See & Spray Ultimate spraying crops in season
See & Spray Select spraying fallow ground
See & Spray Premium spraying crops in season
When margins are tight and application windows are narrow, every dollar and every droplet need to work as hard as they can. John Deere’s unique portfolio of See & Spray products bring resource-saving precision to the field.
Technology evolution
John Deere has focused on taking farmers’ applications from field level to plant level over the years. From field to broadcast, section control to ExactApply™ individual nozzle control, and now the next step – to artificial intelligence and machine learning. All See & Spray offerings work in conjunction with ExactApply nozzle control. They use a combination of cameras and processors to detect weeds before activating only the nozzles necessary to apply a burst of herbicide to the weed, achieving a hit rate comparable to traditional broadcast spray.
Data insights
How do you know See & Spray is doing its job? With the monitoring capabilities of John Deere Operations Center™ application and the G5Plus CommandCenter™ Display, you can track job quality and savings during and after application. These technology tools also offer weed pressure mapping, providing insights to make even better field management decisions. Weed pressure mapping only occurs when See & Spray is active during an operation.
New for MY26 machines See & Spray Premium and Ultimate machines will be able to view canopy maps in Operations Center to understand crop variability and health at the time of spraying. This layer will only be recorded when in See & Spray mode in crop (not available while fallow spraying).
NOTE: Weed pressure and canopy maps are not available with See & Spray Select
Sustainability
Using less herbicide means using less water and creating less opportunity for drift, and that’s good for the land, water, and air that sustain us.
Additionally, See & Spray provides even more benefits for growers looking to make the best possible decisions about weed control.
See & Spray Ultimate benefits
- Improve weed control – Combat herbicide resistance with a dual-product solution system that uses two independent tank mixes in one pass, avoiding antagonism in more aggressive tank mixes.
- Reduce solution use – Reduce the applied volume of herbicide by more than two-thirds by avoiding inefficient traditional broadcast application in corn, cotton, and soybeans.*
- Gain cost efficiency – More than two-thirds spray volume reduction means significantly lower herbicide costs, fewer tendering stops, and more acres covered in a day.
*NOTE: Results based on internal John Deere strip trials in corn, soybeans, and cotton in Iowa, Mississippi, Texas, and Illinois in typical growing conditions with carrying weed size, crop canopy, and field conditions using targeted spray of non-residual herbicide only and using current software/algorithm at time of trials. Results will vary based on crop and weed pressure.
See & Spray Select benefits
- Reduce solution use – By avoiding inefficient traditional broadcast applications and spraying only when weeds are detected, you can reduce the applied volume of herbicide by up to 77 percent.***
- Gain cost efficiency – Significantly reduce herbicide costs, make fewer tendering stops, and cover more acres in a day.
- Improve weed control – You may save enough to justify applying a different chemistry while improving your ability to manage herbicide-resistant weeds. Research has shown that weeds sprayed with complex tank mixes and more than two modes of action are 83 times less likely to develop herbicide resistance.
- Variable Rate – With an annual license, you have the ability to apply products where they are needed most at the rate that fits the green biomass detected by the cameras across the boom.
***NOTE: In tests over 75,000 acres of fallow ground, typical weed pressure of 3,000 weeds per acre, and with spray length settings of small medium, customers experienced an average herbicide savings of 77 percent compared to a traditional broadcast sprayer.
See & Spray Premium benefits
- Reduce solution use – Reduce the applied volume of herbicide by more than 50%** by avoiding inefficient traditional broadcast application in corn, cotton, and soybeans.
- Gain cost efficiency – Significant spray volume reduction means significantly lower herbicide costs, fewer tendering stops, and more acres covered in a day.
- Sustainability and stewardship – See & Spray Technology allows customers to spray only the weeds, reducing the amount of chemical applied.
- Improve weed control – You may save enough to justify applying a different chemistry while improving your ability to manage herbicide-resistant weeds.
**NOTE: Results based on internal John Deere strip trials in corn, soybeans, and cotton in Arkansas, Nebraska, and Texas, in typical growing conditions, with varying weed size, crop canopy, and field conditions, using targeted spray of non-residual herbicide only, and using current software/algorithm at time of trials. Results vary based on crop; for details see Deere.com/Premium. Individual results will vary.