NOTE: See & Spray Ultimate is not available in Australia and New Zealand. Timelines for availability are yet to be determined. The content on the following Sales Manual pages has been compiled for the U.S./Canada market and therefore may show product information, competitive comparison information, launch dates, and marketing and sales activities not relevant for the Australia/New Zealand market. For relevant Australia/New Zealand information, look for New Product Introduction Bulletins published on DealerPath under Tactical Ag Bulletins and What’s New and communicated in the weekly Dealer Newsletters as products become available.
See & Spray Ultimate spraying in season
See & Spray Select spraying fallow ground
When margins are tight and application windows are narrow, every dollar and every droplet need to work as hard as they can. John Deere See & Spray products bring resource-saving precision to the field:
- See & Spray Select: Covers fallow fields using advanced camera and nozzle-control technology to spray only emerged weeds. It can also apply traditional broadcast application.
- See & Spray Ultimate: For in-season application on corn, cotton, or soybeans in 76.2-cm (30-in.) or greater rows or fallow ground using machine learning to identify weed from crop. Also includes a dual product solution system that allows to separate tank mixes to be utilized, better combatting herbicide resistance and time inefficiency with two passes in one. It can also apply traditional broadcast application.
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See & Spray Select |
See & Spray Ultimate |
Fallow use NOTE: Ultimate can see weeds approximately 0.635 cm (¼ in.) in diameter by 0.635 cm (¼ in.) in height. Select can see 0.9 cm (0.35 in.) in diameter by 1.5 cm (0.6 in.) in height. |
Yes |
Yes |
In-season use NOTE: If the crop canopy covers the row, then cameras cannot see weeds. The system can see weeds that are approximately 0.635 cm (¼ in.) in diameter by 0.635 cm (¼ in.) in height. |
No |
Yes |
Targeted spray plus broadcast |
Yes |
Yes |
Dual product solution system/split tank NOTE: Can combine tanks to use at full capacity. |
No |
Yes |
Night spray capable |
Yes |
No |
Speeds up to 19.3 km/h (12 mph) NOTE: While using targeted spray. |
Yes |
Yes |
Technology evolution
John Deere has focused on taking farmers’ application from field level to plant level over the years. From field to broadcast, section control to ExactApply™ individual nozzle control, and now the next step – to artificial intelligence and machine learning. Both See & Spray offerings work in conjunction with ExactApply nozzle control. They use a combination of cameras and processors to detect weeds before activating only the nozzles necessary to apply a burst of herbicide to the weed, achieving a hit rate comparable to traditional broadcast spray.
See & Spray Select benefits
- Reduce solution use – By avoiding inefficient traditional broadcast applications and spraying only when weeds are detected, you can reduce the applied volume of herbicide by 77 percent.**
- Gain cost efficiency – Significantly reduce herbicide costs, make fewer tendering stops, and cover more acres in a day.
- Improve weed control – You may save enough to justify applying a different chemistry while improving your ability to manage herbicide-resistant weeds. Research has shown that weeds sprayed with complex tank mixes and more than two modes of action are 83 times less likely to develop herbicide resistance.
**NOTE: In tests over 75,000 acres of fallow ground, typical weed pressure of 3,000 weeds per acre, and with spray length settings of small medium, customers experienced an average herbicide savings of 77 percent compared to a traditional broadcast sprayer.
Data insights
How do you know See & Spray is doing its job? With the monitoring capabilities of John Deere Operations Center™ application and the Generation 4 4600 CommandCenter™ Display, you can track job quality and savings during and after application. These technology tools also offer weed pressure mapping, providing insights to make even better field management decisions.
Sustainability
Using less herbicide means using less water and creating less opportunity for drift, and that’s good for the land, water, and air that sustain us.
Additionally, See & Spray provides even more benefits for growers looking to make the best possible decisions about weed control.
See & Spray Ultimate benefits
- Improve weed control – Combat herbicide resistance with a dual-product solution system that uses two independent tank mixes in one pass, avoiding antagonism in more aggressive tank mixes.
- Reduce solution use – Reduce the applied volume of herbicide by more than two-thirds by avoiding inefficient traditional broadcast application in corn, cotton, and soybeans.*
- Gain cost efficiency – More than two-thirds spray volume reduction means significantly lower herbicide costs, fewer tendering stops, and more acres covered in a day.
NOTE: Results based on internal John Deere strip trials in corn, soybeans, and cotton in Iowa, Mississippi, Texas, and Illinois in typical growing conditions with carrying weed size, crop canopy, and field conditions using targeted spray of non-residual herbicide only and using current software/algorithm at time of trials. Results will vary based on crop and weed pressure.