Greeneye's next-generation technology will be capable of applying fungicides and micronutrients.īacked by Syngenta and other investors including AGCO, Israeli-based Greeneye Technology proprietary precision-spraying technology has been proven to cut herbicide use by 78%, the company says.īocher says Greeneye does more than reduce spray volume. We can offer multiple insights to farmers, not just about weeds but multiple other issues in the field' down to the plant level, he says. 'The cameras collect high-resolution images from the entire field. As beneficial, perhaps more, is Greeneye's ability to capture a wide range of data from the field, also in real time. Greeneye's data sets and algorithms enable the technology to detect weeds in real time. is helping farmers transition away from a wasteful practice to a very precise spraying.'Ĭameras mounted directly onto sprayers capture images at a rate of 40 frames per second, enabling rapid detection and classification of weeds down to the species level, he continues. 'And yet, we go and spray the entire field. 'In many cases, weed infestations are 5 or 10% of a field,' Bocher says. The company says its early-adopter program in North America was oversubscribed within days of its announcement, and the company already has a waiting list of customers for 2023. corn and soybean farmers, and plans are for an early-2022 rollout in North America. Greeneye is testing its technology with U.S. 'Once see a weed, they send an electric pulse to the relevant nozzle to spray precisely just what they identified in the field,' says Nadav Bocher, CEO, Greeneye Technology. Utilizing Greeneye's proprietary data sets and algorithms, the system calculates the amount of herbicide required and sprays it directly onto the weeds, leaving nearby crops unaffected. Greeneye is a dual-spraying product with two lines of nozzles enabling farmers to apply residual herbicides on a broadcast basis while applying nonresidual herbicides precisely on weeds. The company claims the in-field visioning system significantly reduces chemical usage in agriculture and increases productivity and profitability for farmers. Greeneye Technology announced last fall the commercial launch of its unique AI-enabled (artificial intelligence) precision-spraying technology.

Here are four systems using green or weed-recognition technology - and in the case of one, a magnetic system - to reduce drift and increase product-to-plant adhesion that results in significant herbicide cost savings. Their incentives include the ability to create potent herbicides with low-use profiles and a need to meet an ever-growing list of government regulations in the U.S. There is also high interest in developing these systems by multinational herbicide suppliers - among them Syngenta, BASF and Bayer. The research is said to benefit farm managers by reducing herbicide costs. The product-development efforts by main line equipment manufacturers and tech startups target reductions in herbicide applications above 70% with high percentages of weeds identified and successfully treated. These are systems that offer 'green on brown' solutions, such as for fallow ground spot-spraying, or the newest 'green on green' technologies, which use onboarded, sophisticated plant libraries for on-the-go weed-control solutions for row crops such as corn, soybeans and cotton. Technology has been advancing across sprayer systems to drastically reduce applications (or allow for the use of more targeted, sophisticated chemistries) of residual and nonresidual herbicides by way of boom-mounted cameras and sensors.

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