That “See and Spray” technology is fascinating but the phrase “36 cameras and sensors” keeps running through my head! The movement and “shock” is going to be substantial the further out the boom you go. I’ll be following this with interest! Come on down south for cotton harvest and learn all about it! You can still find some old style pickers/accumulators dumping into “bole carts” which dump into “module builders” in use. I’d say the newer “baler style” pickers has been the biggest change in cotton harvesting since the picker was invented. No more bole carts (and the equipment/personnel to run them), no more module builders, and easier transport to the gin. Huge changes in cotton farming! We don’t see many strippers here in the Deep South but they are quite common in TX, OK, etc. this is “picker” country. Cotton is a fascinating crop, from start to finish! Oh yeah, it’s really expensive to get into, the prices on new JD pickers start at about 1.2 million bucks!
I just stared my job with Deere as a Ag. Tech and I’ve got to say working on these equipment with the dealership programming really helps speed up diagnostics. Love the videos and I’ve learned so much and I believe you helped me get into Ag work
With vehicles when the windshield camera or any of the surround view cameras are removed or replaced they have to be recalibrated for the system to work. I wonder what that calibration process is going to be on these machines.
@MillennialFarmer Imagine how fun it will be to show up at a field that your first AI tractor tilled for you. I'm sure you will be so proud of it for pulling up that giant rock and dragging it around the whole field-that is until it buries itself in the mud that any human would have avoided. These self-driving tractors are really pointless. You have to get out and check everything over and fix things constantly.
Question: Is there a way to avoid killing milkweed? And if so, what affect would it have on the crop? Milkweed is used by Monarch butterflies during there migration back to Mexico, and they are in decline mostly due to pesticide uses and its effect on milkweed. I know, I know, I'm an environmentalist.
Drove by that test location many many times on test drives. I'm betting as of today mini pond has formed again just south of buildings. There is a lot of seed corn grown in that area
Missouri or Arkansas might be the closest to you. I made it down at the tail end of cotton harvest very neat to see. Cotton plant is almost like a little tree to me. Thanksgiving is to late. Love to see that video
That sprayer is really cool it all really cool actually it amazing how far the advancements in agricultural equipment has come and where its going 😮 jd will be planting crops on mars before we know it😅 hats of john deere truly well done and keep up the amazing work
Yeah the tech is changing for sure I remember helping setup a gps unit from Deere on a spud planter so if the tractor went off corse the planter could self correct
California cotton is picked in late September and most of October. Most cotton is grown in West Fresno, Kings and Kern counties. Cotton used to be King in California. Now, only a fraction of cotton acres are still in production.
Love the personalized comment. You can have Deere fix you up with a Cotton farmer in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas (McAllen or Harlingen)for a Cotton picker Demo in Late July or Early August.
Automation is here to stay. I imagine this system will be able to learn -- so when the farmer is planting and spraying, it will get enough data to do harvesting on its own. Leaving the equipment fully unattended will probably not be practical for the time being, but I well see how a farmer will be able to sit in one tractor or harvester and have a couple of other machines working over other parts of the same plot, or multiple nearby plots. So in a very real sense, I can see how the farmer will be spared the back-breaking labor of cultivating, planting, spraying, and harvesting, but at the same time I see how another bit of the farmer's hard earned cash will flow to the companies which provide this service and the banks that finance the purchase of the necessary hardware...
Talking in circles was invented and perfected by politicians. When you can give a speech for an hour, and never really say anything, but make your listeners nod in approval, you will get elected!
good explanation of how it works . A lot of smart people doing a lot of cool things ..very informative ,sorry about the words with more than two sylables
That spraier can lots better. We have tis year for first the spotsprayer. He looks where the weather is end when he locatet he spray a place on the pland from 6x6cm. When he se the plant that be there he do not spray when it is in that 6x6 cm😊
The different camera seems nice. I didn't notice any focus issues, it kept the exposure pretty good too, nothing too bright nothing too dark. Im not gonna lie, I'm surprised they would bring something like the see and spray to the "mass" market. It seems like it would be a really good idea for local co-ops or other third parties to invest in the system and then the farmer has the co-op do the spraying vs the farmer themselves unless they are spraying A LOT of acreage. That said, it is not lost on me the benefits of the very smart and targeted application of chemical. The automated stuff on the planting head seems like a good idea, but I suspect if you start in a field thats just the right kind of wet and that sensor is gonna get plugged and its going to become dead weight. Again, I see and understand the benefits, but im suspect of the execution.
It's me farming over 40 years now I mean it's like a gimmick, I just don't see how it is absolutely practical, that man with his butt in the seat listens and hears for every Little Rock ting are any little noise that's not normal, he can turn around and see that there's a route or a rock stuck in something and he can get out and fix it. You can't replace a butt seat in farming
Never going to be feasible, you will always need a human present with that many moving pieces on machinery overseeing things especially now with all the electronics involved. Look at all the dumb errors you get while in the tractor already and have to clean/adjust a sensor etc. You will be getting calls to attend to the unit all day long. We had a automated milking parlor and scrapped it years ago and went back to manually milking due to all the calls and page outs for errors all hours of the day.
Id much rather have less technology, more reliability and cheaper prices. Tractors are astronomical in price now because of the investment they make into new technology.
Helper C is stuck in mud Helper D found the dam Helper E kept on driving with a grinding finial drive Helper F turned to hard an jackknifed the PTO shaft Helper G tuned to wide and got tangled in the fence.
It's a shame that John deer has stabbed all the American farmers in the back by going woke,after all hard working Americans has made jd what they are honest folks like you and your family I hope they decide to go in a different direction. Thanks for your ideos I look forward to watching your family work that farm keep it up my prayers and thoughts are with yall
I was so young & small when I started running tractor on the farm that I didn't have enough strength to push down the clutch, so I had to slow down & dad would hop on to push the clutch down so I could shift gears 😅😂
Wow! After watching your vid Zach it really brings home how reliant we've become on GPS technology. If access to that tech is ever interrupted for any period of time (Solar Flares, CME's, etc.) that could become a real disruptor to a farmers economy. Thankfully you're still of the generation that can "still drive a stick" so to speak. Future generations of farmers who may not know anything besides high tech might be disadvantaged.
The expenses are a concern, to be sure, but another number we're wrapping our minds around are how few people are actually willing to do this work at all. I grew up on a ranch/farm, only 110 acres but we irrigated (canvas dams, dirt ditches. A metal headgate was an innovation in the area when we got to Utah in 1972.) The folks did okay, selling 100 head of cattle and the place when I went into full time employment out of state. I learned a lot, but I don't miss building fences in July. Back then, John Deere was making inroads and seeing a tractor with a cab was an object of envy. Today, it's just so many levels difference being why I watch this channel. It's almost science fiction to me.
Zack, contact the Welker boys. They installed the "spot sensing weed" technology as an after market kit onto their home built sprayer on one of the Big Buds. Nick did a video on it. Said it saved him 75-80% (?) on chemicals.
It certainly says a lot for your acting abilities when even a dumb machine can recognise you as a potential human. Zach sure picked the right actor to play his part for these videos 😉
The constant stopping and starting cost time and money. All those sensors, cameras, lasers, etc., need to be cleaned and maintained constantly. Where is the time savings?
Autonomous is great until it isn't. Break a hydraulic hose, break a digging spade, the roller separates from the tractor, hit a rock, a fuse blows and the system goes kaput..... human intervention is required.
@@Dirtanddieselphotography Okay, but at what cost? Stuff is already too expensive and adds more unnecessary complexity for the simple "convenience" of having the tractor back up itself?
This just in! Autonomous tractor stopped when row sensor was covered in mud. Farmer was called and had to spend the rest of the day riding in the cab because the same problem happened every 5 minutes. Finally got fed up with the automation and turned it off so he could finish planting the field himself. Farmer sued by implement maker because he turned off their automation.
Every sensor needs a sensor. I recently had body work done and they forgot to plug in the door window controls and it caused the cruise control and the right headlight not to work. Stupid! Easy fix IF you know what to fix.
Another 600 laid off in moline, davenport and Dubuque yesterday, 500 in Waterloo in past few months, guess the deere factories are going autonomous too?
Or many farmers can’t afford to buy a new tractor. I work for a big outfit and between the breakdowns and the cost, it’s worth keeping the old tractor running. Especially if it’s paid for.
At 67 years of age and having grown up in Northern Indiana... in the heart of farm counrty and Amish Country... (Mom used to be Amish), and I have helped my Amish family do farm work... Where our farming equipment is today is absolutely amazing... What's not being addressed is the cost... efectively... in my opinion, this system would out of the price range of most small farms... Additionally... this farming is in fields that are just about perfect... no rocks to deal with... no broken tiles or wet spots... no trash in the field that would cause issues... no fox holes, or ground hogs.. or wild hogs... It's a great idea... but in watching your vidieo's.. respectfully... things break... and need to be fixed... How many times in any one of your video's do yo contact support... because of issues... Absolutely amazing at where farming has gone, and I love it... But I'm thinking it's a little bit ahead of it's time..
the magic might be in a planned farm-scape at scale - so a foundation platform like bronze age Hittite cities (4 Sections?) that controls for topography and hydrology. :)
I can't help but wonder how many of these 1/2 Million $$ rigs will still be running 50 years from now. There are still 8N's, Model A's, 4020's, pick-your-brand-and-size that are being productive. A 4020 isn't as productive as a 9570R, but it can still put in a day's work if it has to. Will the 9570R still be running in 2050?
@@rayanderson4119 Far be it for me to suggest that there could or would be a catastrophic event that could happen to our so called satellites, but as great as this new technology is.. everything running in conjuction with said satellites, it's just one solar flare from being useless!!!
A little bit ahead of its time is how things are developed. All these computers require programming and testing. That takes years. By the time all the bugs are worked out, folks will be asking for it.
@@microcyber and have there own pitfalls. So much money for equipment that depends on a company for ongoing support. Deere was / is against the right to repair movement. I tells me they have there own intressed before there customers in my opinion. If deere decides a pice of equipment will not longer be supported you are done in my opinion. Like what Microsoft does with windows 10. Stop the support and force everyone to use win 11. A big pice of equipment for a lot of money with AI in it will only run clean and reliable if the AI will be supportet by the company (my assumption). If Deere decides to stop the support for whatever reason it could lead to potential problems how long you could use a equipment and can impact i.e. future selling price for this equipment. Im not thrilled by this development.
Perfect for the 3000 acre farm with huge, plain and square fields without the smaller imperfection owned by a millionare farmer! Lets see how it performs in hills, lets see it stop and fix small issues, lets see how it judges climate and terrain by sight and experience, lets see what happens if the tire on the planter or grain cart is gets punctured and does not have a pressure sensor... Autonomous tractors are literally a cashgrab, just for rich farmers who want toys, plenty of young people looking for work and experience out there, no normal farmer could ever afford this tech outside huge landowners
Hello my friend what’s this? I hear that you and John Deere have gone woke. I’ve been scanning RU-vid and they’re trashing John Deere as the new Bud Light. If that’s correct I don’t think I can watch you much longer. I use the word friend I hope that’s your pronoun.
What he didn’t tell you about the cotton picker; the spindles are turning and wrap the fiber around the spindle to remove it from the plant. The doffer is running three times the speed of the spindle in the other direction so it unwraps the cotton off the spindle and the air from the fan blows it in the basket. All of the stalk and trash move out the back of the head and stay in the field. It’s amazing that all those spinning parts stay together. Oh; and the drums are synced with the groundspeed so they move in and out of the stalk without pushing on the stalk.
Autonomous is here but don’t take away the cabs. How many times have you seen a sunny day, soil that looks dry and a tractor or combine is buried up to its axles? Keep the cabs so a human can intervene when necessary.
I think there is gonna be a problem coming to Deere in particular. they push expensive equipment to guys that roll it every year and all that late model equipment is piling up in the lots. The small and medium guys can’t justify the expense but the big keep turning it over. I don’t doubt tractors can drive but can it monitor the job or equipment if your big enough to let them drive and just fix maybe it will work I see it being bigger in South America and extremely large tracts
If you want to understand cotton picking watch Daniel on Triple R Farms... They farm corn, soybeans and cotton in AL... Another awesome farm channel... BTW, maintenance on those pickers each morning is an absolute pain in the ass!!!
I was a commercial and industrial videographer (retired). 30 years ago we were doing work with Carnegie Mellon University (in Pittsburgh PA) robotics department. They were working on autonomous equipment at that time. One section of our project was on farming equipment doing tillage and harvesting etc. Interesting to see it come to fruition already. Thankyou!
