Technology: JD’s Manure Sensing delivers required slurry nutrients exactly

John Deere’s new Manure Sensing system will be introduced to farmers at next month’s Grassland & Muck 2017 event at Stoneleigh, Warwickshire.

It is based on the award-winning HarvestLab near-infrared (NIR) sensor technology used on the company’s 8000 Series self-propelled forage harvester range.

The NIR sensor can measure the key constituents of the slurry being applied (dry matter, total nitrogen, ammonium, P and K) in real time.