25 “With its live variable rate and selective spray modes, IntelliSense Sprayer Automation will help increase the productivity, efficiency, and quality of applications,” said Welbig. “This helps farmers optimize the return on their inputs and increase productivity both in terms of acres covered and resulting crop uniformity and yield.” He explained that the IntelliSense Sprayer Application technology is different from other smart-apply technologies familiar to North American applicators and farmers. “The first difference is the full-season use that allows farmers to utilize it multiple times throughout a single growing season,” Welbig noted. Driving this capability is the dual Live VRA and Selective Spray offerings that are different than most systems on the market—typically, they do one mode or the other. And because the Guardian is a highclearance sprayer, farmers can apply later in the season, further increasing the system’s usage for the applicator. “The second key difference is its single, multi-camera sensor array on top of the cab—as opposed to boommounted—that allows you to spray at high speeds up to 25 miles per hour (mph) for Live VRA and 19 mph for selective spray,” he added. While some precision ag technologies have a steep learning curve, Welbig pointed out that the IntelliSense Sprayer Automation system was designed to be fairly straightforward. “There isn’t much finessing of the settings required by the operator. It’s fairly intuitive.” The technology behind the IntelliSense Sprayer Automation uses six multispectral cameras located on the front of the device, a fisheye camera on the top to detect the sun’s position, and a sensor that measures ambient light. The six cameras allow the system to see infrared, red edge, red narrow, RGB (red, green, blue mixing), and red stereoscopic. The IntelliSense Sprayer Automation is then able to layer all these images together. Welbig said that New Holland has its own algorithms to manage, assign, and index values to each of these images to determine different characteristics of what the system is seeing, such as plants and crops, across the field. When adding IntelliSense Sprayer Automation to the purchase of a new Guardian front boom sprayer, customers receive the entire system, which includes the SenseApply Camera unit and affiliated hardware. At that point of purchase, the system is accessible with no subscription requirements or per-acre fees and is a unique aspect of IntelliSense Sprayer Automation. Customers can choose from two feature levels: Live VRA, which comes standard with the system, and Selective Spray, which requires a one-time unlock cost to activate the mode. Farmers utilizing the IntelliSense Sprayer Automation can find multiple ways to gain an advantage. “From maximizing a burndown pass across the field to operating with an industry-leading speed that ensures sprayer operators can maintain a high level of in-field performance and quality of application to bolster every ounce of input running through the boom,” said Welbig. “Take, for example, a farmer growing wheat, canola, and barley,” he continued. “They can get a payback, or a return on the investment of this system in one year on the selective spray upgrade by applying: one VRA nitrogen and one VRA fungicide on wheat, one VRA fungicide on barley, one VRA nitrogen on canola, and one green-on-brown spot spray across all their acres. “These are fairly standard annual applications for these crops,” concluded Welbig. “And with no subscription or per-acre fees, these returns will continue to pay season after season.” | pag PHOTO: New Holland “THE FACTORY-FIT SOLUTION ENABLES LIVE VARIABLE RATE AND SELECTIVE SPRAY APPLICATIONS IN ONE SIMPLE PACKAGE.”
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