John Deere has introduced a new See & Spray Premium performance upgrade kit for John Deere self-propelled sprayers, the next addition in the See & Spray lineup. The kit uses a vision system powered by artificial intelligence that can help farmers gain cost efficiency and combat herbicide resistance with precise application by only spraying the weeds and not the entire field.

• Save on non-residual herbicide use
• Reduce water usage and tender stops
• Reduce crop stress and improve yields
• Select targeted or broadcast applications

Less herbicide cost. More profitability.

See & Spray Premium is a Performance Upgrade Kit that can revolutionize how you use your current qualified sprayer (MY2018 or newer 400, 600 and R-Series sprayers with a 120-foot boom). It can help you precisely manage weeds to:

• Increase yields
• Improve cost efficiencies
• Create more profitability

See & Spray Premium sees, targets, and kills in-season weeds using advanced cameras and machine learning that distinguishes crops from weeds and selectively target sprays only the weeds. Shown to reduce non-residual herbicide use similar to other See & Spray technologies, See & Spray premium also delivers a hit-rate comparable to traditional broadcast spraying … all at operating speeds up to 12 mph. That means less herbicide, less costs, and less impact to your crops and your land.

See & Spray Premium is a single tank system that simplifies tendering for the operator. While See & Spray Premium is not dual-product capable it offers many of the same benefits of sprayers equipped with dual-tank capable See & Spray Ultimate technology.

As the sprayer moves through the field, See & Spray Premium utilizes advanced stability provided by John Deere BoomTrac Pro 2.0. This technology stabilizes the sprayer boom as cameras mounted to the boom capture clear images of the field.

Within milliseconds, a machine learning model uses multiple images captured by the cameras to differentiate weed from crop. Once a weed is detected, a command is sent to the John Deere ExactApply nozzle to spray it. In addition, See & Spray Premium can be used to generate a weed pressure map for the field that was sprayed in the John Deere Operations Center.

Currently, See & Spray Premium is offered for MY18 and newer 400 and 600 Series Sprayers, as well as R-Series models. The upgrade kit requires the machine to have a factory-installed ExactApply system or ExactApply Performance Upgrade Kit with 15- or 20-inch spacing and a 120-foot steel boom.

Ready to upgrade? What kit is right for you? Give us a call and we can decide what Performance Upgrade fits your needs and operation!

Sloan Support is written by the product support team at Sloan Implement – a 22 location John Deere dealer in Illinois and Wisconsin.