Source: Ron Lyseng, Producer.com, March 31, 2016
The camera was designed and manufactured by Claas as a guiding device for its forage harvesters and combines. It is capable of keeping the cultivator on track, even in situations like this that a human would find nearly impossible. Prices on the Row-Guard camera and computer range from $29,000 to $35,000.
Inter-row cultivation is no longer the exclusive domain of row croppers and organic farmers. The practice has also become a new option for producers with herbicide resistance in broad acre crops such as wheat and canola. Machinery operators who have struggled to manually keep their cultivator between rows and out of trouble are probably not happy with the prospect of more inter-row cultivation.
On the other hand, a few producers say they are nearing the point where their backs are up against a wall because of herbicide resistant weeds. In extreme cases, it’s become a choice between trying to fight weeds without chemicals or giving up the land altogether.