In Israel and Iowa, Farm Dog and John Deere launched a joint development project to develop variable rate spray technology for pest and disease management. The project will deliver the next stage in the companies’ collaboration to reduce pesticide use, increase yields, and promote environmental sustainability.
“This is a step change for pest and disease management,” said Liron Brish, CEO and co-founder of Farm Dog. “Growers spend more than $60 billion per year on pest and disease management yet still suffer $500 billion worth of crop losses per year. The combination of Farm Dog insights with John Deere equipment will finally provide growers with the tools needed to make the best in-field decisions for optimizing treatments, increasing yields, and promoting sustainability.”
Building on prior integration of the Farm Dog platform with the John Deere Operations Center, this next phase extends data sharing and leverages John Deere’s ExactApply spray equipment capabilities.