During CES 2023 in January, John Deere revealed new planting technology.
ExactShot, a sensor-driven robotic technology, can help reduce fertilizer requirements by as much as 60 percent.
Conventional fertilizer systems will deliver a stream of fertilizer into the soil—over seeds as they are planted.
However, the ExactShot will send out what John Deere described as timed bursts of fertilizer to coat individual seeds only, leaving the soil between the seeds dry and fertilizer free.