Greeneye Expertise Precision Spraying System Now Obtainable for Cotton

Greeneye Expertise, the pioneer of precision spraying know-how that’s confirmed to cut back non-residual herbicide use in farming by a mean of 87%, at this time publicizes the enlargement of its cutting-edge system to incorporate cotton crops. This development follows intensive analysis and improvement area trials carried out final 12 months to tailor the Greeneye system for cotton, constructing on its confirmed success with corn and soybean.

Cotton farmers face quite a few weed management challenges, together with longer rising seasons that require a number of herbicide purposes, extensive row spacing that promotes weed progress, and the rising drawback of herbicide resistance. Greeneye’s AI-enabled system addresses these challenges by exactly focusing on herbicide utility to weeds utilizing real-time, sub-millimeter precision. This method considerably reduces herbicide utilization, lowers prices, and enhances weed management efficacy, whereas offering flexibility for each pre- and post-emergence purposes.

Greeneye has already secured a number of gross sales with cotton farmers within the U.S., who will start utilizing the system firstly of the 2025 rising season. Amongst them is Texas producer Dudley Pohnert, who farms roughly 8,000 acres of cotton, corn, milo, and wheat.

Cotton Producer, Dudley Pohnert, explains: “Herbicide resistance is a significant problem throughout all crops, however it’s particularly robust with cotton. Regardless of utilizing the best tank mixes obtainable, we’re not seeing the outcomes we want. The truth is, we needs to be spraying our cotton fields twice as typically as we do, however the excessive value of chemical compounds makes that unfeasible.

“Upgrading our current John Deere sprayer with the Greeneye system will give us the pliability to spray extra often, together with at night time or in dusty circumstances—important for working across the storms we regularly face in June. Regardless of spraying extra typically, we count on to cut back our annual herbicide use by 25-40%, with our funding paying off inside two to a few seasons. The one-time value with no ongoing subscription charges was one other key motive we selected the Greeneye system, as I consider in absolutely proudly owning what I buy.”

Greeneye’s retrofit resolution is engineered to seamlessly combine with any business sprayer, no matter model, mannequin, or dimension, eliminating the necessity for farmers to spend money on a expensive new machine. Its dual-line configuration permits each precision and broadcast spraying to be carried out concurrently, additional enhancing effectivity whereas additionally adhering to agronomic finest observe.

Within the R&D area trials carried out final 12 months, the Greeneye system’s superior sensor was used to seize a whole lot of hundreds of pictures of cotton vegetation and customary weeds in real-world farming environments. These pictures have been then used to coach the system’s proprietary synthetic intelligence (AI) to precisely determine and distinguish between cotton vegetation and weeds at totally different progress phases and below various circumstances, reminiscent of fluctuating climate patterns. This precision permits the Greeneye’s system to focus on and deal with solely the weeds with extraordinarily excessive accuracy at journey speeds of as much as 15 mph.

Nadav Bocher, CEO of Greeneye Expertise, says: “Greeneye is remodeling weed management within the U.S. with our superior precision spraying know-how, providing confirmed value financial savings, enhanced efficacy, and better sustainability. Weed management is especially resource-intensive for cotton producers who face the added problem of frequent spraying. With at this time’s announcement, we’re excited to increase the game-changing advantages of Greeneye precision spraying to U.S. cotton farmers.”