Gain Ground with See & Spray™ Select | John Deere

(upbeat music) - [Narrator] Grain producers, managing weed pressure on fallow ground need to complete weed kill, but managing herbicide resistant weeds comes at a cost as more expensive tank mixes are the solution. To address this head-on we're introducing See & Spray Select on our new 400 and 600 series sprayers. (upbeat music) See & Spray Select enabled spot spraying of weeds on fallow ground and is our first offering using this new technology, making it the only factory installed spot spring solution for farmers.

(upbeat music) Built on the exact apply foundation. See & Spray Select users, advanced camera and nozzle control technology to differentiate color on fallow ground detecting weeds and spot spray spray length or buffer is the length of the spot spray zone. These lengths can be small, medium, or large and can vary based on ground speed, spray pressure and boom height.

This system detects weeds and automatically turns individual nozzles on and off for the desired spray lane to hit just the weed - CNN's phrase builds on a foundation of our self-propelled sprayer with exact apply to reduce chemical inputs by only turning on nozzles when a weed is detected and it does that seamlessly. And 100% integrated with the John Deere sprayer today. - [Narrator] See & Spray Select hits 98% of weeds, which is similar to the hit rate of broadcast spray.

But since See & Spray only hits the weed and not the entire field, it uses an average of 77% less herbicide than broadcast spray. That's right in tests on 75,000 acres of fallow ground. In average growing conditions with the typical weed pressure of 3000 weeds per acre and using an average spray length of 2.

75 feet tank level sensor values reported and average herbicide savings of 77% when compared with a broadcast spray, these savings equate to reduced input costs, which can justify more expensive and complex tank mixes to manage herbicide resistant leads. Research has shown that weed sprayed with more than two modes of action are 83 times less likely to develop herbicide resistance. So you'll target herbicide resistant weeds more cost-effectively with one tank mix containing more modes of action, and you'll only apply it to just the wheat significantly reducing your overall chemical usage.

- I am so excited to bring this new sprayer SUSE market because we're focused on three things that customer really value, which is quality of application, ease of use and machine the fallibility or uptime. They are going to also be able to reduce their input costs when it comes to herbicide application. - [Narrator] You'll also cover more acres per day because you won't stop as often to refill.

For example, say you spray 160 acre field with an application rate of 15 gallons per acre at an average ground speed of 12 miles per hour. If you tender 20 minutes for each bill, you'll save about two tender fills for that field. When compared with a broadcast spray, which means you can spray the same field about 40 minutes faster, and in applications where you don't use See & Spray Select you can simply switch to broadcast spraying without even leaving the cab - To go from being a highly productive broadcast machine.

To getting into a CN spray mode is literally a few seconds on the display to interact and the machine is doing that job function. So the integration is really what keeps it simple for the grower to engage with the technology and get the value without having to either have an aftermarket system installed or go through other steps to get to that value. - [Narrator] The ExactApply nozzle control system enables you to broadcast with more accuracy than traditional broadcast spraying, reducing spray overlap which can save you two to 5% chemical costs.

Best of all, you can track and access your application data through the generation for display. And since the sprayer is a connected machine it streams this data view your JD link connection to the John Deere operation center in which you can monitor performance and make decisions any time anywhere. Of 400 or 600 series sprayer with See & Spray Select gives you two effective time-saving sprayers in one machine.

See & Spray Select lets you zero in on weeds with an effective tank mix or you can broadcast spray for overall application. As herbicide resistant, weed pressure increases. You can reduce input costs, you can spray and save with See & Spray Select the only factory installed solution that gives you both targeted and broadcast spray capabilities in one sprayer.

Completely integrated with John Deere precision and technology and supported by a single dealer. - This isn't a system that is very well integrated easy to use, and they're gonna help them to save input costs with the herbicide application better manage the herbicide resistant weeds they have and also helped them to be even better steward of the land - [Narrator] For more information about See & Spray Select visit our website or talk with your John Deere dealer.