The Tulare Farm Show reports that the result are in for its annual “Top-10 New Products Competition, which has been sponsored by Bank of America this year.
All the winners were showcased at the show, which is held every year February 13-15.
Among some of the winners are a wide range of cutting edge, cost saving, and resource managing tools and devices that will allow farmers, ranchers, and industry professionals another step up in Ag. Here are the winners as reported by the International Ag Center and its World Ag Expo:
GUSS – GUSS (Global Unmanned Spray System)
Kingsburg, CA
GUSS (Global Unmanned Spray System) is the first unmanned orchard sprayer. Using an array of GPS sensors and vehicle sensors GUSS can spray almond, pistachio, walnut, citrus, and stone fruit trees. GUSS is new technology with a goal of bringing agriculture to the future.
Website: www.gussag.com
ANDROS – MEGABINDER LRV
Paso Robles, CA
The ANDROS MegaBinder LRV is a quick and most resourceful way to retrieve Ag Film. It can pull and organize Drip-tape and Mulch film and at the same time place them on easy to manage rolls. Comes in a variety of models.
Website: www.andros-engineering.com
Metalcraft of Ga, Inc. – Metalcraft 2614 TILT
Louisville, GA
The Metalcraft TILT scraper boasts the latest innovation in scraper controls that will save you time and money. It also comes with auto GPS controls, but can be set to auto slope or manual functions as well.
Website: www.metalcraftscrapers.com
Lindsay Corporation – Pivot Control Lite
Omaha, NE
Pivot Control Lite from FieldNET® by Lindsay is a fully integrated irrigation management solution. It is simple to use and can its add-on options are cost-effective. Features that would allow for remote monitoring and control of almost any brand of electric center pivot.
Website: www.myfieldnet.com
Cargill Animal Nutrition – Reveal® Analysis
Elk River, MN
Reveal® Analysis service from Cargill offers instant, lab quality forage analysis using a suitable handheld device or smartphone app. They will be demonstrating world’s first pocket-sized micro-spectrometer moving dairy to the future.
Website: www.cargill.com
Hydrox Technologies – Solar Shrink™ Mulch Film
Sumner Park, Queensland, Australia
Solar Shrink™ is a plastic mulch film that has been designed to shrink with solar heat. Allowing for tight fit against growing beds and preventing flapping due to wind.
Website: www.hydroxtech.com
Sweco Products Inc. – Sweco Orchard Master
Sutter, CA
The Sweco Orchard Master is a new product designed to help farmers from having to use a mower, disc, land plane and roller. From four down to one machine that can do it all in a fraction of the time and cost.
Website: www.swecoproducts.com
Truck Claws – TruckClaws™ /TruckClawsII™ / TruckClaws™ Quick Connect
Harrisonburg, VA
“TruckClaws™ are an innovation in getting unstuck. This is a patent-pending device, which is all-season and helps provide traction for your truck if stuck in mud, snow, ice and sand and may be installed over tire chains but also works great without them. It can also be installed in as little as 60 seconds.
Website: www.truckclaws.com
Environmental Technologies Inc – Thymox Footbath 1p
Selah, WA
Thymox is an extremely concentrated liquid used to control hairy heel warts in the form of a footbath. This is good news to a dairy farmer looking to protect the health of his land, from the copper sulfate and formalin. As they can burn the skin and over time leave the farmland sterile. The new formula is based on thyme oil. Thyme oil allows natural healing and no harm to the land or even food if it makes it that far.
Website: www.etidairy.com
Eno Scientific LLC – Well Watch 700
Hillsborough, NC
The Well Watch 700 is a whole system that allows you to manage your well water levels. It’s sensors manage well water levels in real time using sound waves down to a distance of 7000 ft. This is a non-contact product and is easy to install and built to last.
Website: www.enoscientific.com
