Companies shined up their new equipment and displayed their latest models on the Commodity Classic trade show floor in Denver last month. Below is a snapshot of a few new offerings from Commodity Classic exhibitors.
With New Holland’s IntelliSense system, a camera mounted on top of the cab scans the field and applies herbicides at a variable rate.
New Holland’s Paul Welburg and Curtis Hillen stand by a sprayer with IntelliSense at Commodity Classic in Denver March 2.
John Deere 616R sprayer uses boom-mounted cameras for variable rate spraying.
John Deere’s Josh Ladd said the company’s See & Spray technology is easier on the environment and on farmer’s budgets.
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South Dakota State University senior Jarrett Wildman of Gustavus, Ohio, checks out the John Deere 616R sprayer at Commodity Classic. Wildman will join John Deere’s sales and marketing team after graduation this spring.
The Soil Warrior strip till machine can perform tillage and fertilizer applications with one pass. New is the addition of a cover crop seeder.
Minnesota farmer Shawn Feikema stands by a Soil Warrior strip till machine at Commodity Classic. Feikema has run the machine doing tillage and fertilizer applications on his farm since 2016.
Janelle Atyeo is a small town South Dakota girl enjoying her work as regional editor of the Midwest Messenger and Tri-State Neighbor while raising kids and no-till vegetables in central Sioux Falls. Reach her at janelle.atyeo@lee.net.
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