScout from other precision spraying options on the market.

No-tiller Russell Hedrick, who holds his state’s record for soybean yield and the world dryland corn yield record, spoke to AgFunderNews about proposed U.S. legislation targeting Chinese drone maker DJI Technologies, the market leader in ag spray drones in the U.S.

The RootWave system uses electricity to boil weeds and their roots. The new agreement will see the two manufacturers co-develop new weeding technology and products.

The updated Core Principles require companies to explain whether data is anonymized and whether a farmer can opt out of contributing to the anonymized and aggregated dataset.

AgZen, a Boston-based startup backed by venture firm Material Impact, has fielded a bolt-on system that works on any sprayer regardless of brand or configuration.

In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by The Andersons, Muncie, Ind., farmer Joe Hamilton shares the lessons he learned after the switch from conventional tillage to no-till in year 1 and beyond.