To further strengthen its position as a leader in precision application, Agrifac is expanding its offering with the addition of Weed-It on the company’s Condor and Condor Endurance field sprayers.
Sustainable agriculture is the key to global food production and a key part of this is crop protection at plant level. Agrifac has invested heavily in technology targeting application at plant level and already has an impressive product portfolio that includes DynamicDosePlus (targeted high accuracy application – 25 x 25 cm – from prescription maps ) and the industry-leading AiCPlus (machine-mounted artificial intelligence driven optical spraying with green-on-brown and green-on-green capability).
Weed-It, developed by fellow Dutch company Rometron, provides effective, reliable weed control by detecting living green organic material using fluorescence technology. This works by measuring the degree of reflection of plants in certain light wavelengths.
The technique makes it possible to work both day and night with a guaranteed hit ratio. This highly effective method of spot spraying (usually applied outside the growing season) has been widely proven since 1999 in countries such as Australia, the United States and Canada.
“Weed-It is a commonly used spot-spray system to control weeds in a very efficient way,” Agrifac product manager Rens Albers said. “The option to combine Weed-It with our Agrifac field sprayers makes crop protection on your farm even more efficient.”
The first Agrifac sprayers equipped with Weed-It technology have already been delivered in Australia and Europe.
