Agriculture Technology Podcast · RDO Equipment Co.

Ep. 212 - John Deere See & Spray Technology: Insights from Industry Experts

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Tony Kramer records from the Future of Farming event at Grand Farm Innovation Campus. He keeps the focus on See & Spray and brings together people who know it from different angles, including John Deere, Blue River Technology, Mid-Kansas Co-op, a North Dakota grower, and RDO Equipment Company. That mix keeps the conversation grounded. It moves from product design to the day-to-day questions farmers ask without drifting away from the farm. Lee Johnson speaks from the architecture and integration side at John Deere. Emily Paris covers the Blue River product side. Nick Mazook adds an agronomy and co-op perspective. Jared Bilodeau explains what the technology looks like from a grower's chair in North Dakota. Mark Dorn and Katie Hill bring the RDO view. The episode works because each voice adds a different kind of pressure test. A major thread is licensing. Jared talks through what it felt like to move into a pay-per-acre model and how his cooperative wanted to avoid surprises later. He says confidence built after the first month, which feels about right for something this practical. The panel then turns to nozzle questions, where adoption starts to get real. Katie Hill says she is not an agronomist and points listeners toward growers, agronomists, and John Deere's nozzling guide. That answer fits the show. The group does not pretend every farm solves these choices the same way. Lee Johnson explains why nozzle timing matters when the sprayer is running at 12 to 15 miles per hour. He describes cameras that identify each leaf, decide whether it is crop or weed, and fire the spray in time to land before the target moves out of range. He also notes the work that went into characterizing nozzle ramp-up to a full fan and full dosage rate. The conversation keeps coming back to productivity. It also touches on the tension between covering hundreds of acres a day and the limits of drones and other weed-control methods. The panel stays close to field use instead of slipping into sales talk, which makes the episode useful for anyone trying to understand where the technology helps and where it still needs careful setup. The closing section leans back toward practical resources and next steps. Tony Kramer wraps by steering listeners toward the show’s usual follow-ups, subscription prompts, and ways to keep up with RDO Equipment Company.

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A practical look at what See & Spray asks of growers and operators.

See & Spray is treated less like a gadget demo than a practical question about how growers buy, set up, and trust it. Pay per acre licensing, nozzle choice, field speed, and the confidence needed to scale all stay in view.

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Hear See & Spray explained through Deere, Blue River, a co-op, and a grower at the Future of Farming event.

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