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Mechanization
Mar 5, 2025
New Technologies for Pest Control at the 2025 Southwest Ag Summit

At the 2025 Southwest Ag Summit Field Demo a couple of weeks ago, many of the latest technologies were demonstrated in the field. Most were related to pest control. Several of the technologies demonstrated are new to the Yuma, AZ area. The recent technologies presented included two types of high precision spot sprayers for weeding and applying beneficial pesticides (Fig. 1a, Fig. 1b) and an AI based lettuce thinner. Manufacturers stated the technologies will be getting even better/more versatile soon. Both precision spot sprayer companies are developing models for small lettuce so that the machines can also be used for lettuce thinning. Also new was that the AI lettuce thinner technology is being further developed so that the device can be used also be used as a weeder. Several “older” pest control technologies also seemed to garner a lot of interest. These included an implement designed for cultivating high density crops (Fig. 1d), a camera guided cultivator equipped with in-row weeding tools (Fig. 1e) and a field scale drone sprayer (Fig. 1f).

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Fig. 1. Newer pest control technologies demonstrated at the 2025 Southwest Ag Summit
Field Demo included a) Ecorobotix1 Ara high precision spot sprayer, b) Verdant Robotics
Sharp Shooter, c) Niqo Robotics AI based lettuce thinner, d) Oliver high density
cultivator, e) Steketee IC Light camera guided cultivator and f) DJI Agras T50 drone
sprayer.

To contact Mark C. Siemens go to: siemens@cals.arizona.edu
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