Amazone sprayer offers 90% savings in herbicide use
May 10, 2021 3:31 pm Amazone is trialling a new smart sprayer, which it claims, can reduce herbicide use by up to 90% through the use of jointly developed software capable of sorting weed and crop plants for individual treatment. The digital system has been developed as part of a partnership between Bosch and BASF, who signed a joint venture agreement in November of 2020. It has now been fitted to an Amazone 36m trailed sprayer for further field trials this spring. As part of the collaboration, Bosch provides the cameras, lighting and weed identification software. The BASF component integrate...