John Deere Releases Sprayer Updates to Maximize Yields and Minimize Costs

Mar 13, 2025

OLATHE, Kansas — John Deere (NYSE: DE) announced today updates to the John Deere and Hagie sprayer lineup. These updates were developed to give farmers cleaner fields that have less weed competition, leading to more yield potential.

"Application equipment makes an average of three passes over the same field during a growing season," said Josh Ladd, John Deere go-to-market manager for application. "The updates we are bringing to farmers this season are designed to help them save on input costs and reduce crop damage — two things that help with a farmer's bottom line."

See & Spray Updates

See & Spray Select Variable Rate

See & Spray technology continues to develop and provide additional options for farmers looking for ways to reduce inputs and improve targeted weed control. See & Spray Select has historically been used to control weeds in fallow fields. New variable rate capabilities unlock significant opportunity for precise application, and product savings, in later season fungicide, desiccant, pre-harvest passes and more. Farmers can now see the percentage of biomass each camera detects throughout the field. Each camera rates the amount of green biomass detected and varies the volume of product applied by percentage. Farmers then adjust how much product they wish to apply on an individual nozzle level based on the green biomass percentages, giving them the ability to apply product where it is needed most. Variable Rate capabilities will require a G5 or G5^Plus CommandCenter^™
See & Spray Select will be available from the factory on model year 2026 John Deere 400 and 600 series sprayers with 27.4 m (90-ft.), 30.5 m (100 ft.) or 36.6 m (120-ft.) steel booms. See & Spray Select also will be available as a precision upgrade kit for model year 2018+ John Deere sprayers with ExactApply and a 36.6 m (120-ft.) steel boom.

"The new variable rate option with See & Spray technology gives small-grain farmers the versatility to apply less or more of a solution based on the given scenario," Ladd said. "This allows the farmer the ability to precisely apply product no matter the time of season."

See & Spray Premium

A new update to the See & Spray Premium technology is the addition of new boom sizes. Available as a precision upgrade, See & Spray Premium will now be available in 27.4 m (90-ft.), 30.5 m (100 ft.) or 36.6 m (120-ft.) booms.
Also new for the upcoming year, See & Spray Premium will be available on Hagie STS20 sprayers.

Source : John Deere

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